The 2013 season

Tropical Storm Emang (2013)

Tropical Storm Emang peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between January 8, 2013 and January 19, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Emang, 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
January 8, 2013 to January 19, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 883 km (549 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.3
Identifier
SH092013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 8, 18:0010.9S 84.0E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 9, 00:0010.9S 83.7E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 9, 06:0011.0S 83.2E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 9, 12:0011.3S 82.4E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 9, 18:0011.9S 82.0E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 10, 00:0012.3S 81.9E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 10, 06:0012.6S 81.9E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 10, 12:0013.1S 81.6E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 10, 18:0013.4S 81.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 11, 00:0013.5S 80.8E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jan 11, 06:0013.4S 80.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 11, 12:0013.0S 80.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 11, 18:0012.8S 81.0E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Jan 12, 00:0012.5S 81.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 12, 06:0012.1S 80.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 12, 12:0011.8S 80.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 12, 18:0011.7S 80.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 13, 00:0011.5S 80.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 06:0011.7S 80.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 12:0011.7S 80.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 18:0011.7S 80.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 00:0012.1S 79.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 06:0012.4S 79.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 12:0012.8S 79.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 18:0013.0S 79.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 00:0013.2S 78.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 06:0013.5S 78.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 12:0013.8S 78.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 15, 18:0014.0S 78.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 16, 00:0014.2S 78.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 16, 06:0014.2S 77.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 16, 12:0014.3S 77.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 16, 18:0014.4S 77.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 17, 00:0014.5S 76.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 17, 06:0014.8S 75.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 17, 12:0015.1S 74.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 17, 18:0015.3S 73.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 00:0015.3S 73.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 06:0015.3S 72.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 12:0015.6S 70.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 18:0015.8S 69.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 00:0015.4S 68.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 06:0015.1S 67.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 12:0014.9S 66.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 18:0015.4S 64.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression

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.