Cyclone Vayu (2019)
Cyclone Vayu reached Category 3 in the North Indian between June 8, 2019 and June 18, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Vayu, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- June 8, 2019 to June 18, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 195 nmi (361 km, 224 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 7 nmi (13 km, 8 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- IO022019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 18:00 | 10.5N 72.7E | 15 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jun 9, 00:00 | 10.1N 71.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 9, 06:00 | 10.4N 71.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 9, 12:00 | 10.9N 71.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 9, 18:00 | 11.5N 71.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 10, 00:00 | 12.1N 71.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 12.7N 70.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 13.3N 70.6E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 13.9N 70.5E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 14.5N 70.8E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 15.2N 70.9E | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 16.0N 70.9E | 70 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 16.9N 70.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 17.6N 70.2E | 95 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 18.4N 70.0E | 95 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 19.0N 69.8E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 19.6N 69.7E | 85 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 20.0N 69.6E | 85 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 20.5N 69.4E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 20.8N 69.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 20.9N 68.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 21.0N 68.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 20.9N 68.5E | 90 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 20.8N 68.4E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 20.7N 68.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 20.6N 67.6E | 80 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 20.5N 66.9E | 80 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 20.6N 66.4E | 75 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 20.7N 65.9E | 70 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 20.8N 65.4E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 20.7N 65.2E | 60 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 20.5N 65.3E | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 20.8N 66.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 21.6N 66.6E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 21.9N 67.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 22.5N 67.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 23.1N 68.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 23.2N 69.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 23.0N 70.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2019
- Cyclone FaniNorth Indian · 2019 · 89 deaths · $8.5 million
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone Hikaa:HikkaNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone Kyaar:KyarrNorth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone MahaNorth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm PawanNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.