Tropical Storm Fifi (1991)
Tropical Storm Fifi peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between April 14, 1991 and April 21, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fifi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1991 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 14, 1991 to April 21, 1991
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 94 km (58 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.1
- Identifier
- SH201991
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 14, 18:00 | 12.1S 102.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 12.3S 102.5E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 12.4S 102.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 12.5S 102.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 12.5S 102.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 12.4S 102.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 12.4S 102.1E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 12.5S 102.1E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 12.6S 102.1E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 12.8S 102.1E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 13.5S 102.2E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 14.2S 102.2E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 14.9S 102.2E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 15.7S 102.3E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 16.4S 102.5E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 12:00 | 17.3S 102.8E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 18:00 | 18.4S 103.2E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 00:00 | 19.5S 103.6E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 06:00 | 20.8S 104.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 12:00 | 22.3S 105.2E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 19, 18:00 | 24.2S 106.1E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 20, 00:00 | 26.2S 107.1E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 20, 06:00 | 28.3S 108.2E | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 20, 12:00 | 30.0S 109.5E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 20, 18:00 | 31.5S 110.9E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 21, 00:00 | 33.0S 112.7E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| Apr 21, 06:00 | 34.3S 114.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 21, 12:00 | 37.0S 115.5E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1991
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1991
- Tropical Storm LaurenceSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone AlisonSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone BellaSouth Indian · 1991
- Tropical Storm ChrisSouth Indian · 1991
- Tropical Storm CynthiaSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone DebraSouth Indian · 1991
- Tropical Storm ElmaSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone FatimaSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone ErrolSouth Indian · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1991
- Cyclone MarianSouth Indian · 1991
- Tropical Storm GritelleSouth Indian · 1991
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.