Cyclone Emeraude (2016)
Cyclone Emeraude reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 14, 2016 and March 23, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Emeraude, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 14, 2016 to March 23, 2016
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1607 km (999 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.1
- Identifier
- SH152016
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 14, 18:00 | 11.3S 87.3E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 11.2S 87.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 11.3S 86.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 11.3S 86.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 11.2S 85.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 11.0S 85.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 10.8S 85.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 10.6S 84.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 10.5S 84.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 10.4S 84.3E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 10.5S 84.1E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 10.7S 84.0E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 10.5S 83.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 10.1S 84.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 10.1S 84.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 10.3S 85.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 10.3S 85.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 10.4S 86.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 10.5S 86.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 10.7S 87.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 10.7S 87.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 10.7S 87.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 10.6S 87.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 10.8S 87.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 11.1S 87.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 11.4S 87.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 11.6S 86.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 11.7S 86.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 11.4S 87.0E | 27 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 10.9S 86.7E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 11.0S 86.2E | 23 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 11.0S 85.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 11.0S 84.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 11.1S 84.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 11.6S 83.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
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.