The 2011 season

Cyclone Carlos (2011)

Cyclone Carlos reached Category 1 in the South Indian between February 14, 2011 and February 27, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Carlos, 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
February 14, 2011 to February 27, 2011
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.4
Identifier
SH152011

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 14, 00:0014.0S 132.0E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0012.8S 131.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 12:0012.8S 131.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 18:0012.9S 130.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 00:0012.8S 130.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 06:0012.9S 130.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 12:0012.7S 130.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 18:0012.5S 130.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0012.4S 130.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0012.5S 131.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0012.6S 131.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0012.9S 131.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0013.3S 131.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0013.6S 130.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0013.8S 130.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 17, 18:0014.0S 130.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 18, 00:0014.3S 130.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 18, 06:0014.6S 130.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 18, 12:0015.0S 130.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 18, 18:0015.5S 130.1E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 00:0015.6S 129.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 06:0015.3S 128.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 12:0015.4S 127.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 18:0015.6S 127.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 20, 00:0015.9S 126.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 20, 06:0016.2S 125.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 20, 12:0016.7S 123.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 20, 18:0017.3S 122.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0017.8S 121.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 06:0018.3S 120.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0019.0S 119.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0019.7S 118.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0020.2S 117.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0020.8S 116.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0021.3S 115.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0021.7S 114.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0022.1S 114.1E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0022.6S 113.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0023.0S 112.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 23, 18:0023.4S 111.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 00:0023.8S 110.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 06:0024.3S 109.6E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 12:0024.8S 108.5E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 18:0025.4S 107.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0026.2S 106.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0026.9S 106.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 12:0027.8S 105.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 18:0028.6S 104.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 00:0029.4S 104.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 06:0030.3S 104.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 26, 12:0031.2S 104.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 26, 18:0031.5S 103.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 27, 00:0032.0S 104.0E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm

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.