Tropical Storm Babie (1993)
Tropical Storm Babie peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between October 17, 1992 and October 21, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Babie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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
- October 17, 1992 to October 21, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1679 km (1043 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Identifier
- SH021993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 8.9S 83.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 9.1S 82.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 9.3S 82.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 9.6S 82.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 9.9S 82.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 10.2S 81.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 10.5S 81.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 10.8S 81.6E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 11.1S 81.5E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 11.4S 81.4E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 11.7S 81.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 12.0S 81.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 12.3S 81.0E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 12.6S 80.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 12.9S 80.3E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 13.1S 79.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 13.3S 79.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
Other South Indian storms of 1993
- Cyclone AvionaSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone ColinaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone EdwinaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm DessiliaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm LenaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone FinellaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm GraciaSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Depression HutelleSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm IoniaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone JourdanneSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm MontySouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone KonitaSouth Indian · 1993
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.