Tropical Storm Herbie (1988)
Tropical Storm Herbie peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between May 17, 1988 and May 21, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Herbie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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
- May 17, 1988 to May 21, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Identifier
- SH211988
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 06:00 | 7.0S 92.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 7.6S 92.8E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 9.0S 91.0E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 00:00 | 9.4S 92.4E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 10.2S 93.7E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 11.0S 95.0E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 11.9S 96.0E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 12.7S 96.5E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 14.2S 96.9E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 16.0S 97.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| May 19, 18:00 | 17.6S 99.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| May 20, 00:00 | 19.2S 101.1E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| May 20, 06:00 | 21.0S 103.0E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Mixed |
| May 20, 12:00 | 22.9S 105.0E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| May 20, 18:00 | 25.3S 108.0E | 25 kt | 985 mb | Mixed |
| May 21, 00:00 | 26.0S 115.7E | 50 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| May 21, 06:00 | 27.7S 117.0E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| May 21, 12:00 | 28.7S 121.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| May 21, 18:00 | 32.0S 129.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm ArinySouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm BenandroSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone CalideraSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm CalideraSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone DoazaSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone FredericSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone Ezenina:GwendaSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone FilaoSouth Indian · 1988
- Cyclone GasitaoSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm HelySouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1988
- Tropical Storm IarisenaSouth Indian · 1988
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.