Cyclone Alibera (1990)
Cyclone Alibera reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 14, 1989 and January 7, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Alibera, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1990 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 14, 1989 to January 7, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 954 mb (28.17 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 45.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- SH081990
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 14, 18:00 | 8.0S 65.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 7.3S 64.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 6.8S 64.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 6.4S 64.4E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 6.1S 64.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 5.9S 63.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 6.4S 62.8E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 7.4S 62.0E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 8.1S 61.4E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 8.9S 61.0E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 9.6S 61.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 10.2S 61.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 10.5S 61.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 10.7S 60.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 10.9S 60.7E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 11.0S 60.6E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 11.1S 60.5E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 11.2S 60.3E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 11.6S 59.7E | 85 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 11.7S 59.1E | 90 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 11.7S 58.5E | 95 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 11.6S 57.9E | 105 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 11.5S 57.1E | 115 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 11.2S 56.2E | 130 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 10.9S 55.6E | 135 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 10.9S 55.3E | 135 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 11.0S 55.2E | 130 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 11.4S 55.3E | 125 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.8S 55.1E | 125 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 12.3S 55.0E | 120 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 12.9S 55.0E | 115 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 13.2S 55.1E | 110 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 13.4S 55.3E | 95 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 13.6S 55.5E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 13.7S 55.7E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 13.7S 55.9E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 13.7S 56.0E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 13.6S 56.2E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 13.6S 56.5E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 13.6S 56.7E | 85 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 13.5S 56.9E | 85 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 13.4S 57.0E | 80 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 13.2S 57.3E | 80 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 13.2S 57.6E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 13.3S 57.7E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 13.4S 57.8E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 13.6S 57.9E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 13.7S 57.9E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 13.9S 57.9E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 14.0S 57.8E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 14.0S 57.8E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 14.1S 57.7E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 14.1S 57.7E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 14.1S 57.6E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 14.2S 57.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 14.5S 56.9E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 14.5S 56.3E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 14.5S 55.7E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 14.5S 55.1E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 14.5S 54.5E | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 14.5S 53.8E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 14.8S 53.2E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 15.4S 52.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 15.9S 52.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 16.5S 51.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 17.1S 51.3E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 17.8S 51.0E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 18.6S 50.6E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 19.2S 50.3E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 19.8S 49.9E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 20.4S 49.4E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 20.7S 48.8E | 75 kt | 966 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 20.9S 48.4E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 21.1S 47.7E | 55 kt | Mixed | |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 21.4S 47.1E | 50 kt | Mixed | |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 21.8S 46.4E | 45 kt | Mixed | |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 22.3S 45.6E | 30 kt | Mixed | |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 22.9S 45.1E | 25 kt | Mixed | |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 23.5S 44.6E | 25 kt | 984 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 24.0S 44.0E | 30 kt | 984 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 24.7S 43.7E | 35 kt | 984 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 25.1S 43.6E | 35 kt | 984 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 25.3S 43.5E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 25.5S 43.5E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 25.7S 43.5E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 26.0S 43.5E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 26.2S 43.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 26.4S 43.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 26.6S 43.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 30.9S 41.3E | Extratropical | ||
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 32.7S 41.3E | Extratropical | ||
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 33.8S 42.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 35.2S 43.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 36.8S 45.8E | Disturbance | ||
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 38.0S 48.2E | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone PedroSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm FelicitySouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone BaomavoSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm RositaSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Depression BaomavoSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm SamSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm TinaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone DetySouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone CezeraSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone VincentSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone EdisoanaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone Gregoara:WalterSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm FelanaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone AlexSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm HantaSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm BessiSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm IkonjoSouth Indian · 1990
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.