Tropical Storm Jane (1979)
Tropical Storm Jane peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between April 7, 1979 and April 13, 1979, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Jane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1979 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- April 7, 1979 to April 13, 1979
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb (29.18 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1057 km (657 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Identifier
- SH261979
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 7.4S 91.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 8.0S 91.2E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 8.8S 91.2E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 10.1S 91.2E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 11.1S 91.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 11.7S 92.2E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 12.0S 92.6E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 13.0S 95.0E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 13.1S 94.8E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 13.2S 94.5E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 13.4S 94.1E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 13.8S 93.8E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 14.4S 94.7E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 15.0S 96.0E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 15.2S 96.8E | 35 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 15.5S 97.5E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 15.7S 97.9E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 16.0S 98.0E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 16.3S 97.9E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 16.7S 97.8E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 17.3S 97.8E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 18.0S 98.0E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 18.4S 98.4E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 18.8S 99.0E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 19.1S 99.7E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 19.4S 100.6E | 30 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1979
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone AngeleSouth Indian · 1979
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone BenjamineSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone CelineSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Depression DoraSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Storm EstelleSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Depression FatouSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone HazelSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Depression GelieSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Storm IvanSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Depression HeliosSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone IdylleSouth Indian · 1979
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1979
- Tropical Storm KevinSouth Indian · 1979
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.