Tropical Storm Dongo (2009)
Tropical Storm Dongo peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between January 7, 2009 and January 14, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Dongo, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 7, 2009 to January 14, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 978 mb (28.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1021 km (634 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Identifier
- SH062009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 12.6S 68.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 12.7S 69.3E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 12.8S 69.9E | 27 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 14.1S 70.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 15.0S 70.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 15.7S 70.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 16.2S 69.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 16.7S 68.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 17.1S 68.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 17.4S 67.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 17.8S 67.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 18.2S 67.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 18.7S 67.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 19.5S 67.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 20.6S 68.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 21.8S 68.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 23.0S 69.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 24.4S 70.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 26.8S 70.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 28.2S 69.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 29.1S 70.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 30.1S 71.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 31.1S 72.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 31.9S 73.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 33.0S 74.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 34.6S 76.5E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 36.6S 79.1E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 39.0S 82.5E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 40.7S 85.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 2009
- Tropical Storm AsmaSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm BernardSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm AnikaSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm CindaSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone BillySouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm EricSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone FaneleSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm DominicSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone GaelSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm FreddySouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone HinaSouth Indian · 2009
- Tropical Storm GabrielleSouth Indian · 2009
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone IlsaSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone IzildaSouth Indian · 2009
- Cyclone JadeSouth Indian · 2009 · 9 deaths
- Tropical Storm KirrilySouth Indian · 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.