Tropical Storm Bessi (1990)
Tropical Storm Bessi peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between April 11, 1990 and April 18, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bessi, 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
- April 11, 1990 to April 18, 1990
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1261 km (784 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- SH281990
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 11, 18:00 | 11.0S 92.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 10.3S 91.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 9.9S 91.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 9.6S 90.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 9.6S 89.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 9.8S 88.8E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 10.3S 88.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 11.3S 88.2E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 12.3S 88.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 13.0S 88.7E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 13.3S 88.8E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 13.7S 88.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 14.1S 88.6E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 14.5S 89.1E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 15.6S 90.1E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 16.6S 91.1E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 17.0S 91.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 17.3S 91.7E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 17.7S 92.0E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 18.0S 92.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 18.4S 92.6E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 18.9S 92.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 20.7S 93.4E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 21.7S 94.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 22.7S 94.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 24.0S 96.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 25.5S 97.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
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 AliberaSouth 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 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.