The 1999 season

Hurricane Cindy (1999)

Hurricane Cindy reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between August 19, 1999 and August 31, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 942 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Cindy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 19, 1999 to August 31, 1999
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
942 mb (27.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 202 km (126 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.6
Fastest the center moved
30 kt (35 mph)
Identifier
AL041999

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 19, 00:0013.5N 18.9W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 06:0013.8N 20.3W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 12:0013.9N 21.5W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 18:0013.8N 22.5W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 00:0013.7N 23.4W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 06:0013.6N 24.3W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 12:0013.5N 25.4W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 18:0013.6N 26.6W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0013.6N 27.7W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0013.8N 28.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0013.9N 29.7W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0014.1N 30.8W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0014.2N 31.7W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 22, 06:0014.4N 32.3W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 22, 12:0014.5N 32.7W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 22, 18:0014.6N 33.1W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0014.9N 33.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0015.3N 34.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0015.7N 35.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0016.1N 36.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0016.6N 38.0W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0016.9N 39.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0017.2N 40.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0017.5N 42.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0017.8N 43.6W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0018.4N 44.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0019.3N 45.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0020.4N 47.1W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0021.7N 48.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 06:0022.9N 49.5W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 12:0024.2N 50.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 18:0025.4N 52.0W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 00:0026.4N 53.1W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 06:0027.2N 54.3W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 12:0027.8N 55.4W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 18:0028.3N 56.2W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 00:0028.7N 56.9W100 kt961 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 06:0029.3N 57.5W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 12:0030.1N 58.0W120 kt942 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 18:0030.8N 58.5W120 kt943 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 00:0031.5N 58.4W120 kt944 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 06:0032.3N 58.4W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 12:0033.1N 58.2W100 kt961 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 18:0033.8N 57.4W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 00:0034.3N 56.3W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 06:0034.7N 55.5W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 12:0035.3N 54.9W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 18:0036.1N 54.2W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 00:0037.0N 52.6W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 06:0038.2N 50.6W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0040.4N 48.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm

Other North Atlantic storms of 1999

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.