Cyclone Bejisa (2014)
Cyclone Bejisa reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 27, 2013 and January 7, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Bejisa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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
- December 27, 2013 to January 7, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 45 km (28 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 130 kt (150 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- SH062014
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 8.9S 51.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 8.9S 52.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 9.1S 52.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 9.2S 52.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 9.4S 52.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 9.7S 52.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 9.9S 52.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 10.1S 52.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 10.3S 52.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 10.5S 52.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 10.7S 52.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 11.2S 52.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 11.8S 52.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 12.3S 52.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 12.7S 53.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 13.3S 53.3E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 14.2S 53.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 15.2S 53.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 16.2S 53.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 17.2S 53.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 18.2S 53.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 19.0S 53.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 19.8S 54.0E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 20.5S 54.5E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 21.3S 54.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 21.9S 55.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 22.5S 55.6E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 23.0S 55.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 23.6S 55.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 24.1S 55.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 24.4S 54.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 25.1S 54.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 25.8S 53.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 26.5S 52.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 27.5S 50.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 28.9S 49.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 30.8S 47.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 32.8S 45.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 34.0S 43.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 35.6S 42.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 36.9S 42.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 37.8S 43.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 38.1S 44.5E | 28 kt | 995 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 38.3S 45.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 38.6S 47.5E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 38.8S 49.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2014
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm AlessiaSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone AmaraSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone BruceSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone ChristineSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone ColinSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm DeliweSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm FletcherSouth Indian · 2014
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm EdilsonSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm FobaneSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone GuitoSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone HellenSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm IvanoeSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone JackSouth Indian · 2014
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.