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| Intense tropical cyclone (SWIO scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
 Intense Tropical Cyclone Irondro on April 4 | |
| Formed | April 1, 2020 |
| Dissipated | Present |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 175 km/h (110 mph) 1-minute sustained: 175 km/h (110 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 945 hPa (mbar); 27.91 inHg |
| Fatalities | None |
| Areas affected | None |
| Part of the 2019–20 South–West Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
Intense Tropical Cyclone Irondro On The 28 March, JTWC identified a low-pressure area in the Indian Ocean, near the Equator. The system intensified into a Moderate Tropical Storm on 1st April and was named it Irondro. The system was rapidly intensifying in to a severe tropical storm on April 2nd.As it moved southwestwards, it rapidly intensified. It was upgraded into a Tropical Cyclone on April 3rd and the next day and equal a category 1 hurricane, it further strengthened into a Intense Tropical Cyclone On the 4th April and equal a category 2 hurricane on Saffir–Simpson scale.
Meteorological history
Map key Saffir–Simpson scale Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown Storm type
Tropical cyclone 
Subtropical cyclone 
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression On the 28 March a Low pressure area formed in the Indian ocean near the equator. JTWC Identified. The system. 1st April MFR Identified the system and Mark it zone of distributed weather 11. The system rapidly intensifying in to Moderate tropical cyclone and name it Irondro. The system intensifying in to a severe tropical storm on April 2nd. 3rd April the System intensifying in to Tropical cyclone. 4th April the System intensifying in to Intense Tropical Cyclone MFR announced. Irondro was the 3rd intense tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season.
See also
- Tropical cyclones in 2020
- Cyclone Belna
- Cyclone Harold
- Cyclone Herold
- List of intense tropical cyclones: Irondro was one of them