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Any tropical cyclone that forms between longitude 45°E and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere is monitored by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), who run the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in New Delhi, India. Since 1998, RSMC New Delhi has used six different categories to measure the wind speed of a tropical cyclone based on the maximum sustained winds over a 3-minute averaging period.
A depression is the lowest category that RSMC New Delhi uses to designate tropical systems, and systems designated as depressions have wind speeds of under 27 kt (51 km/h, 31 mph). A depression is classified as a deep depression when it has maximum sustained winds between 27 kt (51 km/h, 31 mph) and 33 kt (61 km/h, 38 mph). Should a deep depression intensify further, it will be classified as a cyclonic storm if its sustained winds reach 34 kt (62 km/h, 39 mph). When a tropical system is classified as a cyclonic storm, it is assigned a name by the IMD.
In cases where cyclonic storms possess wind speeds greater than 48 kt, (88 km/h, 55 mph), they are classified as severe cyclonic storms. A severe cyclonic storm is labelled as a very severe cyclonic storm when it reaches wind speeds greater than 64 kt, (118 km/h, 74 mph). Finally, a super cyclonic storm is the highest category that the India Meteorological Department uses in its scale, and is used to refer to tropical cyclones that have maximum sustained winds exceeding 120 kt, (222 km/h, 138 mph).
Prior to 1988, cyclones were classified into 4 categories, which were depression, deep depression, cyclonic storms and severe cyclonic storms. However in 1988 the IMD started to rate cyclones with wind speeds of more than 64 kt, (118 km/h, 74 mph) as severe cyclonic storms. The IMD then made another change in 1998 to introduce a category for super cyclonic storms, which are cyclonic storms with wind speeds of more than 120 kt, (222 km/h, 138 mph).
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