The 2021 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2021)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between January 28, 2021 and February 8, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
January 28, 2021 to February 8, 2021
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.1
Identifier
SH182021

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 28, 00:0015.2S 127.7E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0015.2S 127.3E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0015.2S 126.8E15 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0016.3S 126.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 00:0016.6S 126.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 06:0016.8S 125.8E25 kt997 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 12:0017.0S 125.6E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 18:0017.3S 125.4E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 00:0017.6S 125.1E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 06:0018.1S 124.6E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 12:0018.5S 124.0E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 18:0019.0S 123.5E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 00:0020.1S 122.9E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 06:0020.9S 122.2E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 12:0021.3S 120.9E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 18:0021.2S 119.9E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 00:0020.9S 119.1E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 06:0020.6S 119.0E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 12:0021.1S 118.1E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 18:0021.5S 117.1E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Feb 2, 00:0022.0S 116.1E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Feb 2, 06:0022.8S 115.8E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Feb 2, 12:0023.9S 115.2E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Feb 2, 18:0024.0S 114.4E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 00:0024.0S 114.5E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 06:0023.9S 114.3E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 12:0023.9S 114.5E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 18:0023.8S 114.8E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Feb 4, 00:0024.3S 114.2E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Feb 4, 06:0024.4S 113.7E35 kt991 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 12:0024.6S 113.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 18:0024.7S 113.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 00:0025.0S 112.3E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 06:0024.9S 111.9E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 12:0024.8S 112.3E25 kt995 mbExtratropical
Feb 5, 18:0025.2S 112.9E25 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 6, 00:0026.3S 113.1E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Feb 6, 06:0027.2S 113.4E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Feb 6, 12:0028.3S 114.0E30 kt995 mbExtratropical
Feb 6, 18:0029.3S 114.2E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0030.3S 114.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0031.4S 115.1E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0032.6S 115.8E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0034.0S 115.9E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0035.5S 116.2E35 kt994 mbTropical storm

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.