Forum:2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Future start
And the NIO forum is up too. Ryan1000 03:59, November 20, 2018 (UTC)

Cyclonic Storm Pabuk
Pabuk is about to cross into the NIO, where he'll be a cyclone, will likely move northwest and die over unfavorable waters. Still, this has been one heck of a storm to track. Ryan1000 12:19, January 4, 2019 (UTC)


 * Pabuk has lost some intensity, and it is apparently the earliest-in-the-year known storm to hit Thailand and the strongest confirmed landfall there since Typhoon Gay's unusual category 3 landfall there in 1989. No serious damages have been recorded, though 1 or 2 people were killed, sadly.  Ryan1000 00:24, January 5, 2019 (UTC)

Remnants of Pabuk
Gone for good now. Ryan1000 15:14, January 6, 2019 (UTC)

Cyclonic Storm Fani
The first storm that developed in this ocean, Fani is strengthening right now and is going towards India. The IMD forecasts that it will become a VSCS in 42 hours.  Sandy 156   :)  17:32, April 27, 2019 (UTC)

Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani
Holy goodness, this storm is taking off rapidly. Fani is undergoing a RI, currently an ESCS (C3 by JTWC). JTWC peaks it at 140 kn, which is a C5 cyclone, while IMD has it peak as a ESCS. If it intensifies into a C5, it will be the first to reach this intensity in this basin since Phailin in 2013. Fani is forecasted to make landfall in Odisha, but thankfully, it will weaken before its landfall. This could be devastating; hopefully, it’s not that worse than Idai down there.  Sandy 156   :)  23:50, April 30, 2019 (UTC)


 * JTWC actually makes it a strong 3 or weak 4, unless you're looking at the gusts, which are forecast to be 135-140 knots. Cooler SST's near shore should wear Fani down before making landfall on the India/Bangladesh border, as either a weak cat 3 or strong cat 2. Ryan1000 10:49, May 1, 2019 (UTC)


 * I must have seen 140 kn gusts instead of the sustained, oh well, must be paying attention to only the gusts. Anyways, it will hit Odisha in just a couple of days as a weak C3 and peak at 110 knots.  Sandy 156   :)  22:33, May 1, 2019 (UTC)