Tropical Storm Bakung (2015)
Tropical Storm Bakung peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between December 9, 2014 and December 14, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bakung, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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 9, 2014 to December 14, 2014
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 448 km (278 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- SH032015
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 9, 18:00 | 8.5S 101.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 8.5S 100.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 8.6S 99.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 8.7S 98.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 8.8S 97.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 9.1S 96.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 9.0S 95.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 8.9S 94.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 9.0S 94.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 9.3S 93.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 9.5S 92.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 9.5S 91.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 9.4S 90.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 9.3S 90.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 9.1S 89.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 8.8S 89.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 8.7S 88.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 8.7S 87.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2015
- Cyclone AdjaliSouth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone KateSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone BansiSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm ChedzaSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm DiamondraSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone EuniceSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm FundiSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm GlendaSouth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm HalibaSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone OlwynSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone JoalaneSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone IkolaSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone QuangSouth Indian · 2015
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.