Cyclone Bruce (2014)

Cyclone Bruce reached Category 5 in the South Indian between December 16, 2013 and December 25, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Bruce, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: December 16, 2013 to December 25, 2013
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 616 km (383 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 28.9
Identifier: SH042014

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 16, 06:00	8.2S 98.7E	20 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 12:00	8.1S 98.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 16, 18:00	8.5S 97.9E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 17, 00:00	8.7S 97.7E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 17, 06:00	8.6S 97.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 17, 12:00	9.1S 97.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 17, 18:00	9.7S 96.7E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 00:00	10.4S 96.2E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 06:00	10.9S 95.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 12:00	11.5S 94.6E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 18:00	11.8S 93.6E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 00:00	11.9S 92.8E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 06:00	12.1S 92.0E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 12:00	12.6S 91.2E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 18:00	12.9S 90.3E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 00:00	13.2S 89.5E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 06:00	13.5S 88.5E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 12:00	13.8S 87.5E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 18:00	14.1S 86.3E	130 kt	926 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 21, 00:00	14.5S 85.0E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 21, 06:00	14.9S 83.7E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 21, 12:00	15.6S 82.3E	135 kt	922 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 21, 18:00	16.3S 81.0E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 22, 00:00	17.0S 79.9E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 22, 06:00	17.8S 78.8E	135 kt	922 mb	Super typhoon
Dec 22, 12:00	19.0S 78.2E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Dec 22, 18:00	20.2S 77.8E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Dec 23, 00:00	21.6S 77.7E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Dec 23, 06:00	23.0S 78.0E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Dec 23, 12:00	24.9S 78.2E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Dec 23, 18:00	27.1S 78.7E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Dec 24, 00:00	28.6S 79.4E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 06:00	30.2S 81.0E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 12:00	31.6S 83.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 18:00	32.8S 87.9E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 00:00	32.7S 90.5E	25 kt	1004 mb	Extratropical
Dec 25, 06:00	32.2S 93.8E			Extratropical
Dec 25, 12:00	32.4S 97.1E			Disturbance
Dec 25, 18:00	32.6S 99.9E			Disturbance

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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.