The 2009 season

Tropical Storm Bernard (2009)

Tropical Storm Bernard peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between November 13, 2008 and November 21, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Bernard, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
November 13, 2008 to November 21, 2008
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1291 km (802 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.6
Identifier
SH032009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 13, 12:007.2S 86.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:007.5S 85.5E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:007.8S 84.8E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:008.0S 84.4E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:008.2S 83.8E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:008.4S 82.9E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:008.7S 82.0E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:008.9S 80.7E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:009.0S 79.8E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:009.1S 79.5E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:009.2S 79.1E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:009.2S 78.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:009.2S 78.5E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:009.1S 78.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:008.9S 78.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:008.9S 78.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:009.0S 77.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:009.2S 77.7E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:008.8S 78.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 06:009.3S 77.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 12:009.6S 77.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 18:009.8S 77.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:009.9S 77.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:009.9S 78.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:009.7S 79.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:009.4S 81.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0010.0S 83.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0010.5S 85.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0010.8S 87.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0010.0S 89.3E25 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 00:009.7S 90.5EDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2009

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.