Cyclone Megh (2015)
Cyclone Megh reached Category 3 in the North Indian between November 4, 2015 and November 10, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Megh, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- November 4, 2015 to November 10, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- IO052015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 14.0N 66.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 14.0N 66.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 14.1N 65.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 14.0N 64.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 13.9N 63.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 13.7N 63.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 13.5N 62.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 13.3N 61.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 13.1N 61.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 12.9N 60.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 12.8N 60.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 12.7N 59.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 12.8N 58.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 12.8N 57.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 12.7N 56.1E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 12.6N 54.9E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 12.6N 53.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 12.4N 52.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 12.2N 50.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 12.2N 49.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 12.4N 48.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 12.6N 48.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 12.8N 47.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 13.2N 47.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 13.7N 46.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2015
- Tropical Storm AshobaaNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015 · 70 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015
- Tropical Storm KomenNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2015
- Cyclone ChapalaNorth Indian · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.