The 2016 season

Tropical Storm Annabelle (2016)

Tropical Storm Annabelle peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between November 18, 2015 and November 27, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Annabelle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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
November 18, 2015 to November 27, 2015
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1199 km (745 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.2
Identifier
SH032016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 18, 18:004.8S 80.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:006.7S 78.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:007.2S 77.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:007.8S 77.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:008.8S 76.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 00:009.8S 74.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 06:009.8S 72.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 12:009.8S 72.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:009.8S 71.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0010.0S 71.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0010.3S 71.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0010.7S 71.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0011.1S 71.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0011.5S 71.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0012.0S 71.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0012.8S 72.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0013.5S 72.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0014.2S 73.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0015.1S 75.0E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0016.7S 76.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0017.9S 77.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0019.1S 78.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0020.8S 80.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0022.6S 81.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0023.5S 81.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0024.3S 81.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 25, 06:0024.7S 81.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 25, 12:0024.8S 81.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 25, 18:0024.9S 81.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 00:0025.1S 81.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 06:0025.0S 80.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 12:0024.6S 79.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 18:0024.0S 79.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 00:0023.6S 78.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 06:0023.5S 77.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 12:0023.5S 77.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2016

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.