Tropical Storm Murjan (2012)
Tropical Storm Murjan peaked at 35 kt in the North Indian between October 22, 2012 and October 26, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Murjan, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- IO012012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 11.3N 65.4E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 11.5N 64.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 11.5N 63.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 11.3N 62.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 10.9N 60.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 10.6N 59.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 10.5N 57.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 10.5N 56.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 10.4N 55.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 10.2N 53.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 9.9N 52.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 9.6N 51.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 9.5N 50.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 9.2N 47.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 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.