The 2022 season

Cyclone Gombe (2022)

Cyclone Gombe reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 6, 2022 and March 17, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Gombe, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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
March 6, 2022 to March 17, 2022
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
959 mb (28.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.3
Identifier
SH192022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 6, 00:0015.5S 55.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 6, 06:0015.3S 54.6E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 6, 12:0015.3S 53.7E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 6, 18:0015.3S 53.0E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Mar 7, 00:0015.4S 52.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 7, 06:0015.4S 52.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 7, 12:0015.5S 51.8E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Mar 7, 18:0015.6S 51.1E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 00:0015.6S 50.3E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 06:0015.4S 49.4E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Mar 8, 12:0015.0S 48.5E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 18:0015.0S 47.6E20 kt1001 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 00:0015.0S 46.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 06:0014.8S 46.1E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 12:0015.1S 45.2E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 18:0015.3S 44.4E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 00:0015.5S 43.5E55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 06:0015.6S 42.8E70 kt988 mbTyphoon
Mar 10, 12:0015.9S 42.0E75 kt979 mbTyphoon
Mar 10, 18:0015.8S 41.3E85 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 00:0015.5S 40.6E100 kt959 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 06:0015.2S 40.1E80 kt978 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 12:0015.2S 39.3E60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 18:0015.1S 38.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 12, 00:0015.1S 37.3E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Mar 12, 06:0015.4S 36.9E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 12, 12:0015.0S 35.8E20 ktNot reported
Mar 12, 18:0015.3S 35.3E20 ktNot reported
Mar 13, 00:0015.6S 35.1E20 ktNot reported
Mar 13, 06:0016.0S 34.9E20 ktNot reported
Mar 13, 12:0016.4S 34.9E20 ktNot reported
Mar 13, 18:0016.7S 35.3E15 ktNot reported
Mar 14, 00:0017.0S 35.9E15 ktNot reported
Mar 14, 06:0017.7S 36.6E15 ktNot reported
Mar 14, 12:0018.3S 36.9E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 14, 18:0018.5S 37.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 00:0018.5S 37.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 06:0018.3S 37.5E28 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 12:0018.2S 37.8E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 15, 18:0018.1S 38.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 00:0018.1S 38.1E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 06:0018.0S 38.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 12:0017.9S 38.1E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 16, 18:0017.8S 37.8E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 00:0017.9S 37.3E28 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 06:0018.2S 36.6E28 kt1003 mbNot reported
Mar 17, 12:0018.6S 35.7E28 ktNot reported
Mar 17, 18:0018.8S 35.1E30 ktDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2022

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.