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1978 Hurricane ALETTA (1978151N15260)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1978151N15260
Start May 30 12Z
Landfall May 31 18Z
Max Intensity 65 kt (May 31 00Z)
End Jun 1 06Z
ATCF IDs EP011978
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
degrees north degrees east kts kts kts kts
EP 1978-05-30 12:00:00 TS 15.00 -100.00 35 35 35 35
EP 15:00:00 TS 15.30 -100.25 37 37 42
EP 18:00:00 TS 15.60 -100.50 40 40 40 50
EP 21:00:00 TS 15.90 -100.74 52 52 57
EP 1978-05-31 00:00:00 TS 16.20 -101.00 65 65 65 65
EP 03:00:00 TS 16.50 -101.30 57 57 60
EP 06:00:00 TS 16.81 -101.58 50 50 50 55
EP 09:00:00 TS 17.16 -101.83 47 47 50
EP 12:00:00 TS 17.50 -102.00 45 45 45 45
EP 15:00:00 TS 17.76 -102.05 45 45
EP 18:00:00 TS 18.00 -102.10 45 45 45
EP 21:00:00 TS 18.31 -102.28 35 35
EP 1978-06-01 00:00:00 ET 18.60 -102.50 25 25 25
EP 03:00:00 ET 18.82 -102.67 25 25
EP 06:00:00 ET 19.00 -102.80 25 25 25

Source Information

Agency Information
USA hurdat2-nepac-1949-2022-050423.txt:Line=7231:ALETTA
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 e_npac.dat:331:ALETTA
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-002:Line=3741
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 degrees north degrees east kts km km degrees north degrees east kts 1 degrees north degrees east kts degrees north degrees east kts kts degrees
1978 EP MM 1978-05-30 12:00:00 TS 15.00 -100.00 35 hurdat_epa 192 165 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP011978 15.00 -100.00 TS 35 0 15.00 -100.00 TC 35 15.00 -100.00 1 35 8 321
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.30 -100.25 169 149 P________PP___ EP011978 15.30 -100.25 TS 37 0 15.30 -100.25 TC 37 15.30 -100.25 1 42 8 321
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 15.60 -100.50 40 hurdat_epa 149 134 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP011978 15.60 -100.50 TS 40 0 15.60 -100.50 TC 40 15.60 -100.50 1 50 8 322
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 15.90 -100.74 134 113 P________PP___ EP011978 15.90 -100.74 TS 52 0 15.90 -100.74 TC 52 15.90 -100.75 1 57 8 321
1978 EP MM 1978-05-31 00:00:00 TS 16.20 -101.00 65 hurdat_epa 113 92 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP011978 16.20 -101.00 HU 65 1 16.20 -101.00 TC 65 16.20 -101.00 4 65 8 319
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 16.50 -101.30 92 70 P________PP___ EP011978 16.49 -101.31 HU 57 0 16.49 -101.31 TC 57 16.53 -101.25 4 60 8 317
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 16.81 -101.58 50 hurdat_epa 77 64 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP011978 16.80 -101.60 TS 50 0 16.80 -101.60 TC 50 16.85 -101.50 4 55 8 322
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 17.16 -101.83 54 38 P________PP___ EP011978 17.16 -101.84 TS 47 0 17.16 -101.84 TC 47 17.18 -101.75 4 50 8 330
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 17.50 -102.00 45 hurdat_epa 38 30 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP011978 17.50 -102.00 TS 45 0 17.50 -102.00 TC 45 17.50 -102.00 2 45 6 341
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 17.76 -102.05 22 0 P________P____ EP011978 17.76 -102.05 TS 45 0 17.76 -102.05 TC 45 2 5 349
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 18.00 -102.10 45 hurdat_epa 0 0 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP011978 18.00 -102.10 TS 45 0 18.00 -102.10 TC 45 2 6 338
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 18.31 -102.28 0 0 P________P____ EP011978 18.31 -102.28 TS 35 0 18.31 -102.28 TC 35 2 7 328
1978 EP MM 1978-06-01 00:00:00 ET 18.60 -102.50 25 hurdat_epa 0 0 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP011978 18.60 -102.50 ET 25 -4 18.60 -102.50 25 6 325
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 ET 18.82 -102.67 0 0 P________P____ EP011978 18.82 -102.67 ET 25 -4 18.82 -102.67 25 5 325
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 ET 19.00 -102.80 25 hurdat_epa 0 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP011978 19.00 -102.80 ET 25 -4 19.00 -102.80 25 4 325