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1978 Tropical Cyclone (Storm) ERNIE (1978047S12168)


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Summary Information

Storm ID 1978047S12168
Start Feb 15 12Z
Max Intensity 55 kt (Feb 20 00Z), 980 mb (Feb 20 00Z)
End Feb 23 00Z
ATCF IDs ,SH211978
Track status Best track data.

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Radial wind information

No radial wind information for this storm


Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO PRES USA WIND WELLINGTON WIND WELLINGTON PRES DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND NEUMANN WIND
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east kts nmile mb degrees north degrees north degrees east
SP 1978-02-15 12:00:00 TS -11.80 168.20 30 30 30
SP 15:00:00 TS -11.80 168.80 30 30 30
SP 18:00:00 TS -11.80 169.40 30 30 30
SP 21:00:00 TS -11.90 170.00 30 30 30
SP 1978-02-16 00:00:00 TS -12.00 170.50 30 997 30 30 997 30 30 30
SP 03:00:00 TS -12.10 171.10 30 30 997 30 30
SP 06:00:00 TS -12.20 171.60 30 30 997 30 30
SP 09:00:00 TS -12.40 172.10 30 30 997 30 30
SP 12:00:00 TS -12.50 172.50 30 997 30 30 997 30 30
SP 15:00:00 TS -12.60 172.90 30 30 997 30 30
SP 18:00:00 TS -12.70 173.20 30 30 997 30 30
SP 21:00:00 TS -12.80 173.50 30 30 997 30 30
SP 1978-02-17 00:00:00 TS -13.00 173.80 30 997 30 30 997 30 30 30
SP 03:00:00 TS -13.10 174.20 33 33 995 33 33
SP 06:00:00 TS -13.30 174.60 35 35 994 35 35
SP 09:00:00 TS -13.50 175.00 35 38 992 35 35
SP 12:00:00 TS -13.70 175.40 40 990 35 40 990 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -13.90 175.80 38 40 990 38 38
SP 18:00:00 TS -14.10 176.20 40 40 990 40 40
SP 21:00:00 TS -14.30 176.60 43 40 990 43 43
SP 1978-02-18 00:00:00 TS -14.50 177.00 40 990 45 40 990 45 35 45
SP 03:00:00 TS -14.70 177.50 48 40 990 48 48
SP 06:00:00 TS -14.90 178.10 50 40 990 50 50
SP 09:00:00 TS -15.10 178.70 50 40 990 50 50
SP 12:00:00 TS -15.30 179.30 40 990 50 40 990 50 50
SP 15:00:00 TS -15.40 179.70 50 40 990 50 50
SP 18:00:00 TS -15.60 180.10 50 40 990 50 50
SP 21:00:00 TS -15.80 180.60 48 40 990 48 48
SP 1978-02-19 00:00:00 TS -16.00 181.00 40 990 45 40 990 45 50 45
SP 03:00:00 TS -16.30 181.50 43 40 990 43 43
SP 06:00:00 TS -16.60 182.10 40 40 990 40 40
SP 09:00:00 TS -16.90 182.60 40 40 990 40 40
SP 12:00:00 TS -17.20 183.10 40 990 40 40 990 40 40
SP 15:00:00 TS -17.60 183.50 40 44 988 40 40
SP 18:00:00 TS -17.90 183.90 40 48 985 40 40
SP 21:00:00 TS -18.30 184.20 40 51 983 40 40
SP 1978-02-20 00:00:00 TS -18.70 184.50 55 980 40 55 980 40 40 40
SP 03:00:00 TS -19.00 184.80 38 55 980 38 38
SP 06:00:00 TS -19.40 185.00 35 55 980 35 35
SP 09:00:00 TS -19.70 185.20 35 55 980 35 35
SP 12:00:00 TS -20.00 185.40 55 980 35 55 980 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -20.30 185.50 35 51 983 35 35
SP 18:00:00 TS -20.50 185.60 35 48 985 35 35
SP 21:00:00 TS -20.80 185.60 35 44 988 35 35
SP 1978-02-21 00:00:00 TS -21.10 185.60 40 990 35 40 990 35 35 35
SP 03:00:00 TS -21.40 185.40 40 990 33
SP 06:00:00 TS -21.70 185.10 40 990 30
SP 09:00:00 TS -22.20 184.80 40 990 30
SP 12:00:00 MX -22.70 184.30 40 990 40 990 30
SP 15:00:00 NR -23.30 183.60 38 992
SP 18:00:00 NR -23.60 183.10 35 994
SP 21:00:00 NR -23.80 182.60 33 995
SP 1978-02-22 00:00:00 NR -24.00 182.00 30 997 30 997
SP 03:00:00 NR -24.30 181.30 30 997
SP 06:00:00 NR -24.50 180.60 30 997
SP 09:00:00 NR -24.80 179.80 30 997
SP 12:00:00 NR -25.00 179.00 30 997 30 997
SP 15:00:00 NR -25.30 178.20 30 997
SP 18:00:00 NR -25.50 177.50 30 997
SP 21:00:00 NR -25.80 176.70 30 997
SP 1978-02-23 00:00:00 NR -26.00 176.00 30 997 30 997

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bsh211978.txt
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON TC_BT_1967_2006.csv:Line=1176:ERNIE
DS824 s_hem.dat:1367:21P
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-006:Line=10599
TD9635
NEUMANN tracks.sh:Storm=524:ERNIE:BSH2178:JTWC
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO PRES WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA WIND USA SSHS WELLINGTON LAT WELLINGTON LON WELLINGTON WIND WELLINGTON PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND NEUMANN LAT NEUMANN LON NEUMANN CLASS NEUMANN WIND STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east kts mb km km degrees north mb nmile nmile nmile mb nmile degrees north 1 kts mb degrees north kts mb degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees east
1978 SP MM 1978-02-15 12:00:00 TS -11.80 168.20 368 368 O_________O__O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -11.80 168.20 30 -1 -11.80 168.20 TC 30 -11.80 168.20 TC 30 12 90
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -11.80 168.80 402 402 P_________P__P_ SH211978 -11.80 168.80 30 -1 -11.80 168.80 TC 30 -11.80 168.80 TC 30 12 90
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -11.80 169.40 436 436 O_________O__O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -11.80 169.40 30 -1 -11.80 169.40 TC 30 -11.80 169.40 TC 30 11 95
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -11.90 170.00 467 467 P_________P__P_ SH211978 -11.90 170.00 30 -1 -11.90 170.00 TC 30 -11.90 170.00 TC 30 11 100
1978 SP MM 1978-02-16 00:00:00 TS -12.00 170.50 30 997 wellington 498 498 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -12.00 170.50 30 -1 -14.00 169.00 30 997 -12.00 170.50 TC 30 -12.00 170.50 1 30 -12.00 170.50 TC 30 11 100
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -12.10 171.10 540 540 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -12.10 171.10 30 -1 -14.00 169.20 30 997 -12.10 171.10 TC 30 -12.10 171.00 1 -12.10 171.10 TC 30 11 100
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -12.20 171.60 578 578 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -12.20 171.60 30 -1 -14.00 169.40 30 997 -12.20 171.60 TC 30 -12.30 171.60 1 -12.20 171.60 TC 30 10 105
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -12.40 172.10 613 613 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -12.30 172.10 30 -1 -14.00 169.70 30 997 -12.30 172.10 TC 30 -12.40 172.10 1 -12.30 172.10 TC 30 9 110
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -12.50 172.50 30 997 wellington 647 647 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -12.50 172.50 30 -1 -14.00 170.00 30 997 -12.50 172.50 TC 30 -12.50 172.50 1 -12.50 172.50 TC 30 8 110
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -12.60 172.90 681 681 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -12.60 172.90 30 -1 -14.00 170.40 30 997 -12.60 172.90 TC 30 -12.60 172.90 1 -12.60 172.90 TC 30 7 105
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -12.70 173.20 707 679 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -12.70 173.20 30 -1 -14.00 170.90 30 997 -12.70 173.20 TC 30 -12.70 173.20 1 -12.70 173.20 TC 30 7 110
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -12.80 173.50 679 641 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -12.80 173.50 30 -1 -14.00 171.40 30 997 -12.80 173.50 TC 30 -12.90 173.50 1 -12.80 173.50 TC 30 7 115
1978 SP MM 1978-02-17 00:00:00 TS -13.00 173.80 30 997 wellington 641 606 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -13.00 173.80 30 -1 -14.00 172.00 30 997 -13.00 173.80 TC 30 -13.00 173.80 1 30 -13.00 173.80 TC 30 7 115
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -13.10 174.20 606 563 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -13.10 174.20 33 -1 -14.00 172.70 33 995 -13.10 174.20 TC 33 -13.20 174.20 1 -13.10 174.20 TC 33 8 110
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -13.30 174.60 563 519 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -13.30 174.60 35 0 -14.00 173.50 35 994 -13.30 174.60 TC 35 -13.30 174.60 1 -13.30 174.60 TC 35 9 115
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -13.50 175.00 519 472 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -13.50 175.10 35 0 -14.00 174.30 38 992 -13.50 175.10 TC 35 -13.50 175.10 1 -13.50 175.10 TC 35 9 120
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -13.70 175.40 40 990 wellington 472 426 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -13.70 175.50 35 0 -14.00 175.00 40 990 -13.70 175.50 TC 35 -13.70 175.50 1 -13.70 175.50 TC 35 9 115
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -13.90 175.80 426 388 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -13.90 175.90 38 0 -14.10 175.60 40 990 -13.90 175.90 TC 38 -13.90 175.90 1 -13.90 175.90 TC 38 8 120
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -14.10 176.20 381 343 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -14.10 176.20 40 0 -14.20 176.00 40 990 -14.10 176.20 TC 40 -14.10 176.20 1 -14.10 176.20 TC 40 8 115
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -14.30 176.60 337 294 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -14.30 176.60 43 0 -14.30 176.50 40 990 -14.30 176.60 TC 43 -14.30 176.60 1 -14.30 176.60 TC 43 9 115
1978 SP MM 1978-02-18 00:00:00 TS -14.50 177.00 40 990 wellington 294 248 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -14.50 177.00 45 0 -14.50 177.00 40 990 -14.50 177.00 TC 45 -14.50 177.00 2 35 -14.50 177.00 TC 45 10 115
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -14.70 177.50 248 203 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -14.70 177.50 48 0 -14.70 177.60 40 990 -14.70 177.50 TC 48 -14.70 177.50 2 -14.70 177.50 TC 48 12 110
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -14.90 178.10 203 159 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -14.90 178.10 50 0 -15.00 178.30 40 990 -14.90 178.10 TC 50 -14.90 178.10 2 -14.90 178.10 TC 50 12 110
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -15.10 178.70 159 116 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -15.00 178.70 50 0 -15.30 178.90 40 990 -15.00 178.70 TC 50 -15.00 178.70 2 -15.00 178.70 TC 50 11 110
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -15.30 179.30 40 990 wellington 113 90 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -15.20 179.20 50 0 -15.50 179.50 40 990 -15.20 179.20 TC 50 -15.20 179.20 2 -15.20 179.20 TC 50 10 110
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -15.40 179.70 90 68 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -15.40 179.70 50 0 -15.60 179.90 40 990 -15.40 179.70 TC 50 -15.40 179.70 2 -15.40 179.70 TC 50 9 115
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -15.60 180.10 70 64 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -15.60 -179.90 50 0 -15.70 -179.70 40 990 -15.60 180.10 TC 50 -15.60 -179.90 2 -15.60 -179.90 TC 50 9 115
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -15.80 180.60 87 87 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -15.80 -179.50 48 0 -15.90 -179.40 40 990 -15.80 -179.50 TC 48 -15.80 -179.50 2 -15.80 -179.50 TC 48 9 115
1978 SP MM 1978-02-19 00:00:00 TS -16.00 181.00 40 990 wellington 119 119 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -16.00 -179.00 45 0 -16.00 -179.00 40 990 -16.00 181.00 TC 45 -16.00 -179.00 2 50 -16.00 -179.00 TC 45 10 115
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -16.30 181.50 171 171 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -16.30 -178.50 43 0 -16.20 -178.50 40 990 -16.30 -178.50 TC 43 -16.30 -178.50 2 -16.30 -178.50 TC 43 12 120
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -16.60 182.10 235 235 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -16.60 -177.90 40 0 -16.40 -178.00 40 990 -16.60 182.10 TC 40 -16.60 -177.90 2 -16.60 -177.90 TC 40 12 120
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -16.90 182.60 287 287 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -16.90 -177.40 40 0 -16.70 -177.50 40 990 -16.90 -177.40 TC 40 -16.90 -177.40 2 -16.90 -177.40 TC 40 12 125
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -17.20 183.10 40 990 wellington 343 343 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -17.30 -176.90 40 0 -17.00 -177.00 40 990 -17.30 183.10 TC 40 -17.30 -176.90 2 -17.30 -176.90 TC 40 11 130
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -17.60 183.50 392 392 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -17.60 -176.50 40 0 -17.30 -176.60 44 988 -17.60 -176.50 TC 40 -17.70 -176.50 2 -17.60 -176.50 TC 40 10 130
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -17.90 183.90 442 442 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -18.00 -176.10 40 0 -17.70 -176.20 48 985 -18.00 183.90 TC 40 -18.00 -176.10 2 -18.00 -176.10 TC 40 10 135
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -18.30 184.20 485 485 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -18.40 -175.80 40 0 -18.10 -175.90 51 983 -18.40 -175.80 TC 40 -18.40 -175.80 2 -18.40 -175.80 TC 40 9 140
1978 SP MM 1978-02-20 00:00:00 TS -18.70 184.50 55 980 wellington 531 531 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -18.70 -175.50 40 0 -18.50 -175.50 55 980 -18.70 184.50 TC 40 -18.70 -175.50 2 40 -18.70 -175.50 TC 40 9 145
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -19.00 184.80 573 573 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -19.00 -175.30 38 0 -19.00 -175.10 55 980 -19.00 -175.30 TC 38 -19.00 -175.30 2 -19.00 -175.30 TC 38 8 145
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -19.40 185.00 612 612 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -19.30 -175.10 35 0 -19.60 -174.60 55 980 -19.30 184.90 TC 35 -19.30 -175.10 2 -19.30 -175.10 TC 35 8 150
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -19.70 185.20 646 646 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -19.60 -174.90 35 0 -20.10 -174.30 55 980 -19.60 -174.90 TC 35 -19.60 -174.90 2 -19.60 -174.90 TC 35 7 155
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -20.00 185.40 55 980 wellington 681 681 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -19.90 -174.80 35 0 -20.50 -174.00 55 980 -19.90 185.20 TC 35 -19.90 -174.80 2 -19.90 -174.80 TC 35 6 155
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -20.30 185.50 708 708 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -20.10 -174.70 35 0 -20.70 -173.90 51 983 -20.10 -174.70 TC 35 -20.20 -174.60 2 -20.10 -174.70 TC 35 5 160
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -20.50 185.60 729 729 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -20.40 -174.60 35 0 -20.90 -173.90 48 985 -20.40 185.40 TC 35 -20.40 -174.50 2 -20.40 -174.60 TC 35 5 165
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -20.80 185.60 748 748 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -20.70 -174.50 35 0 -21.10 -174.00 44 988 -20.70 -174.50 TC 35 -20.70 -174.50 2 -20.70 -174.50 TC 35 6 0
1978 SP MM 1978-02-21 00:00:00 TS -21.10 185.60 40 990 wellington 768 760 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -21.00 -174.50 35 0 -21.30 -174.20 40 990 -21.00 185.50 TC 35 -21.00 -174.50 2 35 -21.00 -174.50 TC 35 6 195
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -21.40 185.40 773 773 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -21.30 -174.60 -5 -21.70 -174.50 40 990 -21.30 -174.60 TC -21.30 -174.60 2 -21.30 -174.60 TC 33 8 210
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -21.70 185.10 773 773 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -21.60 -174.80 -5 -22.10 -175.00 40 990 -21.60 185.20 TC -21.60 -174.90 2 -21.60 -174.80 TC 30 10 220
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -22.20 184.80 784 770 P________PPP_P_ SH211978 -21.90 -175.10 -5 -22.60 -175.50 40 990 -21.90 -175.10 TC -22.00 -175.20 2 -21.90 -175.10 TC 30 12 220
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 MX -22.70 184.30 40 990 wellington 770 763 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH211978 -22.30 -175.50 -5 -23.00 -176.00 40 990 -22.30 184.50 TC -22.30 -175.50 6 -22.30 -175.50 TC 30 16 225
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 NR -23.30 183.60 773 757 _________P_____ SH211978 -5 -23.30 -176.40 38 992 TC 6 TC 14 230
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 NR -23.60 183.10 766 751 _________P_____ -5 -23.60 -176.90 35 994 6 10 240
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 NR -23.80 182.60 755 738 _________P_____ -5 -23.80 -177.40 33 995 6 11 245
1978 SP MM 1978-02-22 00:00:00 NR -24.00 182.00 30 997 wellington 743 735 _________O_____ -5 -24.00 -178.00 30 997 12 250
1978 SP MM 03:00:00 NR -24.30 181.30 743 729 _________P_____ -5 -24.30 -178.70 30 997 14 250
1978 SP MM 06:00:00 NR -24.50 180.60 736 729 _________P_____ -5 -24.50 -179.40 30 997 15 250
1978 SP MM 09:00:00 NR -24.80 179.80 745 739 _________P_____ -5 -24.80 179.80 30 997 15 250
1978 SP MM 12:00:00 NR -25.00 179.00 30 997 wellington 753 752 _________O_____ -5 -25.00 179.00 30 997 15 250
1978 SP MM 15:00:00 NR -25.30 178.20 782 782 _________P_____ -5 -25.30 178.20 30 997 15 250
1978 SP MM 18:00:00 NR -25.50 177.50 806 806 _________P_____ -5 -25.50 177.50 30 997 14 250
1978 SP MM 21:00:00 NR -25.80 176.70 847 847 _________P_____ -5 -25.80 176.70 30 997 14 250
1978 SP MM 1978-02-23 00:00:00 NR -26.00 176.00 30 997 wellington 882 _________O_____ -5 -26.00 176.00 30 997 14 250