Cyclone Gabekile (2020)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

February 13, 2020 to February 23, 2020

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

969 mb (28.61 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 880 km (547 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

5.4

Identifier

SH162020

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

• Cyclone BelnaSouth Indian · 2020Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Cyclone AmbaliSouth Indian · 2020Cat 5140 kt · 918 mb
• Cyclone CalviniaSouth Indian · 2020Cat 175 kt · 969 mb
• Tropical Storm BlakeSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm55 kt · 989 mb
• Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Indian · 2020Cat 285 kt · 971 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm DianeSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm EsamiSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone DamienSouth Indian · 2020Cat 295 kt · 956 mb
• Tropical Storm FranciscoSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm45 kt · 993 mb
• Cyclone FerdinandSouth Indian · 2020Cat 3100 kt · 958 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm45 kt · 996 mb
• Cyclone HeroldSouth Indian · 2020Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Cyclone IrondroSouth Indian · 2020Cat 3105 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm JerutoSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm ManggaSouth Indian · 2020Tropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb

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.

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.