Cyclone Lua (2012)
Cyclone Lua reached Category 2 in the South Indian between March 10, 2012 and March 18, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Lua, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 10, 2012 to March 18, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb (28.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 33 kt (38 mph)
- Identifier
- SH172012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 16.5S 112.0E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 17.5S 113.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 18.5S 114.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 18.4S 114.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 18.3S 114.3E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 19.0S 113.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 18.9S 114.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 18.8S 114.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 18.4S 115.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 18.4S 115.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 18.6S 115.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 18.6S 115.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 18.6S 115.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 18.6S 114.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 18.2S 113.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 17.4S 113.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 16.8S 112.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 16.1S 112.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 15.7S 112.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 15.5S 112.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 15.5S 113.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 15.5S 113.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 15.3S 113.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 15.6S 114.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 16.1S 115.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 16.4S 116.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 16.8S 117.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 17.7S 118.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 18.6S 119.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 19.8S 120.0E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 21.5S 120.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 23.4S 121.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 24.3S 120.4E | 30 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 27.1S 120.4E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2012
- Cyclone AlengaSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm GrantSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone BenildeSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm ChandaSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone HeidiSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm DandoSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone EthelSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone FunsoSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone IggySouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone GiovannaSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm HilwaSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm IrinaSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone Joni:KojiSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm KuenaSouth Indian · 2012
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.