The 2012 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2012)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the South Indian between May 6, 2012 and May 9, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
May 6, 2012 to May 9, 2012
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 86 km (53 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH192012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 6, 00:005.0S 126.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 6, 06:005.3S 126.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 6, 12:005.8S 127.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 6, 18:006.2S 127.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 00:006.4S 128.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 06:006.8S 129.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 12:007.4S 129.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 7, 18:007.9S 129.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 8, 00:008.1S 129.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 8, 06:008.4S 129.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 8, 12:008.7S 128.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 8, 18:009.0S 128.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 9, 00:009.2S 127.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 9, 06:009.3S 127.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other South 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.