The 2021 season

Tropical Storm Jobo (2021)

Tropical Storm Jobo peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between April 17, 2021 and April 24, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Jobo, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 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
April 17, 2021 to April 24, 2021
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.6
Identifier
SH292021

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 17, 18:0010.7S 66.9E15 kt1010 mbTropical wave
Apr 18, 00:0011.2S 66.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 18, 06:0011.6S 64.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 18, 12:0011.8S 63.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 18, 18:0011.2S 61.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Apr 19, 00:0010.7S 60.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Apr 19, 06:0010.9S 58.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 19, 12:0011.3S 57.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 19, 18:0011.4S 55.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 20, 00:0011.1S 53.7E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Apr 20, 06:0010.8S 52.3E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 12:0010.6S 51.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 18:0010.1S 49.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 00:009.9S 48.8E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 06:009.7S 48.2E55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 12:009.7S 47.5E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 18:009.7S 47.1E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 00:009.7S 46.5E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 06:009.7S 45.7E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 12:009.7S 45.2E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 18:009.4S 44.7E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 00:009.3S 44.3E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 06:008.8S 43.7E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 12:008.4S 43.3E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 18:008.1S 42.3E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 00:008.0S 41.6E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 06:008.1S 40.7E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 12:008.1S 39.8E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 24, 18:008.3S 39.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression

Other South Indian storms of 2021

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.