Cyclone Eloise (2021)
Cyclone Eloise reached Category 2 in the South Indian between January 11, 2021 and January 27, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 11, 2021 to January 27, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 340 nmi (630 km, 391 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- SH122021
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 11.6S 85.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 11.8S 85.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 12.1S 84.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 12.4S 83.8E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 12.7S 82.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 13.0S 81.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 13.2S 80.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 13.3S 79.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 13.3S 78.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 13.2S 77.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 12.6S 75.6E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 11.7S 73.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 11.4S 72.2E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 11.2S 71.4E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 11.6S 70.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 11.8S 68.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 12.1S 67.5E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 12.1S 66.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 12.4S 65.9E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 12.5S 65.2E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 12.5S 64.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 12.8S 63.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 12.6S 62.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 12.9S 61.2E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 13.3S 59.7E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 13.8S 58.3E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 13.9S 56.6E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 13.8S 54.7E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 14.1S 53.0E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 14.3S 52.3E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 14.6S 51.7E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 15.2S 50.9E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 15.3S 50.4E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 15.6S 49.3E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 15.7S 47.7E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 15.4S 46.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 15.7S 45.0E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 16.2S 44.0E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 16.7S 42.9E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 17.4S 41.9E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 17.8S 40.6E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 18.3S 39.0E | 65 kt | 987 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 18.8S 38.0E | 75 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 18.9S 37.6E | 80 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 19.6S 36.0E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 20.1S 35.0E | 90 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 20.5S 34.0E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 20.9S 33.2E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 21.6S 32.4E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 24.2S 31.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 22.7S 30.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 23.3S 29.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 23.7S 28.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 23.7S 27.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 23.9S 26.1E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 24.4S 24.9E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 24.8S 23.9E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 25.1S 23.2E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 25.4S 22.8E | Not reported | ||
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 25.9S 22.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 26.5S 22.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 26.5S 22.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 26.6S 22.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 27.6S 24.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 29.0S 26.6E | 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.