Tropical Storm Haliba (2015)
Tropical Storm Haliba peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between March 4, 2015 and March 13, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Haliba, 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
- March 4, 2015 to March 13, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 62 km (39 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- SH162015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 14.0S 51.9E | 1008 mb | Disturbance | |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 14.5S 52.1E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 15.1S 52.1E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 15.8S 51.8E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 16.2S 51.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 16.4S 51.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 16.7S 51.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 17.3S 50.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 17.7S 50.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 18.0S 50.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 18.3S 50.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 18.6S 49.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 19.0S 49.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 19.4S 50.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 19.6S 50.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 19.9S 51.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 20.3S 52.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 21.0S 53.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 21.5S 54.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 21.9S 54.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 22.3S 55.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 23.2S 55.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 23.8S 55.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 24.4S 54.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 24.7S 54.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 24.9S 53.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 24.6S 53.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 23.8S 55.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 24.4S 57.8E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 25.9S 59.8E | 42 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 28.1S 61.3E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 29.2S 62.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 29.5S 62.9E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 29.3S 64.1E | 45 kt | 991 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 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
- 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.