1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
| 1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
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Season summary map
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| First system formed | January 30, 1987 |
| Last system dissipated | December 23, 1987 |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Cyclonic storms | 8 |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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| Duration | January 30 – February 4 |
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| Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 984 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | May 30 – June 5 |
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| Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 983 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | June 4 – June 16 |
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| Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min) 987 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | October 14 – October 16 |
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| Peak intensity | 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min) 991 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | October 30 – November 3 |
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| Peak intensity | 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 984 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | November 8 – November 13 |
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| Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min) 987 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | December 2 – December 13 |
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| Peak intensity | 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min) 991 hPa (mbar) |
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| Duration | December 17 – December 23 |
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| Peak intensity | 65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min) 997 hPa (mbar) |
The 1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.
Prior to 1992, this season had the most tropical storms in North Indian recorded history, with 8 storms forming.
Tropical Storm One, which developed in the central Bay of Bengal on January 30, turned to the north and reached a peak of 65 mph winds on the 2nd. Vertical shear weakened it to a tropical depression before it hit northern Myanmar on the 4th.
On June 4 65 mph Tropical Storm Two hit Bangladesh, causing little damage or loss of life.
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression on June 4 in the Arabian Sea. It tracked due eastward, becoming a tropical storm later that day and reaching a peak of 60 mph winds on the 6th. The storm turned abruptly northward, turned westward and executed an anticyclonic loop. Vertical shear caused the system to dissipate on the 12th.
A monsoon depression became more tropical on October 14 in the Bay of Bengal. It traveled northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 15th and hitting southeastern India as a 50 mph storm that night. It rapidly dissipated over land.
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