Tropical Storm Maarutha (2017)
Tropical Storm Maarutha peaked at 50 kt in the North Indian between April 14, 2017 and April 17, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Maarutha, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 14, 2017 to April 17, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 145 nmi (269 km, 167 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 8.2N 85.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 9.4N 86.1E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 10.5N 86.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 11.3N 87.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 12.3N 88.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 13.4N 89.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 14.2N 90.3E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 14.9N 91.1E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 15.8N 91.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 17.4N 92.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 18.4N 93.6E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 19.2N 94.2E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 20.1N 95.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2017
- Cyclone MoraNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2017
- Cyclone OckhiNorth Indian · 2017
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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.