1995 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=NIO
Year=1995
First storm formed=September 12, 1995
Last storm dissipated=November 25, 1995
Strongest storm name=04B
Strongest storm pressure=938
Strongest storm winds=105
Average wind speed=1
Total depressions=4
Total storms=4
Total hurricanes=2
Total intense=
Fatalities=>71
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Inflated=
five seasons=1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997The 1995 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. __TOC__

eason Summary

Four tropical cyclones were observed, less than the average of 5-6. Two reached Cyclone strength.

Tropical Storm 01B

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=NIO
Track=Cyclone 01B 1995 track.pngFormed=September 12
Dissipated=September 20
1-min winds=45
Pressure=991Western Pacific Tropical Depression 16W crossed over Vietnam and Myanmar, retaining tropical depression strength over the long passage. It became Tropical Depression 1B on September 13, and continued west-northwestward, slowly consolidating until reaching tropical storm strength on the 16th. It reached a peak of convert|50|mi/h|km/h|-1|abbr=on just before hitting the Indian coast. It dissipated 4 days later.

Tropical Storm 02A

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=NIO
Track=Cyclone 02A 1995 track.pngFormed=October 11
Dissipated=October 18
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987On October 11, a tropical storm formed and began to move westward across the Arabian Sea, but met its demise from vertical shear on October 18.

Tropical Cyclone 03B

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=NIO
Track=Cyclone 03B 1995 track.pngFormed=November 5
Dissipated=November 10
1-min winds=70
Pressure=970The monsoon westerlies spawned a tropical depression on November 5 in the eastern Bay of Bengal. It moved northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 5th. Just prior to its Indian landfall on the 9th it reached cyclone strength, but it dissipated over India the next day. The tropical moisture from the system led to a heavy snowfall over the mountains. 62 people were killed from either landslides or avalanches.

Tropical Cyclone 04B

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=NIO
Track=Cyclone 04B 1995 track.pngFormed=November 18
Dissipated=November 25
1-min winds=105
Pressure=938The final storm of the season started on November 18 over northern Sumatra. It moved west-northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength on the 22nd. It continued to intensify as it recurved to the northeast, becoming a cyclone on the 23rd and reaching a peak of convert|120|mi/h|km/h|-1|abbr=on on the 24th. It weakened to a convert|95|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=on cyclone at the time of its Bangladesh landfall on the 25th, and dissipated later that day. The cyclone caused 9 fatalities.

ources

* [http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/WCDRDOCS/Primer%20for%20Parliamentarians.pdf Primer for Parliamentarians]
* [http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/ Gary Padgett Summaries]
* [http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/indian_oc/index.html Unisys Track]
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/atcr_archive.html JTWC Archive]

ee also

*List of North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
*List of tropical cyclones
*Tropical cyclone
*Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
*1995 Atlantic hurricane season
*1995 Pacific hurricane season
*1995 Pacific typhoon season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1994-95, 1995-96
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 1994-95, 1995-96
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1994-95, 1995-96