Cyclone Gelane (2010)

Cyclone Gelane reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 15, 2010 and February 25, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Gelane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2010 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: February 15, 2010 to February 25, 2010
Peak strength: Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure: 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 135 km (84 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 15.5
Identifier: SH162010

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Feb 15, 00:00	10.6S 58.5E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 06:00	10.3S 58.6E	25 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Feb 15, 12:00	10.3S 58.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 18:00	10.6S 59.3E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 16, 00:00	11.1S 59.8E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 06:00	11.9S 60.3E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 12:00	12.5S 60.4E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 18:00	12.9S 60.6E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 17, 00:00	13.3S 60.7E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 06:00	13.5S 61.2E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 12:00	14.1S 61.6E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 18:00	14.5S 61.8E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 00:00	14.7S 61.9E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 06:00	14.9S 62.1E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 12:00	15.3S 62.3E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 18:00	15.8S 62.3E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 00:00	16.3S 62.2E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 06:00	16.7S 62.2E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 12:00	17.3S 62.1E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 18:00	18.0S 62.0E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Feb 20, 00:00	18.4S 61.7E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Feb 20, 06:00	18.9S 61.6E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Feb 20, 12:00	19.4S 61.5E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Feb 20, 18:00	20.0S 61.6E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 21, 00:00	20.7S 61.9E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 21, 06:00	21.2S 62.0E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 21, 12:00	20.7S 61.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 21, 18:00	20.2S 60.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 22, 00:00	20.0S 60.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 22, 06:00	20.3S 60.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 22, 12:00	21.1S 60.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 22, 18:00	21.7S 59.3E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Feb 23, 00:00	22.7S 58.2E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Feb 23, 06:00	23.3S 57.4E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 23, 12:00	23.1S 56.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 23, 18:00	22.8S 55.8E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 24, 00:00	22.5S 54.9E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 24, 06:00	22.5S 53.8E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 24, 12:00	22.5S 53.3E	25 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 24, 18:00	22.5S 52.7E	25 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 25, 00:00	22.5S 52.2E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 25, 06:00	22.5S 51.6E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2010

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.