Cyclone Yaas (2021)
Cyclone Yaas reached Category 1 in the North Indian between May 23, 2021 and May 27, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 974 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 23, 2021 to May 27, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.2
- Identifier
- IO022021
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 00:00 | 15.5N 90.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| May 23, 06:00 | 15.4N 89.7E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 12:00 | 15.4N 89.4E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 18:00 | 15.4N 89.2E | 35 kt | 994 mb | MD |
| May 24, 00:00 | 16.0N 89.8E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 06:00 | 16.8N 89.7E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 12:00 | 17.2N 89.5E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 24, 18:00 | 17.6N 89.0E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 25, 00:00 | 18.2N 88.7E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 25, 06:00 | 18.9N 88.4E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 25, 12:00 | 19.5N 88.3E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 18:00 | 20.4N 87.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 00:00 | 20.4N 87.8E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 26, 06:00 | 21.6N 86.9E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 26, 12:00 | 22.0N 86.3E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 26, 18:00 | 22.5N 85.6E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 00:00 | 23.4N 85.6E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 27, 06:00 | 23.8N 85.5E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Disturbance |
| May 27, 12:00 | 24.3N 85.3E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 18:00 | 24.7N 84.8E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone TauktaeNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone Gulab:Shaheen-GuNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Tropical Storm JawadNorth Indian · 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.