Cyclone Guambe (2021)
Cyclone Guambe reached Category 2 in the South Indian between February 11, 2021 and February 22, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Guambe. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 11, 2021 to February 22, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 320 nmi (593 km, 368 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Identifier
- SH212021
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 22.6S 40.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 22.9S 39.3E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 23.1S 38.2E | 28 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 23.0S 37.2E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 22.7S 36.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 22.3S 34.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 21.9S 34.6E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 21.9S 34.8E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 22.3S 35.2E | 15 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 22.8S 35.2E | 15 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 23.0S 34.4E | 15 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 23.1S 33.7E | 15 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 23.6S 32.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 23.4S 32.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 23.2S 32.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 22.9S 32.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 22.7S 32.8E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 22.4S 33.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 22.0S 33.7E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 21.9S 34.3E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 21.7S 35.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 21.7S 35.6E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 21.5S 36.1E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 21.2S 36.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 21.2S 37.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 21.3S 37.2E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 21.5S 37.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 21.8S 37.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 22.2S 37.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 22.6S 37.7E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 23.2S 37.5E | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 23.5S 37.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 24.1S 37.2E | 60 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 24.4S 36.9E | 75 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 24.9S 36.5E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 25.0S 36.4E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 25.5S 36.2E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 25.8S 36.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 26.8S 36.5E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 27.4S 36.8E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 28.7S 37.6E | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 29.7S 38.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 30.9S 39.2E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 32.5S 41.3E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 33.9S 44.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 37.1S 48.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 38.7S 55.0E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
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- Tropical Storm DaniloSouth Indian · 2021
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- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2021
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- Cyclone MarianSouth Indian · 2021
- Tropical Storm ImanSouth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone HabanaSouth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone SerojaSouth Indian · 2021
- Tropical Storm OdetteSouth Indian · 2021
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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.