Cyclone Narelle (2013)
Cyclone Narelle reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 5, 2013 and January 15, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Narelle, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 5, 2013 to January 15, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 933 mb (27.55 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 78 km (48 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH082013
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 5, 00:00 | 10.0S 125.8E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 10.0S 126.3E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 10.5S 126.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 10.5S 125.8E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 10.5S 125.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 10.8S 125.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 11.1S 123.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 11.2S 122.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 11.4S 121.8E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 11.3S 121.1E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 11.6S 120.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 11.7S 119.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 12.0S 119.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 12.3S 118.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 12.4S 117.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 12.4S 117.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 12.7S 116.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 13.1S 116.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 13.5S 116.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 13.9S 115.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 14.7S 115.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 15.4S 115.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 16.3S 115.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 16.8S 114.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 17.3S 113.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 17.7S 113.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 18.1S 112.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 18.4S 112.3E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 18.8S 112.2E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 19.3S 112.0E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 20.0S 111.7E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 20.7S 111.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 21.4S 110.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 22.3S 110.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 23.3S 110.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 24.3S 109.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 25.4S 109.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 26.6S 109.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 28.8S 110.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 28.8S 109.2E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 30.0S 109.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 31.1S 109.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2013
- Cyclone AnaisSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm BoldwinSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm MitchellSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone DumileSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm EmangSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm PetaSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone FellengSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone GinoSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone HarunaSouth Indian · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone RustySouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone ImeldaSouth Indian · 2013
- Cyclone VictoriaSouth Indian · 2013
- Tropical Storm JamalaSouth Indian · 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.