Cyclone Gelena (2019)
Cyclone Gelena reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 4, 2019 and February 16, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 946 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Gelena, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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 4, 2019 to February 16, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 946 mb (27.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 276 km (171 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 20.6
- Identifier
- SH132019
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 4, 06:00 | 11.4S 58.1E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 11.6S 57.7E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 4, 18:00 | 11.6S 57.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 12.5S 55.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 12.6S 55.0E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 12.6S 54.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 12.5S 54.1E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 12.4S 53.6E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 12.2S 53.5E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 12.2S 53.2E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 12.2S 53.0E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 12.3S 53.0E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 12.4S 53.5E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 13.0S 53.8E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 13.7S 53.9E | 75 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 14.5S 54.1E | 80 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 15.2S 54.7E | 95 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 15.8S 55.3E | 100 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 16.4S 56.2E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 17.0S 57.4E | 110 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 17.9S 58.7E | 115 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 18.7S 60.4E | 120 kt | 946 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 19.5S 61.9E | 115 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 20.3S 63.3E | 105 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 21.0S 64.3E | 95 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 21.7S 65.5E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 22.4S 66.7E | 80 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 23.1S 68.0E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 24.0S 68.9E | 70 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 24.6S 70.2E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 25.1S 71.4E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 25.5S 72.5E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 25.8S 73.3E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 25.5S 74.0E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 25.2S 74.8E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 25.4S 75.7E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 25.7S 76.9E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 26.0S 78.2E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 26.5S 79.6E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 26.9S 81.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 27.5S 83.4E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 28.5S 86.1E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 29.0S 87.6E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 29.3S 88.8E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 29.8S 89.8E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 30.4S 90.7E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 31.3S 91.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 32.4S 91.9E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 33.7S 93.0E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 34.5S 94.1E | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone AlcideSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm BouchraSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KenangaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone CilidaSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm DesmondSouth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone RileySouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm EketsangSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone FunaniSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone HalehSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone IdaiSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone SavannahSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone VeronicaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone JoaninhaSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm WallaceSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone LornaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KennethSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm LiliSouth Indian · 2019
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.