The 2014 season

Cyclone Jack (2014)

Cyclone Jack reached Category 2 in the South Indian between April 16, 2014 and April 22, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Jack, 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
April 16, 2014 to April 22, 2014
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
956 mb (28.23 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 751 km (467 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.0
Identifier
SH242014

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 16, 00:0010.0S 99.0E25 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Apr 16, 06:0011.0S 98.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 16, 12:0010.9S 97.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 16, 18:0010.9S 96.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 00:0010.9S 95.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 06:0011.5S 94.6E30 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 12:0011.4S 93.8E30 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 18:0011.6S 93.5E30 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 00:0011.7S 93.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 06:0011.9S 92.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 18, 12:0012.1S 92.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 18, 18:0012.5S 91.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 00:0012.9S 91.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 06:0013.5S 90.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 12:0013.9S 90.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Apr 19, 18:0014.3S 90.7E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Apr 20, 00:0014.6S 90.7E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Apr 20, 06:0014.8S 90.7E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Apr 20, 12:0014.9S 90.9E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Apr 20, 18:0015.3S 91.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Apr 21, 00:0015.5S 92.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Apr 21, 06:0016.1S 92.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 12:0016.6S 93.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 18:0016.9S 93.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 00:0017.2S 94.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 22, 06:0017.9S 95.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 22, 12:0019.3S 95.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

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.