The 2017 season

Cyclone Carlos (2017)

Cyclone Carlos reached Category 1 in the South Indian between February 2, 2017 and February 15, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Carlos, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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
February 2, 2017 to February 15, 2017
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 136 km (85 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.6
Identifier
SH042017

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 2, 06:0013.8S 55.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 2, 12:0013.7S 55.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 2, 18:0013.5S 55.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 3, 00:0013.5S 55.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 06:0013.7S 55.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 12:0014.2S 55.9E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 18:0014.8S 56.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 00:0015.6S 56.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 06:0016.2S 56.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 12:0016.6S 56.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 18:0016.9S 56.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 00:0017.1S 56.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 06:0017.3S 56.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 12:0017.4S 57.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 18:0017.5S 57.6E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 00:0017.6S 57.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0017.7S 57.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0018.1S 57.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0018.5S 56.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0019.0S 56.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0019.4S 55.4E45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0020.0S 54.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0020.6S 53.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0021.4S 53.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0022.1S 52.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0022.3S 52.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0023.0S 52.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0023.4S 53.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 9, 06:0023.9S 53.5E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 9, 12:0024.5S 54.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 9, 18:0025.1S 55.0E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0025.9S 56.0E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0027.0S 57.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0028.0S 59.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0028.6S 61.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0029.2S 62.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0029.9S 64.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0030.3S 65.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0030.6S 66.4E40 kt993 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0031.2S 67.1E35 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0031.7S 67.2E30 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 12, 12:0032.0S 66.7E30 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 12, 18:0032.1S 65.7E30 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 13, 00:0032.1S 64.6E30 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 13, 06:0032.2S 64.3E35 kt994 mbExtratropical
Feb 13, 12:0032.6S 63.9E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Feb 13, 18:0032.6S 63.8E33 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 14, 00:0033.2S 63.8E33 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 06:0033.7S 63.4E33 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 12:0033.5S 63.0E30 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 18:0033.3S 63.7E30 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 00:0033.6S 63.9E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 06:0033.9S 63.8E25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 12:0033.4S 64.2E25 kt1010 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2017

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.