Tropical Storm Sid (1998)
Tropical Storm Sid peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between December 24, 1997 and December 29, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sid, 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
- December 24, 1997 to December 29, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH081998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 11.9S 129.0E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 11.9S 129.2E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 11.8S 129.6E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 11.7S 129.6E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 11.7S 130.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 11.5S 131.3E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 11.3S 132.0E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 11.2S 132.7E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 11.3S 133.5E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 11.7S 134.4E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 12.1S 135.2E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 12.6S 136.1E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 13.3S 136.8E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 14.1S 137.3E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 15.2S 137.8E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 16.4S 138.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 17.2S 138.2E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 17.8S 138.0E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 18.2S 137.7E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 16.3S 137.2E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth 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
- Tropical Storm FionaSouth 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.