The 2009 season

Tropical Storm Freddy (2009)

Tropical Storm Freddy peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between February 3, 2009 and February 15, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Freddy, 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
February 3, 2009 to February 15, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
SH142009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 3, 06:0015.5S 125.5E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Feb 3, 12:0015.5S 122.5E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Feb 3, 18:0015.3S 121.6E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 00:0015.2S 120.6E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 06:0014.9S 119.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 12:0015.8S 119.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 18:0015.9S 118.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 00:0015.9S 117.9E15 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 06:0016.1S 117.2E15 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 12:0016.3S 116.4E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 5, 18:0017.0S 115.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 00:0016.5S 114.3E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 06:0016.2S 113.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 12:0016.0S 113.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 18:0016.1S 113.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0016.3S 113.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0016.5S 112.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 7, 12:0016.3S 112.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0015.9S 111.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0015.9S 110.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0016.0S 109.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0016.5S 108.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0017.0S 107.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0017.6S 106.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0018.3S 105.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0018.9S 104.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0019.4S 103.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0020.0S 102.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0020.7S 101.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0021.4S 100.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 18:0021.6S 99.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 11, 00:0021.6S 98.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 11, 06:0021.6S 97.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 11, 12:0021.5S 96.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 11, 18:0021.1S 96.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 12, 00:0020.7S 95.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 12, 06:0020.3S 94.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 12, 12:0019.8S 93.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 12, 18:0019.6S 91.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 13, 00:0019.3S 90.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 13, 06:0018.7S 88.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 13, 12:0018.6S 87.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 13, 18:0018.5S 85.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 00:0018.5S 83.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 06:0018.3S 82.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 12:0018.3S 80.4E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 18:0018.2S 78.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 00:0017.9S 77.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 06:0017.8S 74.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 12:0018.1S 72.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

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.