Cyclone Enawo (2017)
Cyclone Enawo reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 2, 2017 and March 11, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Enawo. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 2, 2017 to March 11, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 305 nmi (565 km, 351 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- SH092017
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 2, 00:00 | 11.0S 62.8E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 11.4S 60.6E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 11.6S 59.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 11.9S 58.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 12.2S 57.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 12.7S 56.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 12.9S 56.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 13.1S 56.4E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 13.3S 56.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 13.5S 56.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 13.4S 56.9E | 65 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 13.4S 56.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 13.4S 56.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 13.6S 56.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 13.8S 55.5E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 13.9S 55.1E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 14.0S 54.5E | 90 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 14.0S 53.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 14.1S 53.0E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 14.4S 52.4E | 125 kt | 931 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 14.6S 51.5E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 14.6S 50.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 14.5S 50.2E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 15.0S 49.8E | 90 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 15.8S 49.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 16.4S 48.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 17.2S 47.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 18.0S 46.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 19.1S 46.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 20.4S 46.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 22.9S 46.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 24.6S 46.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 26.1S 46.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 26.9S 48.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 29.0S 49.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 30.5S 50.1E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 32.2S 49.8E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 33.6S 48.6E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 35.8S 47.5E | 53 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 37.0S 45.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
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 DineoSouth 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.