Unnamed tropical storm (2016)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between March 27, 2016 and March 30, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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 27, 2016 to March 30, 2016
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1778 km (1105 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Identifier
- SH172016
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 27, 06:00 | 13.1S 72.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 12.4S 73.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 12.2S 74.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 12.7S 75.2E | 22 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 13.2S 76.2E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 14.2S 76.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 15.2S 77.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 16.3S 78.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 17.9S 78.4E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 19.7S 79.2E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 21.6S 79.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 23.8S 81.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 26.1S 83.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 27.4S 84.3E | 25 kt | 1008 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.