Unnamed tropical storm (1979)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between December 20, 1978 and December 26, 1978.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- December 20, 1978 to December 26, 1978
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1448 km (900 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.7
- Identifier
- SH031979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 9.8S 87.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 10.0S 88.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 10.2S 88.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 10.4S 89.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 10.5S 89.3E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 10.8S 89.2E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 11.0S 88.8E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.1S 88.4E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 11.1S 88.0E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 11.3S 87.5E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 11.4S 86.9E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 11.3S 86.3E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 11.3S 85.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 11.4S 84.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 11.6S 83.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 11.8S 82.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 12.0S 82.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 12.1S 81.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 12.2S 80.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 12.3S 79.6E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 12.5S 79.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 12.7S 77.6E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 13.0S 76.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 13.2S 74.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 13.5S 72.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1979
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1979
- Cyclone AngeleSouth 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
- Tropical Storm JaneSouth 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.