Unnamed tropical storm (1988)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between November 15, 1988 and November 18, 1988.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- November 15, 1988 to November 18, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph), ten-minute wind
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 160 km (99 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Identifier
- 1988320N10087
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 9.7N 87.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 10.0N 87.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 10.1N 87.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 10.3N 88.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 10.8N 89.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 11.7N 90.7E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 12.7N 91.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 13.9N 92.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 15.1N 92.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 16.4N 92.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 17.7N 92.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 19.1N 91.5E | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.