Unnamed cyclone (1998)
Unnamed cyclone reached Category 1 in the North Indian between December 11, 1998 and December 17, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- December 11, 1998 to December 17, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Identifier
- IO081998
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 11, 18:00 | 10.3N 71.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 10.3N 70.8E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 10.3N 69.9E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 10.3N 69.3E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 10.4N 68.9E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 10.5N 68.6E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 10.8N 68.1E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 11.1N 67.6E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 11.6N 67.3E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 12.3N 67.2E | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 13.0N 67.0E | 60 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 14.0N 66.8E | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 15.3N 66.5E | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 16.2N 66.1E | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 16.8N 65.8E | 65 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 17.1N 65.5E | 65 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 17.5N 64.5E | 65 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 18.0N 63.5E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 18.0N 62.4E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 18.0N 61.3E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 18.1N 60.0E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 18.3N 58.8E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 18.7N 57.4E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 19.5N 56.3E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 20.4N 55.5E | 25 kt | Not reported |
Other North Indian storms of 1998
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed cycloneNorth 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.