Cyclone Eunice (2015)

Cyclone Eunice reached Category 5 in the South Indian between January 24, 2015 and February 3, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Eunice, 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 24, 2015 to February 3, 2015
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 953 km (592 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 23.5
Identifier: SH092015

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 24, 06:00	15.1S 77.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Jan 24, 12:00	15.3S 76.7E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 24, 18:00	15.5S 75.2E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 00:00	15.5S 73.5E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 06:00	15.5S 72.4E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 12:00	15.3S 71.2E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 25, 18:00	15.1S 69.9E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 00:00	15.0S 68.6E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 06:00	15.0S 66.8E	23 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 12:00	14.4S 64.9E	23 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Jan 26, 18:00	13.6S 63.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 27, 00:00	13.4S 63.3E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 27, 06:00	13.1S 62.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 27, 12:00	12.8S 63.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 18:00	12.9S 63.6E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 00:00	13.2S 64.1E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 06:00	13.8S 64.5E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 12:00	14.2S 64.9E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Jan 28, 18:00	14.6S 65.4E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 00:00	15.0S 65.9E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 06:00	15.4S 66.4E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 12:00	16.2S 66.9E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 18:00	17.0S 67.3E	135 kt	922 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 30, 00:00	17.8S 67.7E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 30, 06:00	18.4S 68.0E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 30, 12:00	19.2S 68.5E	140 kt	918 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 30, 18:00	19.7S 69.1E	135 kt	922 mb	Super typhoon
Jan 31, 00:00	20.0S 70.0E	125 kt	929 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 06:00	20.4S 71.2E	120 kt	933 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 12:00	20.6S 72.7E	115 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Jan 31, 18:00	20.7S 74.5E	100 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 00:00	20.8S 76.1E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 06:00	21.1S 78.4E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 12:00	21.4S 80.5E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Feb 1, 18:00	22.0S 82.5E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Feb 2, 00:00	23.4S 85.5E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 2, 06:00	26.0S 88.7E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 2, 12:00	29.2S 91.7E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 2, 18:00	32.5S 93.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Extratropical
Feb 3, 00:00	38.8S 93.6E			Extratropical
Feb 3, 06:00	41.8S 93.8E			Extratropical

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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.