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1979 Major Hurricane ENRIQUE (1979230N11246)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1979230N11246
Start Aug 17 18Z
Max Intensity 125 kt (Aug 22 12Z)
End Aug 24 18Z
ATCF IDs EP051979
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 USA WIND DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees north
EP 1979-08-17 18:00:00 TS 11.20 -113.80 30 30 30 30
EP 21:00:00 TS 11.20 -114.40 33 33 33
EP 1979-08-18 00:00:00 TS 11.20 -114.90 35 35 35 35
EP 03:00:00 TS 11.40 -115.40 35 35 39
EP 06:00:00 TS 11.70 -115.90 35 35 35 43
EP 09:00:00 TS 11.90 -116.40 43 43 46
EP 12:00:00 TS 12.20 -116.90 50 50 50 50
EP 15:00:00 TS 12.50 -117.40 53 53 54
EP 18:00:00 TS 12.80 -117.90 55 55 55 58
EP 21:00:00 TS 12.80 -118.50 60 60 61
EP 1979-08-19 00:00:00 TS 12.80 -119.00 65 65 65 65
EP 03:00:00 TS 12.80 -119.50 65 65 66
EP 06:00:00 TS 12.90 -120.00 65 65 65 68
EP 09:00:00 TS 13.00 -120.50 68 68 69
EP 12:00:00 TS 13.00 -121.00 70 70 70 70
EP 15:00:00 TS 13.00 -121.50 70 70 70
EP 18:00:00 TS 13.10 -122.00 70 70 70 70
EP 21:00:00 TS 13.20 -122.50 70 70 70
EP 1979-08-20 00:00:00 TS 13.40 -122.90 70 70 70 70
EP 03:00:00 TS 13.60 -123.40 68 68 69
EP 06:00:00 TS 13.80 -123.80 65 65 65 68
EP 09:00:00 TS 14.00 -124.20 65 65 66
EP 12:00:00 TS 14.20 -124.50 65 65 65 65
EP 15:00:00 TS 14.40 -124.80 65 65 65
EP 18:00:00 TS 14.60 -125.00 65 65 65 65
EP 21:00:00 TS 14.70 -125.30 65 65 65
EP 1979-08-21 00:00:00 TS 14.90 -125.60 65 65 65 65
EP 03:00:00 TS 15.10 -125.80 60 60 64
EP 06:00:00 TS 15.40 -126.00 55 55 55 63
EP 09:00:00 TS 15.60 -126.20 58 58 61
EP 12:00:00 TS 15.90 -126.40 60 60 60 60
EP 15:00:00 TS 16.20 -126.60 70 70 73
EP 18:00:00 TS 16.50 -126.80 80 80 80 85
EP 21:00:00 TS 16.70 -127.10 95 95 98
EP 1979-08-22 00:00:00 TS 17.00 -127.50 110 110 110 110
EP 03:00:00 TS 17.30 -127.90 115 115 114
EP 06:00:00 TS 17.60 -128.30 120 120 120 118
EP 09:00:00 TS 17.90 -128.80 123 123 121
EP 12:00:00 TS 18.20 -129.20 125 125 125 125
EP 15:00:00 TS 18.50 -129.60 125 125 119
EP 18:00:00 TS 18.90 -129.90 125 125 125 113
EP 21:00:00 TS 19.30 -130.30 118 118 106
EP 1979-08-23 00:00:00 TS 19.60 -130.70 110 110 110 100
EP 03:00:00 TS 19.90 -131.00 93 93 89
EP 06:00:00 TS 20.10 -131.30 75 75 75 78
EP 09:00:00 TS 20.30 -131.60 65 65 66
EP 12:00:00 TS 20.40 -132.00 55 55 55 55
EP 15:00:00 TS 20.60 -132.30 50 50 49
EP 18:00:00 TS 20.80 -132.70 45 45 45 43
EP 21:00:00 TS 21.00 -133.10 38 38 36
EP 1979-08-24 00:00:00 TS 21.10 -133.50 30 30 30 30
EP 03:00:00 TS 21.10 -133.90 30 30 29
EP 06:00:00 TS 21.10 -134.40 30 30 30 28
EP 09:00:00 TS 21.20 -134.80 28 28 26
EP 12:00:00 TS 21.20 -135.10 25 25 25 25
EP 15:00:00 TS 21.30 -135.40 25 25
EP 18:00:00 TS 21.30 -135.80 25 25 25

Source Information

Agency Information
USA hurdat2-nepac-1949-2023-042624.txt:Line=7849:ENRIQUE
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 e_npac.dat:354:ENRIQUE
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-002:Line=4063
TD9635
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA STATUS USA WIND USA SSHS DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north 1 kts mb degrees north degrees north degrees east
1979 EP MM 1979-08-17 18:00:00 TS 11.20 -113.80 30 hurdat_epa 1316 1316 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 11.20 -113.80 TD 30 -1 11.20 -113.80 TC 30 11.20 -113.80 1 30 11 265
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 11.20 -114.40 1361 1361 P_________PP___ EP051979 11.20 -114.40 TD 33 -1 11.20 -114.40 TC 33 11.20 -114.40 1 33 11 270
1979 EP MM 1979-08-18 00:00:00 TS 11.20 -114.90 35 hurdat_epa 1400 1400 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 11.20 -114.90 TS 35 0 11.20 -114.90 TC 35 11.20 -114.90 2 35 11 285
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 11.40 -115.40 1408 1395 P_________PP___ EP051979 11.40 -115.40 TS 35 0 11.40 -115.40 TC 35 11.40 -115.40 2 39 11 295
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 11.70 -115.90 35 hurdat_epa 1400 1395 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 11.70 -115.90 TS 35 0 11.70 -115.90 TC 35 11.60 -115.90 2 43 11 300
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 11.90 -116.40 1405 1395 P_________PP___ EP051979 11.90 -116.40 TS 43 0 11.90 -116.40 TC 43 11.90 -116.40 2 46 11 300
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 12.20 -116.90 50 hurdat_epa 1402 1394 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 12.20 -116.90 TS 50 0 12.20 -116.90 TC 50 12.20 -116.90 2 50 11 300
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 12.50 -117.40 1402 1398 P_________PP___ EP051979 12.50 -117.40 TS 53 0 12.50 -117.40 TC 53 12.40 -117.40 2 54 11 300
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 12.80 -117.90 55 hurdat_epa 1404 1404 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 12.80 -117.90 TS 55 0 12.80 -117.90 TC 55 12.60 -118.00 2 58 11 285
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 12.80 -118.50 1443 1443 P_________PP___ EP051979 12.80 -118.50 TS 60 0 12.80 -118.50 TC 60 12.70 -118.50 2 61 11 275
1979 EP MM 1979-08-19 00:00:00 TS 12.80 -119.00 65 hurdat_epa 1476 1476 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 12.80 -119.00 HU 65 1 12.80 -119.00 TC 65 12.80 -119.00 4 65 10 270
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 12.80 -119.50 1511 1502 P_________PP___ EP051979 12.80 -119.50 HU 65 1 12.80 -119.50 TC 65 12.90 -119.50 4 66 10 275
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 12.90 -120.00 65 hurdat_epa 1538 1538 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 12.90 -120.00 HU 65 1 12.90 -120.00 TC 65 12.90 -120.00 4 68 10 275
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 13.00 -120.50 1567 1567 P_________PP___ EP051979 12.90 -120.50 HU 68 1 12.90 -120.50 TC 68 13.00 -120.50 4 69 10 275
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 13.00 -121.00 70 hurdat_epa 1605 1605 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 13.00 -121.00 HU 70 1 13.00 -121.00 TC 70 13.00 -121.00 4 70 10 275
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 13.00 -121.50 1639 1636 P_________PP___ EP051979 13.00 -121.50 HU 70 1 13.00 -121.50 TC 70 13.10 -121.50 4 70 10 275
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 13.10 -122.00 70 hurdat_epa 1662 1662 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 13.10 -122.00 HU 70 1 13.10 -122.00 TC 70 13.20 -122.00 4 70 9 280
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 13.20 -122.50 1686 1678 P_________PP___ EP051979 13.20 -122.50 HU 70 1 13.20 -122.50 TC 70 13.30 -122.50 4 70 9 290
1979 EP MM 1979-08-20 00:00:00 TS 13.40 -122.90 70 hurdat_epa 1697 1697 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 13.40 -122.90 HU 70 1 13.40 -122.90 TC 70 13.40 -122.90 4 70 10 290
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 13.60 -123.40 1715 1714 P_________PP___ EP051979 13.60 -123.40 HU 68 1 13.60 -123.40 TC 68 13.60 -123.30 4 69 10 295
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 13.80 -123.80 65 hurdat_epa 1728 1728 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 13.80 -123.80 HU 65 1 13.80 -123.80 TC 65 13.80 -123.80 4 68 9 295
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 14.00 -124.20 1742 1741 P_________PP___ EP051979 14.00 -124.20 HU 65 1 14.00 -124.20 TC 65 14.00 -124.10 4 66 8 300
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 14.20 -124.50 65 hurdat_epa 1749 1749 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 14.20 -124.50 HU 65 1 14.20 -124.50 TC 65 14.20 -124.50 4 65 7 305
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 14.40 -124.80 1757 1749 P_________PP___ EP051979 14.40 -124.80 HU 65 1 14.40 -124.80 TC 65 14.40 -124.80 4 65 6 305
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 14.60 -125.00 65 hurdat_epa 1757 1757 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 14.60 -125.00 HU 65 1 14.60 -125.00 TC 65 14.50 -125.10 4 65 6 300
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.70 -125.30 1774 1774 P_________PP___ EP051979 14.70 -125.30 HU 65 1 14.70 -125.30 TC 65 14.70 -125.40 4 65 6 300
1979 EP MM 1979-08-21 00:00:00 TS 14.90 -125.60 65 hurdat_epa 1783 1783 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 14.90 -125.60 HU 65 1 14.90 -125.60 TC 65 14.90 -125.60 4 65 6 310
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 15.10 -125.80 1785 1778 P_________PP___ EP051979 15.10 -125.80 TS 60 0 15.10 -125.80 TC 60 15.10 -125.80 4 64 6 320
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 15.40 -126.00 55 hurdat_epa 1781 1771 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 15.40 -126.00 TS 55 0 15.40 -126.00 TC 55 15.40 -126.00 4 63 6 325
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.60 -126.20 1778 1765 P_________PP___ EP051979 15.60 -126.20 TS 58 0 15.60 -126.20 TC 58 15.60 -126.20 4 61 6 325
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.90 -126.40 60 hurdat_epa 1765 1753 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 15.90 -126.40 TS 60 0 15.90 -126.40 TC 60 15.90 -126.40 2 60 7 325
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 16.20 -126.60 1753 1742 P_________PP___ EP051979 16.20 -126.60 TS 70 1 16.20 -126.60 TC 70 16.20 -126.60 2 73 7 325
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.50 -126.80 80 hurdat_epa 1742 1740 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 16.50 -126.80 HU 80 1 16.50 -126.80 TC 80 16.40 -126.90 2 85 8 315
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 16.70 -127.10 1747 1739 P_________PP___ EP051979 16.70 -127.10 HU 95 2 16.70 -127.10 TC 95 16.70 -127.20 2 98 8 310
1979 EP MM 1979-08-22 00:00:00 TS 17.00 -127.50 110 hurdat_epa 1753 1752 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 17.00 -127.50 HU 110 3 17.00 -127.50 TC 110 17.00 -127.50 4 110 9 305
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.30 -127.90 1760 1760 P_________PP___ EP051979 17.30 -127.90 HU 115 4 17.30 -127.90 TC 115 17.30 -127.90 4 114 10 310
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 17.60 -128.30 120 hurdat_epa 1768 1768 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 17.60 -128.30 HU 120 4 17.60 -128.30 TC 120 17.60 -128.30 4 118 10 305
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 17.90 -128.80 1786 1786 P_________PP___ EP051979 17.90 -128.80 HU 123 4 17.90 -128.80 TC 123 17.90 -128.80 4 121 10 305
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.20 -129.20 125 hurdat_epa 1797 1797 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 18.20 -129.20 HU 125 4 18.20 -129.20 TC 125 18.20 -129.20 4 125 10 310
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 18.50 -129.60 1809 1803 P_________PP___ EP051979 18.50 -129.60 HU 125 4 18.50 -129.60 TC 125 18.60 -129.60 4 119 10 315
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 18.90 -129.90 125 hurdat_epa 1808 1808 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 18.90 -129.90 HU 125 4 18.90 -129.90 TC 125 18.90 -130.00 4 113 10 315
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 19.30 -130.30 1817 1817 P_________PP___ EP051979 19.30 -130.30 HU 118 4 19.30 -130.30 TC 118 19.30 -130.30 4 106 10 315
1979 EP MM 1979-08-23 00:00:00 TS 19.60 -130.70 110 hurdat_epa 1834 1834 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 19.60 -130.70 HU 110 3 19.60 -130.70 TC 110 19.60 -130.70 4 100 9 315
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 19.90 -131.00 1843 1843 P_________PP___ EP051979 19.90 -131.00 HU 93 2 19.90 -131.00 TC 93 19.80 -131.00 4 89 8 310
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 20.10 -131.30 75 hurdat_epa 1858 1858 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 20.10 -131.30 HU 75 1 20.10 -131.30 TC 75 20.10 -131.40 4 78 7 300
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 20.30 -131.60 1874 1874 P_________PP___ EP051979 20.30 -131.60 HU 65 1 20.30 -131.60 TC 65 20.20 -131.70 4 66 7 295
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 20.40 -132.00 55 hurdat_epa 1905 1905 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 20.40 -132.00 TS 55 0 20.40 -132.00 TC 55 20.40 -132.00 2 55 7 300
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 20.60 -132.30 1922 1922 P_________PP___ EP051979 20.60 -132.30 TS 50 0 20.60 -132.30 TC 50 20.60 -132.40 2 49 8 300
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 20.80 -132.70 45 hurdat_epa 1932 1929 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 20.80 -132.70 TS 45 0 20.80 -132.70 TC 45 20.80 -132.70 2 43 8 300
1979 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 21.00 -133.10 1939 1939 P_________PP___ EP051979 21.00 -133.10 TS 38 0 21.00 -133.10 TC 38 21.00 -133.10 2 36 8 290
1979 EP MM 1979-08-24 00:00:00 TS 21.10 -133.50 30 hurdat_epa 1955 1955 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 21.10 -133.50 TD 30 -1 21.10 -133.50 TC 30 21.10 -133.50 1 30 8 280
1979 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 21.10 -133.90 1980 1980 P_________PP___ EP051979 21.10 -134.00 TD 30 -1 21.10 -134.00 TC 30 21.20 -133.90 1 29 8 270
1979 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 21.10 -134.40 30 hurdat_epa 2013 2013 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP051979 21.10 -134.40 TD 30 -1 21.10 -134.40 TC 30 21.20 -134.30 1 28 8 270
1979 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 21.20 -134.80 2031 2031 P_________PP___ EP051979 21.10 -134.80 TD 28 -1 21.10 -134.80 TC 28 21.20 -134.70 1 26 7 275
1979 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 21.20 -135.10 25 hurdat_epa 2051 2029 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP051979 21.20 -135.10 TD 25 -1 21.20 -135.10 TC 25 21.20 -135.10 1 25 6 280
1979 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 21.30 -135.40 2030 1988 P_________P____ EP051979 21.30 -135.40 TD 25 -1 21.30 -135.40 TC 25 1 7 280
1979 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 21.30 -135.80 25 hurdat_epa 1988 O_________O____ hurdat_epa EP051979 21.30 -135.80 TD 25 -1 21.30 -135.80 TC 25 1 7 280