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1978 Tropical Cyclone (Storm) FAY (1978359S04172)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1978359S04172
Start Dec 24 12Z
Max Intensity 55 kt (Dec 29 00Z), 980 mb (Dec 29 00Z)
End Dec 31 12Z
ATCF IDs SH041979
Track status Best track data.

Storm track plot

Map of storm track

Intensity plots

Map of storm track

Radial wind information

No radial wind information for this storm


Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO PRES WELLINGTON WIND WELLINGTON PRES DS824 WIND NEUMANN WIND
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east kts nmile mb degrees north degrees east
SP 1978-12-24 12:00:00 TS -4.00 172.00
SP 15:00:00 TS -4.30 172.70
SP 18:00:00 TS -4.60 173.30
SP 21:00:00 TS -4.90 173.80
SP 1978-12-25 00:00:00 TS -5.20 174.10 25 25
SP 03:00:00 TS -5.50 174.40 25 25
SP 06:00:00 TS -5.80 174.60 25 25
SP 09:00:00 TS -6.00 174.70 25 25
SP 12:00:00 TS -6.30 174.80 25 25
SP 15:00:00 TS -6.50 174.90 25 25
SP 18:00:00 TS -6.70 174.90 25 25
SP 21:00:00 TS -6.90 175.00 25 25
SP 1978-12-26 00:00:00 TS -7.10 175.00 25 25
SP 03:00:00 TS -7.30 175.10 25 25
SP 06:00:00 TS -7.60 175.10 25 25
SP 09:00:00 TS -7.90 175.20 25 25
SP 12:00:00 TS -8.20 175.30 25 25
SP 15:00:00 TS -8.70 175.40 25 25
SP 18:00:00 TS -9.20 175.50 25 25
SP 21:00:00 TS -9.60 175.60 25 28
SP 1978-12-27 00:00:00 TS -10.00 175.70 25 30
SP 03:00:00 TS -10.20 175.80 25 30
SP 06:00:00 TS -10.30 175.80 25 30
SP 09:00:00 TS -10.40 175.90 30 33
SP 12:00:00 TS -10.50 175.90 40 990 40 990 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -10.60 175.90 40 990 35 35
SP 18:00:00 TS -10.80 176.00 40 990 35 35
SP 21:00:00 TS -11.00 176.00 40 990 35 35
SP 1978-12-28 00:00:00 TS -11.30 176.10 40 990 40 990 35 35
SP 03:00:00 TS -11.60 176.40 40 990 35 35
SP 06:00:00 TS -12.10 176.60 40 990 35 35
SP 09:00:00 TS -12.60 177.00 40 990 35 35
SP 12:00:00 TS -13.10 177.30 40 990 40 990 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -13.50 177.60 44 988 35 35
SP 18:00:00 TS -13.90 177.90 48 985 35 35
SP 21:00:00 TS -14.30 178.20 51 983 35 35
SP 1978-12-29 00:00:00 TS -14.80 178.60 55 980 55 980 35 35
SP 03:00:00 TS -15.50 179.00 55 980 35 35
SP 06:00:00 TS -16.20 179.50 55 980 35 35
SP 09:00:00 TS -17.00 180.00 55 980 35 35
SP 12:00:00 TS -17.80 180.50 55 980 55 980 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -18.60 181.00 55 980 35 35
SP 18:00:00 TS -19.40 181.40 55 980 35 35
SP 21:00:00 TS -20.30 181.90 55 980 35 35
SP 1978-12-30 00:00:00 TS -21.20 182.40 55 980 55 980 35 35
SP 03:00:00 TS -22.30 182.80 55 980 35 35
SP 06:00:00 TS -23.40 183.20 55 980 35 35
SP 09:00:00 TS -24.50 183.60 55 980 35 35
SP 12:00:00 TS -25.80 184.00 55 980 55 980 35 35
SP 15:00:00 TS -27.10 184.30 51 983 30 33
SP 18:00:00 TS -28.40 184.60 48 985 25 30
SP 21:00:00 TS -29.70 184.80 44 988 25 30
SP 1978-12-31 00:00:00 TS -31.00 184.90 40 990 40 990 25 30
SP 03:00:00 TS -32.20 185.10 40 990 25 30
SP 06:00:00 TS -33.30 185.20 40 990 25 30
SP 09:00:00 TS -34.50 185.30 40 990 25 30
SP 12:00:00 MX -35.60 185.40 40 990 40 990 25 30

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bsh041979.txt
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON TC_BT_1967_2006.csv:Line=1227:FAY
DS824 s_hem.dat:1382:04P
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-006:Line=10700
TD9635
NEUMANN tracks.sh:Storm=538:FAY:BSH0479:JTWC&NCDC
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 SSHS WELLINGTON LAT WELLINGTON LON WELLINGTON WIND WELLINGTON PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE 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 kts mb degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees east
1979 SP MM 1978-12-24 12:00:00 TS -4.00 172.00 1307 1307 O_________O____ jtwc_sh SH041979 -4.00 172.00 -5 -4.00 172.00 TC 15 115
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -4.30 172.70 1343 1338 P_________P____ SH041979 -4.30 172.70 -5 -4.30 172.70 TC 14 115
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -4.60 173.30 1348 1342 O_________O____ jtwc_sh SH041979 -4.60 173.30 -5 -4.60 173.30 TC 12 120
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -4.90 173.80 1348 1335 P_________P____ SH041979 -4.90 173.80 -5 -4.90 173.80 TC 10 125
1979 SP MM 1978-12-25 00:00:00 TS -5.20 174.10 1338 1323 O_________OO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -5.20 174.10 -5 -5.20 174.10 TC 25 -5.20 174.10 1 -5.20 174.10 TC 25 9 135
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -5.50 174.40 1330 1294 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -5.50 174.40 -5 -5.50 174.40 TC 25 -5.50 174.30 1 -5.40 174.30 TC 25 7 140
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -5.80 174.60 1290 1265 O_________OP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -5.80 174.60 -5 -5.80 174.60 TC 25 -5.80 174.50 1 -5.70 174.50 TC 25 7 150
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -6.00 174.70 1265 1230 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -6.10 174.70 -5 -6.10 174.70 TC 25 -6.10 174.70 1 -6.00 174.70 TC 25 6 155
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -6.30 174.80 1230 1205 O_________OO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -6.30 174.80 -5 -6.30 174.80 TC 25 -6.30 174.80 1 -6.30 174.80 TC 25 5 160
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -6.50 174.90 1205 1184 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -6.50 174.90 -5 -6.50 174.90 TC 25 -6.50 174.90 1 -6.50 174.90 TC 25 4 165
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -6.70 174.90 1184 1163 O_________OP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -6.70 174.90 -5 -6.70 174.90 TC 25 -6.70 174.90 1 -6.70 174.90 TC 25 4 165
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -6.90 175.00 1159 1139 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -6.90 175.00 -5 -6.90 175.00 TC 25 -6.90 175.00 1 -6.90 174.90 TC 25 4 170
1979 SP MM 1978-12-26 00:00:00 TS -7.10 175.00 1139 1114 O_________OO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -7.10 175.00 -5 -7.10 175.00 TC 25 -7.10 175.00 1 -7.10 175.00 TC 25 5 165
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -7.30 175.10 1114 1083 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -7.30 175.00 -5 -7.30 175.00 TC 25 -7.30 175.10 1 -7.30 175.10 TC 25 5 165
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -7.60 175.10 1083 1058 O_________OP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -7.60 175.10 -5 -7.60 175.10 TC 25 -7.60 175.10 1 -7.60 175.20 TC 25 6 165
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -7.90 175.20 1047 1012 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -7.90 175.20 -5 -7.90 175.20 TC 25 -7.90 175.20 1 -7.90 175.30 TC 25 6 165
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -8.20 175.30 1012 967 O_________OO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -8.20 175.30 -5 -8.20 175.30 TC 25 -8.20 175.30 1 -8.20 175.30 TC 25 8 165
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -8.70 175.40 956 910 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -8.70 175.40 -5 -8.70 175.40 TC 25 -8.70 175.40 1 -8.60 175.40 TC 25 10 170
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -9.20 175.50 900 854 O_________OP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -9.20 175.50 -5 -9.20 175.50 TC 25 -9.10 175.50 1 -9.10 175.50 TC 25 10 170
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -9.60 175.60 854 809 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -9.70 175.60 -5 -9.70 175.60 TC 25 -9.60 175.60 1 -9.60 175.60 TC 28 9 165
1979 SP MM 1978-12-27 00:00:00 TS -10.00 175.70 809 784 O_________OO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -10.00 175.70 -5 -10.00 175.70 TC 25 -10.00 175.70 1 -10.00 175.70 TC 30 6 165
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -10.20 175.80 784 773 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -10.20 175.80 -5 -10.20 175.80 TC 25 -10.20 175.80 1 -10.20 175.80 TC 30 3 160
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -10.30 175.80 773 759 O_________OP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -10.30 175.80 -5 -10.30 175.80 TC 25 -10.30 175.90 1 -10.30 175.80 TC 30 3 145
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -10.40 175.90 759 748 P_________PP_P_ SH041979 -10.40 175.90 -5 -10.40 175.90 TC 30 -10.40 175.90 1 -10.40 175.90 TC 33 2 140
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -10.50 175.90 40 990 wellington 748 738 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -10.50 176.00 -5 -10.00 175.00 40 990 -10.50 176.00 TC 35 -10.50 176.00 2 -10.50 176.00 TC 35 2 170
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -10.60 175.90 738 713 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -10.60 176.10 -5 -10.40 175.10 40 990 -10.60 176.10 TC 35 -10.60 176.00 2 -10.70 176.10 TC 35 3 0
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -10.80 176.00 713 692 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -10.80 176.10 -5 -10.80 175.20 40 990 -10.80 176.10 TC 35 -10.70 176.10 2 -10.90 176.10 TC 35 4 170
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -11.00 176.00 692 668 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -11.00 176.20 -5 -11.20 175.40 40 990 -11.00 176.20 TC 35 -10.90 176.20 2 -11.00 176.20 TC 35 5 160
1979 SP MM 1978-12-28 00:00:00 TS -11.30 176.10 40 990 wellington 657 618 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -11.20 176.30 -5 -11.50 175.50 40 990 -11.20 176.30 TC 35 -11.20 176.30 2 -11.20 176.30 TC 35 7 150
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -11.60 176.40 614 554 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -11.60 176.50 -5 -11.70 175.70 40 990 -11.60 176.50 TC 35 -11.60 176.50 2 -11.60 176.60 TC 35 10 150
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -12.10 176.60 554 500 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -12.10 176.80 -5 -11.90 175.90 40 990 -12.10 176.80 TC 35 -12.10 176.80 2 -12.20 176.90 TC 35 11 150
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -12.60 177.00 486 432 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -12.70 177.10 -5 -12.20 176.20 40 990 -12.70 177.10 TC 35 -12.70 177.20 2 -12.70 177.20 TC 35 12 145
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -13.10 177.30 40 990 wellington 422 378 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -13.20 177.50 -5 -12.50 176.50 40 990 -13.20 177.50 TC 35 -13.20 177.50 2 -13.20 177.50 TC 35 11 145
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -13.50 177.60 367 314 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -13.60 177.80 -5 -13.00 176.90 44 988 -13.60 177.80 TC 35 -13.60 177.70 2 -13.60 177.80 TC 35 10 145
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -13.90 177.90 314 260 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -13.90 178.00 -5 -13.70 177.50 48 985 -13.90 178.00 TC 35 -13.90 178.00 2 -14.00 178.00 TC 35 10 145
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -14.30 178.20 260 193 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -14.30 178.30 -5 -14.30 178.00 51 983 -14.30 178.30 TC 35 -14.30 178.30 2 -14.30 178.30 TC 35 12 145
1979 SP MM 1978-12-29 00:00:00 TS -14.80 178.60 55 980 wellington 193 114 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -14.80 178.60 -5 -15.00 178.50 55 980 -14.80 178.60 TC 35 -14.80 178.60 2 -14.80 178.60 TC 35 14 145
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -15.50 179.00 104 11 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -15.50 179.10 -5 -15.50 178.90 55 980 -15.50 179.10 TC 35 -15.50 179.00 2 -15.50 179.10 TC 35 17 145
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -16.20 179.50 11 0 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -16.30 179.60 -5 -16.00 179.20 55 980 -16.30 179.60 TC 35 -16.20 179.60 2 -16.30 179.60 TC 35 18 150
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -17.00 180.00 24 24 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -17.10 -179.90 -5 -16.50 179.60 55 980 -17.10 -179.90 TC 35 -17.10 -179.90 2 -17.10 -179.90 TC 35 18 150
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -17.80 180.50 55 980 wellington 128 128 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -17.90 -179.40 -5 -17.20 180.00 55 980 -17.90 180.60 TC 35 -17.90 -179.40 2 -17.90 -179.40 TC 35 18 150
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -18.60 181.00 232 232 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -18.70 -179.00 -5 -18.10 -179.40 55 980 -18.70 -179.00 TC 35 -18.70 -179.00 2 -18.70 -178.90 TC 35 19 150
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -19.40 181.40 319 319 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -19.50 -178.60 -5 -19.10 -178.60 55 980 -19.50 181.40 TC 35 -19.40 -178.50 2 -19.50 -178.50 TC 35 20 150
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -20.30 181.90 416 416 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -20.30 -178.10 -5 -20.20 -177.90 55 980 -20.30 -178.10 TC 35 -20.30 -178.10 2 -20.30 -178.10 TC 35 20 155
1979 SP MM 1978-12-30 00:00:00 TS -21.20 182.40 55 980 wellington 519 519 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -21.20 -177.70 -5 -21.40 -177.30 55 980 -21.20 182.30 TC 35 -21.20 -177.70 2 -21.20 -177.70 TC 35 22 155
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -22.30 182.80 635 635 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -22.20 -177.30 -5 -22.50 -176.80 55 980 -22.20 -177.30 TC 35 -22.20 -177.20 2 -22.30 -177.20 TC 35 23 160
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -23.40 183.20 754 754 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -23.30 -176.90 -5 -23.60 -176.50 55 980 -23.30 183.10 TC 35 -23.30 -176.80 2 -23.40 -176.80 TC 35 24 160
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -24.50 183.60 877 877 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -24.50 -176.40 -5 -24.80 -176.20 55 980 -24.50 -176.40 TC 35 -24.50 -176.40 2 -24.50 -176.40 TC 35 25 165
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 TS -25.80 184.00 55 980 wellington 1019 1019 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -25.70 -176.00 -5 -26.00 -176.00 55 980 -25.70 184.00 TC 35 -25.70 -176.00 2 -25.70 -176.00 TC 35 26 165
1979 SP MM 15:00:00 TS -27.10 184.30 1158 1158 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -27.00 -175.70 -5 -27.20 -175.80 51 983 -27.00 -175.70 TC 30 -27.00 -175.70 2 -27.00 -175.70 TC 33 27 170
1979 SP MM 18:00:00 TS -28.40 184.60 1176 1063 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -28.40 -175.40 -5 -28.50 -175.60 48 985 -28.40 184.60 TC 25 -28.30 -175.40 2 -28.30 -175.40 TC 30 27 170
1979 SP MM 21:00:00 TS -29.70 184.80 1059 952 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -29.70 -175.20 -5 -29.70 -175.50 44 988 -29.70 -175.20 TC 25 -29.70 -175.20 2 -29.70 -175.20 TC 30 26 175
1979 SP MM 1978-12-31 00:00:00 TS -31.00 184.90 40 990 wellington 943 859 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -31.00 -175.00 -5 -31.00 -175.30 40 990 -31.00 185.00 TC 25 -31.00 -175.00 1 -31.00 -175.00 TC 30 25 175
1979 SP MM 03:00:00 TS -32.20 185.10 851 771 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -32.20 -174.90 -5 -32.30 -175.00 40 990 -32.20 -174.90 TC 25 -32.20 -174.90 1 -32.10 -174.90 TC 30 24 175
1979 SP MM 06:00:00 TS -33.30 185.20 771 704 O________POP_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -33.30 -174.80 -5 -33.50 -174.70 40 990 -33.30 185.20 TC 25 -33.30 -174.80 1 -33.20 -174.80 TC 30 23 175
1979 SP MM 09:00:00 TS -34.50 185.30 698 649 P________PPP_P_ SH041979 -34.40 -174.80 -5 -34.80 -174.40 40 990 -34.40 -174.80 TC 25 -34.40 -174.80 1 -34.30 -174.80 TC 30 23 175
1979 SP MM 12:00:00 MX -35.60 185.40 40 990 wellington 648 O________OOO_O_ jtwc_sh SH041979 -35.50 -174.80 -5 -36.00 -174.00 40 990 -35.50 185.20 TC 25 -35.50 -174.80 6 -35.50 -174.80 TC 30 23 175