Tropical Storm Hamish (1999)

Tropical Storm Hamish peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between April 17, 1999 and April 25, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Hamish, 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: South Indian
Dates: April 17, 1999 to April 25, 1999
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure: 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1048 km (651 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 2.8
Identifier: SH331999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Apr 17, 00:00	11.5S 89.5E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 17, 06:00	10.8S 90.3E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 17, 12:00	10.3S 90.6E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 17, 18:00	9.4S 90.8E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 00:00	8.6S 91.0E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 06:00	8.2S 91.4E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 12:00	8.0S 91.8E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 18:00	8.4S 92.2E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 00:00	9.1S 92.4E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 06:00	9.4S 92.5E	25 kt		Tropical storm
Apr 19, 12:00	9.6S 92.6E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 19, 18:00	10.3S 93.1E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 20, 00:00	11.1S 93.3E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 20, 06:00	12.1S 93.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 20, 12:00	13.2S 92.4E	45 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 20, 18:00	13.9S 91.5E	45 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 21, 00:00	14.3S 90.9E	45 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 21, 06:00	14.7S 90.6E	45 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 21, 12:00	15.2S 90.1E	45 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 21, 18:00	15.9S 89.3E	45 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 22, 00:00	16.5S 88.5E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 22, 06:00	16.8S 87.9E	45 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 22, 12:00	17.0S 87.3E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 22, 18:00	17.0S 86.6E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 00:00	16.7S 85.8E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 06:00	16.4S 85.1E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 12:00	16.3S 84.6E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 18:00	16.2S 84.0E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 00:00	16.3S 83.4E	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 06:00	16.8S 82.7E	25 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Apr 24, 12:00	17.3S 81.9E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 24, 18:00	17.6S 80.8E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 25, 00:00	18.1S 79.7E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 25, 06:00	18.7S 78.2E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 25, 12:00	19.3S 77.2E	25 kt		Not reported

Other South Indian 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.