Tropical Storm Fiona (1998)
Tropical Storm Fiona peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between March 13, 1998 and March 21, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fiona, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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
- March 13, 1998 to March 21, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 86 km (53 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- SH281998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 11.0S 65.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 11.8S 65.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 12.3S 65.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 12.8S 65.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 13.2S 65.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 13.4S 65.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 13.7S 64.6E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 14.1S 64.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 14.4S 63.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 14.9S 63.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 15.3S 62.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 15.8S 61.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 16.3S 61.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 16.8S 61.4E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 17.3S 61.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 17.7S 61.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 18.2S 61.2E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 18.7S 61.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 18.9S 60.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 19.1S 60.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 19.3S 60.5E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 19.5S 60.2E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 19.6S 59.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 19.8S 59.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 20.2S 58.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 20.8S 58.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 21.5S 58.6E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 22.2S 58.7E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 22.8S 58.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 23.6S 58.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 24.8S 59.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 24.9S 60.8E | 1010 mb | Mixed |
Other South Indian storms of 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm SidSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone SelwynSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone TiffanySouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm BeltaneSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone AnacelleSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm DonalineSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone ElsieSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone GemmaSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
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.