Cyclone Dineo (2017)
Cyclone Dineo reached Category 2 in the South Indian between February 11, 2017 and February 17, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Dineo, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 11, 2017 to February 17, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 19.2S 39.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 19.7S 40.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 20.6S 40.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 21.1S 40.2E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 21.4S 40.0E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 21.6S 39.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 21.3S 39.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 21.4S 39.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 21.6S 39.6E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 21.8S 39.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 22.0S 39.2E | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 22.2S 38.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 22.5S 38.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 22.7S 37.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 23.0S 37.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 23.5S 36.3E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 23.5S 35.3E | 75 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 23.4S 34.4E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 23.1S 33.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 22.6S 32.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 22.2S 31.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 22.4S 30.1E | Not reported | ||
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 22.2S 28.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 22.0S 27.7E | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm AbelaSouth Indian · 2017
- Tropical Storm BransbySouth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2017
- Tropical Storm YvetteSouth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2017
- Cyclone CarlosSouth Indian · 2017
- Cyclone EnawoSouth Indian · 2017
- Tropical Storm FernandoSouth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2017
- Tropical Storm CalebSouth Indian · 2017
- Cyclone ErnieSouth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2017
- Tropical Storm GregSouth Indian · 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.