Cyclone Ockhi (2017)
Cyclone Ockhi reached Category 3 in the North Indian between November 28, 2017 and December 5, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ockhi, 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
- November 28, 2017 to December 5, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 215 nmi (398 km, 247 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- IO032017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 18:00 | 6.0N 82.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 29, 00:00 | 5.9N 81.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 29, 06:00 | 5.9N 80.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 29, 12:00 | 6.2N 79.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 18:00 | 6.7N 78.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 00:00 | 7.2N 77.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 7.8N 76.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 8.1N 75.8E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 8.5N 74.9E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 8.7N 74.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 8.8N 73.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 8.8N 72.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 8.9N 72.1E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 9.3N 71.5E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 9.8N 71.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 10.4N 70.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 10.9N 69.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 11.3N 69.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 12.1N 68.9E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 12.8N 68.7E | 75 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 13.5N 68.5E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 14.1N 68.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 14.7N 68.7E | 70 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 15.5N 69.2E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 16.6N 70.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 17.7N 70.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 18.3N 71.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 18.5N 71.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 19.2N 71.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm MaaruthaNorth Indian · 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
- 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.