Tropical Storm Jamala (2013)

Tropical Storm Jamala peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between May 7, 2013 and May 16, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Jamala, 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: May 7, 2013 to May 16, 2013
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure: 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1377 km (856 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.7
Identifier: SH242013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 7, 12:00	5.4S 86.4E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
May 7, 18:00	5.9S 84.2E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
May 8, 00:00	5.8S 84.5E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 8, 06:00	5.8S 84.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 8, 12:00	5.9S 85.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
May 8, 18:00	6.2S 85.2E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 00:00	6.6S 85.3E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 06:00	7.0S 85.6E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 12:00	7.5S 85.9E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 18:00	8.0S 85.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 00:00	8.3S 86.1E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 06:00	8.2S 86.2E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 12:00	8.7S 86.4E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 18:00	9.4S 86.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 00:00	10.0S 87.0E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 06:00	10.5S 87.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 12:00	10.5S 87.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
May 11, 18:00	10.5S 88.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 12, 00:00	10.6S 88.7E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 12, 06:00	10.6S 88.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 12, 12:00	10.7S 88.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 12, 18:00	10.7S 87.4E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 13, 00:00	10.3S 86.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 13, 06:00	9.9S 85.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 13, 12:00	9.4S 84.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 13, 18:00	9.1S 84.1E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 14, 00:00	8.8S 83.5E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 14, 06:00	8.7S 82.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 14, 12:00	8.4S 82.1E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 14, 18:00	8.4S 81.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
May 15, 00:00	7.9S 80.2E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
May 15, 06:00	7.1S 79.5E	20 kt	1003 mb	Disturbance
May 15, 12:00	6.9S 79.7E	20 kt	1003 mb	Disturbance
May 15, 18:00	6.9S 79.7E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
May 16, 00:00	7.1S 79.4E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
May 16, 06:00	7.2S 79.3E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance

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.