Cyclone Christine (2014)
Cyclone Christine reached Category 3 in the South Indian between December 25, 2013 and January 1, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Christine, 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 25, 2013 to January 1, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 17 nmi (31 km, 20 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052014
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 25, 18:00 | 12.2S 123.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 12.5S 123.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 12.5S 123.0E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 12.8S 122.7E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 13.1S 122.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 14.0S 122.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 14.1S 121.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 14.2S 121.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 14.4S 121.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 14.8S 121.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 15.3S 121.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 15.8S 120.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 16.3S 120.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 16.7S 120.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 17.2S 119.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 17.8S 119.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 18.4S 119.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 18.8S 118.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 19.5S 118.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 20.4S 117.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 21.1S 117.0E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 22.1S 117.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 23.7S 117.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 25.0S 118.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 26.4S 120.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 27.8S 122.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 29.4S 124.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 30.8S 126.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
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 BejisaSouth 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.