Tropical Storm Bijli (2009)
Tropical Storm Bijli peaked at 50 kt in the North Indian between April 14, 2009 and April 18, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bijli, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 14, 2009 to April 18, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012009
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 14, 00:00 | 12.6N 87.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 12.7N 88.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 12.3N 87.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 12.5N 87.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 13.5N 87.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 14.9N 86.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 15.8N 86.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 16.3N 85.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 16.8N 85.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 17.6N 86.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 18.4N 86.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 19.1N 87.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 20.0N 88.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 20.8N 89.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 21.4N 90.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 21.9N 91.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 22.4N 93.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North 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.