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1978 Hurricane ROSA (1978276N14257)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1978276N14257
Start Oct 2 18Z
Max Intensity 75 kt (Oct 4 18Z)
End Oct 7 18Z
ATCF IDs EP171978
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 1978-10-02 18:00:00 TS 13.90 -102.70 30 30 30 30
EP 21:00:00 TS 14.39 -103.19 37 37 37
EP 1978-10-03 00:00:00 TS 14.90 -103.70 45 45 45 45
EP 03:00:00 TS 15.42 -104.25 47 47 46
EP 06:00:00 TS 15.87 -104.79 50 50 50 47
EP 09:00:00 TS 16.22 -105.31 50 50 48
EP 12:00:00 TS 16.50 -105.80 50 50 50 50
EP 15:00:00 TS 16.76 -106.27 52 52 53
EP 18:00:00 TS 17.02 -106.71 55 55 55 57
EP 21:00:00 TS 17.32 -107.18 60 60 61
EP 1978-10-04 00:00:00 TS 17.60 -107.60 65 65 65 65
EP 03:00:00 TS 17.81 -107.93 65 65 65
EP 06:00:00 TS 18.01 -108.22 65 65 65 65
EP 09:00:00 TS 18.25 -108.52 65 65 65
EP 12:00:00 TS 18.50 -108.80 65 65 65 65
EP 15:00:00 TS 18.75 -109.02 70 70 67
EP 18:00:00 TS 19.01 -109.21 75 75 75 70
EP 21:00:00 TS 19.30 -109.42 75 75 72
EP 1978-10-05 00:00:00 TS 19.60 -109.60 75 75 75 75
EP 03:00:00 TS 19.85 -109.72 75 75 72
EP 06:00:00 TS 20.11 -109.81 75 75 75 70
EP 09:00:00 TS 20.40 -109.92 70 70 67
EP 12:00:00 TS 20.70 -110.00 65 65 65 65
EP 15:00:00 TS 21.00 -110.01 62 62 62
EP 18:00:00 TS 21.31 -110.00 60 60 60 60
EP 21:00:00 TS 21.62 -109.99 57 57 57
EP 1978-10-06 00:00:00 TS 21.90 -110.00 55 55 55 55
EP 03:00:00 TS 22.12 -110.03 50 50 50
EP 06:00:00 TS 22.30 -110.11 45 45 45 45
EP 09:00:00 TS 22.47 -110.25 40 40 40
EP 12:00:00 TS 22.60 -110.40 35 35 35 35
EP 15:00:00 TS 22.71 -110.50 30 30 31
EP 18:00:00 TS 22.80 -110.62 25 25 25 27
EP 21:00:00 TS 22.85 -110.84 22 22 23
EP 1978-10-07 00:00:00 TS 22.90 -111.10 20 20 20 20
EP 03:00:00 TS 22.99 -111.31 20 20
EP 06:00:00 ET 23.10 -111.50 20 20 20
EP 09:00:00 ET 23.20 -111.67 20 20
EP 12:00:00 ET 23.30 -111.80 20 20 20
EP 15:00:00 ET 23.40 -111.91 20 20
EP 18:00:00 ET 23.50 -112.00 20 20 20

Source Information

Agency Information
USA hurdat2-nepac-1949-2021-042022.txt:Line=7715:ROSA
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 e_npac.dat:347:ROSA
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-002:Line=3999
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 1978-10-02 18:00:00 TS 13.90 -102.70 30 hurdat_epa 417 394 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 13.90 -102.70 TD 30 -1 13.90 -102.70 TC 30 13.90 -102.70 1 30 14 316
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.39 -103.19 394 366 P________PP___ EP171978 14.39 -103.19 TD 37 0 14.39 -103.19 TC 37 14.41 -103.19 1 37 14 316
1978 EP MM 1978-10-03 00:00:00 TS 14.90 -103.70 45 hurdat_epa 366 330 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 14.90 -103.70 TS 45 0 14.90 -103.70 TC 45 14.90 -103.70 2 45 15 315
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 15.42 -104.25 330 302 P________PP___ EP171978 15.43 -104.25 TS 47 0 15.43 -104.25 TC 47 15.36 -104.23 2 46 14 313
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 15.87 -104.79 50 hurdat_epa 302 296 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 15.90 -104.80 TS 50 0 15.90 -104.80 TC 50 15.77 -104.76 2 47 13 308
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 16.22 -105.31 302 300 P________PP___ EP171978 16.24 -105.32 TS 50 0 16.24 -105.32 TC 50 16.16 -105.29 2 48 12 303
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 16.50 -105.80 50 hurdat_epa 316 311 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 16.50 -105.80 TS 50 0 16.50 -105.80 TC 50 16.50 -105.80 2 50 11 301
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 16.76 -106.27 311 307 P________PP___ EP171978 16.75 -106.26 TS 52 0 16.75 -106.26 TC 52 16.82 -106.30 2 53 10 301
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 17.02 -106.71 55 hurdat_epa 317 315 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 17.00 -106.70 TS 55 0 17.00 -106.70 TC 55 17.10 -106.77 2 57 10 302
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 17.32 -107.18 330 322 P________PP___ EP171978 17.31 -107.17 TS 60 0 17.31 -107.17 TC 60 17.36 -107.21 2 61 10 304
1978 EP MM 1978-10-04 00:00:00 TS 17.60 -107.60 65 hurdat_epa 337 337 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 17.60 -107.60 HU 65 1 17.60 -107.60 TC 65 17.60 -107.60 4 65 9 305
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.81 -107.93 346 346 P________PP___ EP171978 17.81 -107.92 HU 65 1 17.81 -107.92 TC 65 17.83 -107.96 4 65 7 305
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 18.01 -108.22 65 hurdat_epa 359 359 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 18.00 -108.20 HU 65 1 18.00 -108.20 TC 65 18.05 -108.28 4 65 7 308
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 18.25 -108.52 374 368 P________PP___ EP171978 18.24 -108.51 HU 65 1 18.24 -108.51 TC 65 18.27 -108.55 4 65 7 311
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.50 -108.80 65 hurdat_epa 384 384 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 18.50 -108.80 HU 65 1 18.50 -108.80 TC 65 18.50 -108.80 4 65 7 316
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 18.75 -109.02 394 389 P________PP___ EP171978 18.74 -109.02 HU 70 1 18.74 -109.02 TC 70 18.76 -109.05 4 67 6 322
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 19.01 -109.21 75 hurdat_epa 398 394 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 19.00 -109.20 HU 75 1 19.00 -109.20 TC 75 19.03 -109.26 4 70 7 326
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 19.30 -109.42 404 369 P________PP___ EP171978 19.30 -109.41 HU 75 1 19.30 -109.41 TC 75 19.32 -109.45 4 72 7 328
1978 EP MM 1978-10-05 00:00:00 TS 19.60 -109.60 75 hurdat_epa 369 346 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 19.60 -109.60 HU 75 1 19.60 -109.60 TC 75 19.60 -109.60 4 75 6 333
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 19.85 -109.72 335 313 P________PP___ EP171978 19.85 -109.72 HU 75 1 19.85 -109.72 TC 75 19.87 -109.75 4 72 5 339
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 20.11 -109.81 75 hurdat_epa 313 279 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 20.10 -109.80 HU 75 1 20.10 -109.80 TC 75 20.14 -109.86 4 70 6 341
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 20.40 -109.92 279 245 P________PP___ EP171978 20.39 -109.91 HU 70 1 20.39 -109.91 TC 70 20.42 -109.95 4 67 6 343
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 20.70 -110.00 65 hurdat_epa 245 212 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 20.70 -110.00 HU 65 1 20.70 -110.00 TC 65 20.70 -110.00 4 65 6 352
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 21.00 -110.01 212 178 P________PP___ EP171978 21.00 -110.02 HU 62 0 21.00 -110.02 TC 62 21.01 -110.01 4 62 6 358
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 21.31 -110.00 60 hurdat_epa 178 145 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 21.30 -110.00 TS 60 0 21.30 -110.00 TC 60 21.33 -110.00 4 60 6 0
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 21.62 -109.99 145 111 P________PP___ EP171978 21.61 -109.99 TS 57 0 21.61 -109.99 TC 57 21.63 -109.99 4 57 6 0
1978 EP MM 1978-10-06 00:00:00 TS 21.90 -110.00 55 hurdat_epa 111 89 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 21.90 -110.00 TS 55 0 21.90 -110.00 TC 55 21.90 -110.00 2 55 5 355
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 22.12 -110.03 89 67 P________PP___ EP171978 22.12 -110.03 TS 50 0 22.12 -110.03 TC 50 22.13 -110.06 2 50 4 345
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 22.30 -110.11 45 hurdat_epa 67 49 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 22.30 -110.10 TS 45 0 22.30 -110.10 TC 45 22.32 -110.15 2 45 4 330
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 22.47 -110.25 49 45 P________PP___ EP171978 22.47 -110.24 TS 40 0 22.47 -110.24 TC 40 22.47 -110.26 2 40 4 318
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 22.60 -110.40 35 hurdat_epa 52 46 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 22.60 -110.40 TS 35 0 22.60 -110.40 TC 35 22.60 -110.40 2 35 3 316
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 22.71 -110.50 55 52 P________PP___ EP171978 22.71 -110.49 TS 30 -1 22.71 -110.49 TC 30 22.70 -110.56 2 31 3 314
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 22.80 -110.62 25 hurdat_epa 62 62 O________OP___ hurdat_epa EP171978 22.80 -110.60 TD 25 -1 22.80 -110.60 TC 25 22.78 -110.73 2 27 3 293
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 22.85 -110.84 82 82 P________PP___ EP171978 22.85 -110.84 TD 22 -1 22.85 -110.84 TC 22 22.84 -110.91 2 23 5 283
1978 EP MM 1978-10-07 00:00:00 TS 22.90 -111.10 20 hurdat_epa 102 99 O________OO___ hurdat_epa EP171978 22.90 -111.10 TD 20 -1 22.90 -111.10 TC 20 22.90 -111.10 6 20 5 288
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 22.99 -111.31 105 105 P________P____ EP171978 22.99 -111.31 TD 20 -1 22.99 -111.31 TC 20 6 4 298
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 ET 23.10 -111.50 20 hurdat_epa 113 112 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP171978 23.10 -111.50 ET 20 -4 23.10 -111.50 20 6 4 303
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 ET 23.20 -111.67 117 108 P________P____ EP171978 23.20 -111.67 ET 20 -4 23.20 -111.67 20 6 3 306
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 ET 23.30 -111.80 20 hurdat_epa 114 112 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP171978 23.30 -111.80 ET 20 -4 23.30 -111.80 20 3 312
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 ET 23.40 -111.91 112 108 P________P____ EP171978 23.40 -111.91 ET 20 -4 23.40 -111.91 20 3 317
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 ET 23.50 -112.00 20 hurdat_epa 108 O________O____ hurdat_epa EP171978 23.50 -112.00 ET 20 -4 23.50 -112.00 20 3 320