The 2014 season

Tropical Storm Fobane (2014)

Tropical Storm Fobane peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between February 5, 2014 and February 17, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Fobane, 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
February 5, 2014 to February 17, 2014
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 991 km (616 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.7
Identifier
SH142014

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 5, 06:0012.0S 71.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 12:0012.1S 71.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 18:0012.4S 71.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 00:0012.7S 71.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 06:0012.7S 71.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 12:0013.0S 71.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 18:0013.5S 70.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 7, 00:0014.0S 70.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 7, 06:0014.8S 70.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0015.5S 69.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0015.5S 69.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0014.9S 69.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0015.0S 70.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0014.8S 71.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0015.1S 71.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0015.5S 72.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0015.8S 74.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0016.8S 75.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0018.7S 75.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0021.1S 74.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0022.5S 72.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0023.1S 70.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0023.2S 68.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0023.3S 67.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0023.9S 67.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0024.5S 66.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0025.3S 65.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0026.1S 65.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0027.1S 64.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0028.1S 64.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0028.8S 64.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0029.4S 63.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0029.6S 63.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0029.8S 62.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0029.8S 62.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0029.8S 61.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0030.0S 61.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 14, 12:0030.6S 60.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 14, 18:0031.2S 59.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 00:0031.6S 59.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 15, 06:0031.9S 59.7E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Feb 15, 12:0032.1S 59.2E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Feb 15, 18:0031.9S 59.4E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 00:0031.8S 59.8E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 06:0031.8S 60.9E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 12:0032.2S 62.1E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 18:0032.8S 64.2E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 17, 00:0033.9S 65.6E30 kt995 mbExtratropical
Feb 17, 06:0034.8S 68.0E30 kt996 mbExtratropical
Feb 17, 12:0035.6S 71.4E30 kt996 mbExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.