The 2013 season

Tropical Storm Boldwin (2013)

Tropical Storm Boldwin peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between November 20, 2012 and November 25, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Boldwin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
November 20, 2012 to November 25, 2012
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1713 km (1064 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.6
Identifier
SH022013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 20, 06:009.1S 83.6E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 12:009.3S 82.9E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 18:009.8S 82.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 00:009.8S 82.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 06:009.8S 82.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:009.8S 82.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:0010.1S 82.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:009.9S 81.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 06:0010.3S 80.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 12:0010.8S 80.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 18:0011.5S 79.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 00:0011.8S 78.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 06:0011.9S 78.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 12:0012.0S 77.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 18:0012.4S 77.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 00:0013.0S 76.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0013.6S 75.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0013.9S 75.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0014.3S 74.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0014.6S 74.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0014.6S 73.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0015.2S 72.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 25, 18:0015.0S 73.4E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2013

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.