Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2009)
Tropical Storm Gabrielle peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between February 28, 2009 and March 6, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gabrielle, 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
- February 28, 2009 to March 6, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 547 km (340 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Identifier
- SH172009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 9.7S 101.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 10.1S 101.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 10.4S 101.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 10.7S 101.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 10.9S 101.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 11.3S 102.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 12.0S 103.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 12.8S 104.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 13.5S 105.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 14.1S 106.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 14.1S 106.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 13.7S 107.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 13.9S 107.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 14.5S 107.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 15.1S 107.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 14.8S 106.5E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 15.0S 105.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 15.6S 105.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 15.9S 104.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 16.2S 102.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 17.4S 100.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 18.4S 98.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 19.4S 97.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 20.4S 95.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 21.5S 93.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
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 DongoSouth 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
- 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.