Cyclone Lorna (2019)

Cyclone Lorna reached Category 2 in the South Indian between April 21, 2019 and April 30, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Lorna, 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: April 21, 2019 to April 30, 2019
Peak strength: Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure: 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1109 km (689 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.9
Identifier: SH252019

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 21, 18:00	4.0S 79.3E	20 kt	1002 mb	Disturbance
Apr 22, 00:00	4.4S 79.3E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 22, 06:00	4.9S 79.8E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 22, 12:00	5.4S 80.4E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 22, 18:00	5.8S 80.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 23, 00:00	6.5S 81.3E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 23, 06:00	7.5S 81.6E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 12:00	8.5S 82.2E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 18:00	9.4S 82.8E	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 00:00	9.9S 83.6E	45 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 06:00	10.2S 84.1E	45 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 12:00	10.3S 84.3E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 18:00	10.4S 84.5E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 00:00	10.5S 84.9E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 06:00	10.5S 85.5E	50 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 12:00	10.7S 85.9E	50 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 18:00	10.9S 86.4E	55 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 00:00	11.1S 87.0E	60 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 06:00	11.6S 87.9E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 12:00	12.5S 88.5E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 18:00	12.9S 88.7E	65 kt	980 mb	Typhoon
Apr 27, 00:00	13.5S 88.8E	65 kt	981 mb	Typhoon
Apr 27, 06:00	14.0S 88.8E	60 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 27, 12:00	14.5S 88.8E	55 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 27, 18:00	15.0S 88.9E	60 kt	983 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 28, 00:00	15.8S 89.2E	70 kt	982 mb	Typhoon
Apr 28, 06:00	16.8S 89.6E	85 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Apr 28, 12:00	18.2S 90.0E	90 kt	965 mb	Typhoon
Apr 28, 18:00	19.3S 90.2E	80 kt	975 mb	Typhoon
Apr 29, 00:00	20.1S 89.5E	65 kt	984 mb	Typhoon
Apr 29, 06:00	20.8S 89.1E	50 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 29, 12:00	21.4S 89.0E	40 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 29, 18:00	21.9S 89.0E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 30, 00:00	22.9S 89.1E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 30, 06:00	23.9S 89.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 30, 12:00	24.7S 89.3E	30 kt	998 mb	Extratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.