Tropical Storm Chedza (2015)
Tropical Storm Chedza peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between January 13, 2015 and January 22, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Chedza, 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
- January 13, 2015 to January 22, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- SH062015
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 13, 06:00 | 17.5S 37.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 17.1S 38.3E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 17.2S 39.4E | 23 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 18.1S 40.2E | 23 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 19.1S 40.4E | 23 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 19.5S 40.3E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 19.2S 40.1E | 27 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 18.3S 40.3E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 18.6S 40.8E | 33 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 19.1S 41.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 19.1S 41.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 19.2S 42.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 19.5S 43.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 20.0S 44.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 20.6S 45.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 21.2S 46.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 21.7S 47.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 21.8S 49.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 21.8S 50.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 21.9S 51.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 22.3S 51.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 22.8S 52.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 23.4S 52.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 23.8S 52.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 24.7S 52.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 25.4S 52.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 26.2S 52.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 27.1S 53.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 28.3S 53.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 29.4S 54.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 30.7S 55.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 31.9S 56.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 33.3S 58.7E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 34.6S 60.7E | 43 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 35.7S 61.9E | 42 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 37.3S 63.6E | 40 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 38.6S 65.4E | 40 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 40.4S 68.2E | 42 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 2015
- Cyclone AdjaliSouth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm BakungSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone KateSouth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone BansiSouth 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.