Cyclone Felleng (2013)

Cyclone Felleng reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 25, 2013 and February 5, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Felleng, 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 25, 2013 to February 5, 2013
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 170 km (106 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 16.5
Identifier: SH132013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jan 25, 12:00	12.5S 67.4E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 18:00	12.1S 66.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 00:00	12.5S 66.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 06:00	12.7S 65.8E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 12:00	13.3S 65.4E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 26, 18:00	13.6S 64.7E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 00:00	13.5S 64.0E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 06:00	13.2S 63.2E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 12:00	13.2S 62.2E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 18:00	13.2S 61.2E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 00:00	13.2S 60.3E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 06:00	13.2S 59.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 12:00	13.3S 58.5E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 18:00	13.3S 57.5E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 29, 00:00	13.5S 56.6E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 06:00	13.7S 55.8E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 12:00	14.0S 55.1E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 18:00	14.2S 54.4E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 00:00	14.5S 53.8E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 06:00	15.2S 53.4E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 12:00	16.1S 52.7E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 18:00	17.0S 52.2E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 00:00	17.7S 51.7E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 06:00	18.3S 51.2E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 12:00	19.1S 51.1E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 18:00	19.7S 50.5E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 00:00	20.6S 50.6E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 06:00	21.5S 50.8E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 12:00	22.4S 51.2E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 18:00	23.4S 51.4E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Feb 2, 00:00	24.6S 51.3E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Feb 2, 06:00	25.8S 51.3E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 2, 12:00	27.0S 51.2E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 2, 18:00	28.3S 51.5E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 3, 00:00	29.5S 51.9E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 3, 06:00	30.8S 52.6E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 3, 12:00	32.0S 53.4E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 3, 18:00	33.4S 54.4E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 4, 00:00	34.5S 55.0E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 4, 06:00	35.6S 55.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 4, 12:00	36.8S 55.9E	35 kt	996 mb	Extratropical
Feb 4, 18:00	37.7S 56.6E	37 kt	985 mb	Extratropical
Feb 5, 00:00	39.2S 58.0E	37 kt	984 mb	Extratropical
Feb 5, 06:00	41.2S 60.4E	37 kt	983 mb	Extratropical
Feb 5, 12:00	42.7S 63.6E	37 kt	982 mb	Extratropical

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.