This is a table of all storms in the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The second cyclone of the season, Cyclone Fani, was the strongest tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal by 3-minute maximum sustained wind speed and minimum barometric pressure since the 1999 Odisha cyclone, while being equal in terms of maximum 3-minute sustained wind speed to 2007's Sidr and 2013's Phailin. Within this basin, a tropical cyclone is assigned a name when it is judged to have reached Cyclonic Storm intensity with winds of 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph). Tropical cyclones have been recorded in the North Indian Ocean since 1891. So each time the list has 64 names. Additionally, before becoming the last typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Typhoon Phanfone made a devastating landfall in the Philippines on Christmas Eve causing over ₱3,39 billion (US$67.2 million) in damage and leaving 50 people in the nation dead. The 18 named storms that formed are designated with a red slash through their name. Moderate Tropical Storm Eketsang killed 27 people in Madagascar in late-January. The storm subsequently intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on June 12, after moving northwestward towards northwestern India and Pakistan. This wind shear caused Pawan's convection to briefly dissipate, but it soon regenerated. Severe Tropical Storm (later Typhoon) Tapah (Nimfa) worsened the flooding situation in the Philippines. [8][9] In addition, Savannah crossed into the basin from the Australian basin as an intense tropical cyclone in March. Tropical Storm Narda – PDF – KMZ – SHP. The storm subsequently intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on June 12, after moving northwestward towards northwestern India and Pakistan. The next eight available names from the List of North Indian Ocean storm names are below. During 2019, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Why Name Them? January 6, 2019 by Boklit Staff. As a result, naming conventions for storms that develop in the Indian Ocean began in 2004. The season featured 12 depressions, 11 deep depressions, 8 cyclonic storms, a record 6 severe cyclonic storms, a record 6 very severe cyclonic storms, a record 3 extremely severe cyclonic storms, and 1 super cyclonic storm, Kyarr, the first since Cyclone Gonu in 2007. 13 November 2020. Below is the list of cyclones that hit the Indian states in 2019-2020. The names were selected by members of the ESCAP/WMO Panel on Tropical Cyclones between 2000 and May 2004, before the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in New Delhi started to assign names in September 2004. We can't grant all these requests as they far out-number the number of tropical cyclones that occur in the Australian region. Heavy rains battered much of Odisha, with accumulations peaking at 382.6 mm (15.06 in) in Lanjigarh. The season officially began on 15 November, however, the formation of the first system—Zone of Disturbed Weather 01—occurred on 22 July 2019 (which failed to organize into a tropical depression), well before the official start of the season. Strong winds were also reported in many parts of South Bengal. PAGASA TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES … Additionally, Tropical Cyclone Rita became the first cyclone of the 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season. However, Tropical Storm Pabuk was the earliest-forming tropical storm of the western Pacific Ocean on record, breaking the previous record held by Typhoon Alice in 1979. Of these storms, all of them but Haleh and Savannah produced impacts on land, with Idai causing at least 1,303 deaths and leaving at least 2,262 people missing, and causing US$2.2 billion in damages in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Madagascar. The first cyclone named by India was Agni, in 2004, and the last one was Vayu in 2019 [52], On December 6, the JTWC began to monitor an area of low pressure near the newly-formed Cyclonic Storm Pawan. ALICIA. [28] Soon afterward, Vayu weakened into a well-marked remnant low, just off the coast of Gujarat. The month of July was the third most active month in terms of total tropical cyclones and in terms of named storms in the year, with thirteen tropical cyclones forming, of which nine were named, behind August. As the system moved northward, it gradually strengthened, becoming a deep depression, before intensifying further into Cyclonic Storm Vayu later that day. 5. Soon after, on 6th November the remnants of Severe Tropical Storm Matmo crossed the Southeast Asia overland and again consolidated into a depression. First name used for the 2008/2009 season is Anika, then Billy, etc. Tracy or Larry). In preparation of Maha's impacts, orange alert was issued in four districts of Kerala.[39]. The cyclone was the first tropical storm to form in the western Pacific in four months. Adding to the season, Cyclone Belna formed and made a destructive landfall in northwestern Madagascar, killing 9 people. The Eastern Pacific had an average season, although many of the storms were rather weak and short-lived, therefore the number of hurricanes was the least since 2010 (7). Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre Nadi’s area of responsibility has lists A, B, C, and D which are used sequentially one after the other. Tropical cyclones that are very destructive and/or deadly can be retired from future name lists. Another one of them has been moving in and out of the Australian region. Many people may wonder why storms are given a name. Saharan dust counts were fairly sedate throughout the month of September. No tropical cyclones formed in the month of July. Read full article. Amid a weak El Niño event, the season's first named storm, Pabuk, entered the basin on January 4, becoming the earliest-forming cyclonic storm of the North Indian Ocean on record, tying with the 2014 season. Additionally, it was also the third-costliest season recorded in the North Indian Ocean, only behind the 2020 and 2008 seasons. The North Atlantic basin featured a record fifth consecutive year for tropical or subtropical development before the month of June, which the record continues when Tropical Storms Arthur and Bertha form on May 16 and 27, 2020, yet marking the sixth year of tropical development before the season actually starts. Tropical cyclones have been recorded in the North Indian Ocean since 1891. [12] On May 3, at 02:30 UTC (8:00 a.m. IST) Fani made landfall on Puri, in Odisha,[13][14] weakening to a Category 1-equivalent very severe cyclonic storm soon after landfall, subsequently weakening to a cyclonic storm several hours later. [30] Flooding across the state killed three people, left two missing, and affected 130,000 others. On April 26, a depression formed to the west of Sumatra, with the IMD giving the storm the identifier BOB 02. This was the first Australian tropical cyclone season since 2014–15 to feature at least six severe tropical cyclones. There are two systems that formed during this year, Iba and Jaguar. A total of eight tropical cyclones formed during the season, which represents the region's least active season since the 2016–17 season. Further activity occurred in October, and in the latter part of that month, the first Super Cyclonic Storm of the 2010s, Kyarr, formed. This Cyclone Toy Hauler comfortably sleeps 8. They construct a list of names from A-Z - alternating between male and female - that are chosen from in order once a storm appears. Barbara encountered large portions of wind shear and weakened very rapidly. The season concluded much later than usual, and well after the official ending date of 30 April. You can check out the list here (my personal favourites include Wallace, Iggy and Ferdinand). The powerful cyclone pummelled Visayas and parts of Luzon over Christmas, killing at least 50 people, making it the country’s deadliest storm of 2019. The Eastern portions of the Pacific Ocean was only moderately active, likely because of a weakening El Niño trend that started in late July. Pabuk entered the basin from the Gulf of Thailand as a cyclonic storm; its name was assigned by the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tropical depression briefly reached tropical storm intensity near Japan on 27 June, and was named Sepat. Typhoon Hagibis was the costliest typhoon of the season and on record, inflicting US$15 billion after making landfall on Japan as a Category 1 typhoon. It was the costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, breaking the record set by the previous year. Two days later, on December 8, the low gained more convection and a defined circulation while moving westward, with the IMD classifying the system as, North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone seasons, Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Annual Frequency of Cyclonic Disturbances (Maximum Wind Speed of 17 Knots or More), Cyclones (34 Knots or More) and Severe Cyclones (48 Knots or More) Over the Bay of Bengal (BOB), Arabian Sea (AS) and Land Surface of India", Report on Cyclonic Disturbances over North Indian Ocean during 2009, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/eye-of-the-storm/tropical-cyclone-kyarr-150-mph-winds-arabian-seas-2nd-strongest-storm-on-record/, "Tropical Cyclone Advisory Bulletin No. The 2019 Philippine basin typhoon season is an upcoming live season which takes place in the Western Pacific basin. It then degenerated into a well-marked low-pressure area inland on December 7.[45]. 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