Cyclone Thane (2011)
Cyclone Thane reached Category 2 in the North Indian between December 25, 2011 and December 30, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Thane, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- December 25, 2011 to December 30, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 115 nmi (213 km, 132 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- IO062011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 9.2N 88.3E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 9.6N 88.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 10.1N 88.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 10.6N 88.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 11.2N 88.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 11.6N 87.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 11.9N 87.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 12.1N 87.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 12.3N 86.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 12.1N 85.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 11.9N 85.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 12.0N 84.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 12.2N 84.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 12.0N 83.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 11.9N 82.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 11.9N 82.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 11.9N 81.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 11.8N 80.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 11.7N 79.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 11.6N 79.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 12.7N 78.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2011
- Tropical Storm KeilaNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 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.