The 2011 season

Cyclone Abele (2011)

Cyclone Abele reached Category 1 in the South Indian between November 26, 2010 and December 5, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Abele, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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
November 26, 2010 to December 5, 2010
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1290 km (802 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.6
Identifier
SH032011

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 26, 18:006.9S 88.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 00:007.2S 87.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 06:007.8S 87.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 12:008.6S 86.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 18:009.4S 86.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 00:0010.0S 86.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 06:0010.5S 86.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 12:0011.0S 86.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 18:0011.4S 86.6E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 00:0011.6S 86.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 06:0011.7S 86.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 12:0011.8S 86.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 18:0012.0S 85.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 00:0012.4S 85.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 06:0012.8S 85.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 12:0013.2S 85.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 18:0013.7S 85.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 00:0014.3S 85.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 06:0014.8S 85.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 12:0015.2S 85.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 18:0015.7S 86.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 00:0016.1S 86.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 06:0016.6S 87.6E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Dec 2, 12:0017.0S 88.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Dec 2, 18:0017.6S 89.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Dec 3, 00:0018.4S 90.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Dec 3, 06:0019.2S 91.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 12:0020.1S 92.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 18:0021.0S 93.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 00:0021.7S 93.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 06:0022.4S 94.1E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Dec 4, 12:0023.1S 94.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Dec 4, 18:0023.5S 95.3E40 kt998 mbMixed
Dec 5, 00:0024.0S 96.1EExtratropical
Dec 5, 06:0024.2S 97.7EExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 2011

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.