Unnamed tropical storm (2024)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between May 17, 2024 and May 21, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 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: May 17, 2024 to May 21, 2024
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure: 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1033 km (642 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 0.8
Identifier: SH252024

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 17, 18:00	2.1S 72.4E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
May 18, 00:00	2.1S 72.7E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
May 18, 06:00	1.9S 72.9E	25 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
May 18, 12:00	2.3S 73.4E	30 kt	997 mb	Tropical depression
May 18, 18:00	2.5S 73.6E	30 kt	997 mb	Tropical depression
May 19, 00:00	2.6S 73.9E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 06:00	2.6S 74.3E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 12:00	2.4S 74.8E	40 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 18:00	2.2S 75.4E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 00:00	2.4S 76.0E	35 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 06:00	2.7S 76.7E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical depression
May 20, 12:00	2.9S 77.7E	25 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
May 20, 18:00	3.2S 79.1E	20 kt	1002 mb	Disturbance
May 21, 00:00	3.3S 79.7E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2024

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.