2005 Indian Cyclone season

Season Summary

In 2005, a total of twelve cyclonic disturbances were identified in North Indian Ocean, against a normal of fifteen. However, it was highest after 1992. Four of them became cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal and were named, against a normal of five to six.

 

Cyclonic Storm Pyarr

Crossed Kalingapatnam, AP on September 9th, 2005

Max wind: 83 km/hr

 

An area of convection developed in the South China Sea on September 12. It moved west-northwestward, moving inland over Thailand on the 13th. It reached the Bay of Bengal on the 15th, and slowly developed. On September 17 it was upgraded to a tropical depression by the Indian Meteorological Department (but not by the JTWC), and on September 18 it became Cyclonic Storm Pyarr. The next day Pyarr made landfall, and on September 22 it dissipated over northwestern India.

Duration of Cyclone: 15/9 - 22/9


Tropical Storm 03B

Crossed south of Calcutta on October 3rd, 2005

Max wind: 64 Km/hr

Tropical Storm 3B, which formed on October 2, hit area south of Calcutta on the 3rd as a 40 mph tropical storm.

Duration of Cyclone: 2/10 - 3/10


Topical Cyclone 4B

Crossed near Ongole on October 28th, 2005

Max Wind: 64 Km/hr

40 mph Tropical Storm 4B hit southeastern India on October 28 and dissipated the next day.

Duration of cyclone: 26/10 - 28/10


Tropical Storm Baaz

Crossed south of Chennai on December 3rd, 2005

Max Wind: 83 Km/hr

The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert early on November 27 on a low pressure system with persistent convection around its center not far from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. At 2100Z that same day, about 100 n mi west of Port Blair, the JTWC upgraded the low to a tropical depression, with the Indian Meteorological Department following suit the next day. It was upgraded into a tropical storm on the JTWC's following advisory at 0900Z on November 28. On November 28, the official RSMC in New Delhi upgraded the tropical storm to Baaz. The storm eventually dissipated as a significant tropical cyclone over sea near or north of Chennai.

Duration Cyclone: 27/11 - 3/12


Cyclonic Storm Fanoos

Crossed near Vedaranyan, TN on December 10th, 2005

Max Wind: 101 Km/hr

Tropical Storm 06B formed 550 nautical miles east of Chennai on December 6, west of the Andaman Islands. It became Cyclonic Storm Fanoos on December 7. However, Fanoos weakened into a deep depression prior to crossing north Tamil Nadu coast near Vedaranyam at 0530 UTC (1100 IST) December 10. Fanoos weakened further into a low pressure area over south Tamil Nadu coast next day. Its remnants entered Arabian Sea but regeneration did not occur.

Duration of Cyclone: 5/12 - 12/12

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