Timeline of the 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Timeline of the
2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Season summary map
Season boundaries
First system formedMay 10, 2013
Last system dissipatedDecember 13, 2013
Strongest system
NamePhailin
Maximum winds215 km/h (130 mph)
(1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure940 hPa (mbar)
Longest lasting system
NameMadi
Duration6.125 days
Storm articles
Other years
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

The 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an average season during the period of tropical cyclone formation in the North Indian Ocean.[a] The season began in May with the formation of Cyclone Viyaru, which made landfall on Bangladesh, destroying more than 26,500 houses.[b][2] After a period of inactivity, Cyclone Phailin formed in October, and became an extremely severe cyclonic storm. Additionally, it was a Category 5-equivalent cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. It then made landfall in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, becoming the most intense cyclone to strike the country since the 1999 Odisha cyclone.[3] In November, cyclones Helen and Lehar formed, and they both made landfall in Andhra Pradesh just one week away from each other.[4] The latter also affected the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[4]

This timeline documents all the events of this season, including the strengthening, weakening, formation, dissipation, and landfall of tropical cyclones in both the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. When depressions form in the Bay of Bengal, they receive the prefix BOB by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Likewise, depressions which form in the Arabian Sea are designated the prefix ARB, and those which form over land are given the prefix LAND. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also creates advisories on storms in the North Indian Ocean. It designates the prefix B for storms that form in the Bay of Bengal, and the prefix A for those which form in the Arabian Sea. Best track data from the IMD and JTWC is utilized in this article, which means that post-storm analyses take precedence over operational advisories and the like. Meteorologists use one time zone, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), when issuing forecasts and advisories.[5] As such, the time of the events in this season are listed in UTC as well as the local time, which is, in this case, Indian Standard Time (IST).

Timeline of events

Cyclone LeharCyclone Helen (2013)Tropical Depression Wilma (2013)2013 Somalia cycloneCyclone PhailinCyclone Viyaru

May

10 May

11 May

15 May

16 May

17 May

  • 00:00 (5:30 a.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression Viyaru has weakened to a well-marked low pressure area over Nagaland.[7]

29 May

30 May

31 May

  • Depression BOB 02 on May 29, 2013. The depression is over northeast India, with another circular area of clouds southeast of it.
    Depression BOB 02 on May 29
    12:00 UTC (5:30 p.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression BOB 02 has degenerated into a well-marked low pressure area over Bihar and Jharkhand.

July

30 July

August

1 August

  • 03:00 UTC (8:30 a.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression BOB 03 has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area over southeast Madhya Pradesh and neighboring Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha.[9]

20 August

23 August

  • 03:00 UTC (8:30 a.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression LAND 01 has become a well-marked low-pressure area over the central area of south Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.[10]

October

7 October

8 October

9 October

10 October

11 October

12 October

13 October

14 October

  • 03:00 UTC (8:30 a.m. IST) at 24°00′N 84°06′E / 24.0°N 84.1°E / 24.0; 84.1 – The IMD reports that Deep Depression Phailin has degenerated into a depression.[3]
  • 09:00 UTC (2:30 p.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression Phailin has weakened to a well-marked low pressure area over southwest Bihar and the areas surrounding it.[3]

November

8 November

9 November

10 November

11 November

13 November

16 November

  • 07:30 UTC (1:00 p.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression BOB 05 has made landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast near Nagapattinam.[12]

17 November

  • 00:00 UTC (5:30 a.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression BOB 05 has weakened to a well-marked low pressure area over northern Tamil Nadu and the areas surrounding it.[12]

19 November

20 November

21 November

22 November

23 November

24 November

25 November

26 November

27 November

28 November

December

6 December

7 December

8 December

9 December

10 December

11 December

12 December

  • 13:30 UTC (7:00 p.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression Madi has made landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast near Vedaranyam. It later crossed back into the Palk Strait.[15]
  • 17:00 UTC (10:30 p.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression Madi has made landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast again near Tondi.[15]

13 December

  • 00:00 UTC (5:30 a.m. IST) – The IMD reports that Depression Madi has weakened to a well-marked low pressure area over the southeast Arabian Sea near the Kerala coast.[15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The India Meteorological Department (IMD) defines an average North Indian Ocean cyclone season to include about 4-6 named storms.[1]
  2. ^ Cyclone Viyaru was operationally known as Mahasen.

References

  1. ^ "Tropical Cyclones". India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Mahasen - May 2013". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, PHAILIN over the Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. October 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "A week after Helen,Andhra braces for 'very severe cyclonic storm' Lehar". The Indian Express. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  5. ^ "Understanding the Date/Time Stamps". Miami, Florida: NOAA National Hurricane Center. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Zip file of all 2013 Indian Ocean Best Tracks and storm/year notes". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h A Preliminary Report, on Cyclonic storm, Viyaru over Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. May 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c A Preliminary Report on Depression over Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. June 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  9. ^ a b A Preliminary Report on Depression over Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  10. ^ a b A Preliminary Report on Land Depression (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e A Preliminary Report on Deep Depression over Arabian Sea (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. November 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d A Preliminary Report on Depression over Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. December 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j A Preliminary Report on Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Helen' over the Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l A Preliminary Report on Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'LEHAR' over the Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n A Preliminary Report on Very Severe Cyclonic storm 'MADI' over Bay of Bengal (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.