The 2019 season

Cyclone Savannah (2019)

Cyclone Savannah reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 8, 2019 and March 22, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Savannah, 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
March 8, 2019 to March 22, 2019
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
957 mb (28.26 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 269 km (167 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
SH192019

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 8, 00:0011.2S 114.7E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 06:0012.0S 114.3E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 12:0012.2S 113.9E25 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 18:0012.3S 113.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 00:0012.3S 113.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 06:0012.1S 113.3E25 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 12:0012.2S 112.9E25 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 18:0012.2S 112.2E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 00:0011.8S 111.3E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 06:0012.0S 110.0E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 12:0011.9S 109.0E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 18:0011.7S 107.4E25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 00:0011.2S 106.2E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 06:0011.6S 103.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 12:0010.9S 103.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 18:0010.3S 102.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 12, 00:009.4S 101.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 12, 06:008.6S 100.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 12, 12:008.4S 99.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 12, 18:008.5S 98.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 00:008.9S 98.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 06:009.6S 97.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 13, 12:0010.4S 97.1E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 18:0010.9S 96.7E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 00:0011.5S 96.3E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 06:0012.1S 96.0E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 12:0012.6S 95.7E40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 18:0013.0S 95.4E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 00:0013.5S 95.2E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 06:0013.9S 94.9E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 12:0014.3S 94.8E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 18:0014.7S 94.3E55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 00:0014.9S 93.8E65 kt987 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 06:0015.1S 93.5E65 kt987 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 12:0015.3S 93.0E75 kt981 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 18:0015.6S 92.4E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 00:0016.0S 91.6E90 kt969 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 06:0016.1S 91.1E105 kt957 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 12:0016.3S 90.6E100 kt961 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 18:0016.5S 90.1E95 kt966 mbTyphoon
Mar 18, 00:0016.8S 89.5E80 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 18, 06:0017.3S 88.9E75 kt983 mbTyphoon
Mar 18, 12:0017.6S 88.2E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 18:0017.9S 87.6E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 00:0018.1S 86.6E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 06:0018.3S 85.7E45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 12:0018.3S 85.1E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 18:0018.7S 84.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 00:0019.0S 84.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 06:0019.1S 83.8E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 12:0019.2S 84.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 18:0019.5S 84.8E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:0019.8S 84.7E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0019.9S 84.3E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 12:0019.7S 83.5E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 21, 18:0019.2S 82.2E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 00:0018.6S 81.3E25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 06:0018.5S 80.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 22, 12:0018.5S 80.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

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.