Tropical Storm Nilam (2012)
Tropical Storm Nilam peaked at 50 kt in the North Indian between October 27, 2012 and November 1, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Nilam, 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 27, 2012 to November 1, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- IO022012
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 27, 06:00 | 11.1N 87.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 10.7N 86.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 10.2N 86.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 10.0N 85.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 9.8N 85.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 9.6N 84.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 9.5N 84.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 9.7N 83.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 9.1N 82.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 8.6N 82.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 8.4N 83.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 8.6N 83.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 9.1N 83.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 9.9N 83.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 10.8N 83.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 11.3N 82.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 11.9N 81.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 12.7N 79.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 13.4N 78.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 14.6N 76.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 13.5N 77.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 14.0N 77.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 14.5N 77.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
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.