Cyclone Bansi (2015)

Cyclone Bansi reached Category 5 in the South Indian between January 8, 2015 and January 19, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Bansi, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: January 8, 2015 to January 19, 2015
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 276 km (171 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 31.1
Identifier: SH052015

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jan 8, 12:00	18.9S 53.9E		1008 mb	Disturbance
Jan 8, 18:00	18.7S 53.6E		1008 mb	Disturbance
Jan 9, 00:00	19.0S 53.4E		1008 mb	Disturbance
Jan 9, 06:00	19.0S 52.8E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Jan 9, 12:00	18.5S 52.8E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 9, 18:00	18.0S 52.9E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 10, 00:00	17.4S 53.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 10, 06:00	16.8S 53.1E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 10, 12:00	16.3S 53.3E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 10, 18:00	15.8S 53.8E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 00:00	15.9S 54.5E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 06:00	16.3S 54.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 12:00	16.8S 54.9E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 11, 18:00	17.2S 55.0E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 00:00	17.2S 55.3E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 06:00	17.2S 55.9E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 12:00	17.5S 56.7E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 12, 18:00	17.6S 56.9E	130 kt	926 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 13, 00:00	17.5S 57.3E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 13, 06:00	17.3S 57.6E	130 kt	926 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 13, 12:00	17.2S 57.9E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Jan 13, 18:00	17.2S 58.1E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Jan 14, 00:00	17.2S 58.4E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Jan 14, 06:00	17.2S 58.7E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 14, 12:00	17.3S 59.1E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 14, 18:00	17.5S 59.7E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 15, 00:00	17.7S 60.2E	105 kt	944 mb	Typhoon
Jan 15, 06:00	17.9S 60.8E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 15, 12:00	18.0S 61.7E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 15, 18:00	18.3S 62.9E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 16, 00:00	19.1S 64.2E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Jan 16, 06:00	20.2S 65.5E	130 kt	926 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 16, 12:00	21.6S 66.3E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Jan 16, 18:00	22.5S 67.0E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 17, 00:00	23.3S 67.8E	110 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Jan 17, 06:00	23.9S 68.8E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Jan 17, 12:00	24.3S 69.9E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Jan 17, 18:00	24.7S 71.7E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Jan 18, 00:00	24.8S 73.7E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 18, 06:00	25.4S 76.3E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 18, 12:00	25.8S 78.7E	50 kt	985 mb	Extratropical
Jan 18, 18:00	27.9S 84.7E	55 kt	970 mb	Extratropical
Jan 19, 00:00	30.1S 88.0E	50 kt	975 mb	Extratropical
Jan 19, 06:00	32.8S 90.9E			Extratropical
Jan 19, 12:00	34.6S 93.0E			Extratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.