Cyclone Haleh (2019)

Cyclone Haleh reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 28, 2019 and March 10, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Haleh, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: February 28, 2019 to March 10, 2019
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 894 km (556 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 16.7
Identifier: SH172019

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 28, 18:00	9.6S 77.6E	25 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Mar 1, 00:00	9.6S 77.0E	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 1, 06:00	9.9S 76.5E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Mar 1, 12:00	10.4S 76.2E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 1, 18:00	10.8S 75.7E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 2, 00:00	11.3S 75.4E	35 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 2, 06:00	12.1S 75.0E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 2, 12:00	12.5S 74.2E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 2, 18:00	13.2S 74.0E	55 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 3, 00:00	13.9S 73.7E	60 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 3, 06:00	14.7S 73.5E	60 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 3, 12:00	15.6S 73.6E	65 kt	983 mb	Typhoon
Mar 3, 18:00	16.4S 73.4E	70 kt	973 mb	Typhoon
Mar 4, 00:00	17.1S 73.2E	90 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Mar 4, 06:00	18.0S 73.0E	100 kt	957 mb	Typhoon
Mar 4, 12:00	18.7S 72.7E	105 kt	951 mb	Typhoon
Mar 4, 18:00	19.1S 72.5E	115 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 00:00	19.7S 72.4E	115 kt	942 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 06:00	20.4S 72.1E	110 kt	946 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 12:00	21.0S 71.6E	105 kt	946 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 18:00	21.6S 71.3E	95 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 00:00	22.3S 70.8E	90 kt	961 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 06:00	22.9S 70.0E	85 kt	964 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 12:00	23.6S 69.1E	85 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 18:00	24.3S 68.4E	85 kt	962 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 00:00	25.1S 68.1E	75 kt	966 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 06:00	26.0S 67.7E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 12:00	27.0S 67.3E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 7, 18:00	28.3S 66.9E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 8, 00:00	29.6S 66.2E	50 kt	983 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 8, 06:00	31.0S 65.9E	45 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 8, 12:00	32.2S 65.5E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 8, 18:00	33.6S 65.2E	40 kt	993 mb	Subtropical storm
Mar 9, 00:00	35.2S 65.0E	35 kt	989 mb	Subtropical storm
Mar 9, 06:00	36.5S 65.0E	35 kt	988 mb	Subtropical storm
Mar 9, 12:00	37.7S 66.1E	40 kt	989 mb	Subtropical storm
Mar 9, 18:00	39.2S 67.6E	40 kt	989 mb	Subtropical storm
Mar 10, 00:00	40.4S 69.5E	38 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Mar 10, 06:00	41.2S 73.3E	35 kt	988 mb	Disturbance

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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.