Tropical Depression Watorea (1976)
Tropical Depression Watorea peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between April 29, 1976 and April 30, 1976, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Depression Watorea, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- April 29, 1976 to April 30, 1976
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1976120S27159
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 27.1S 159.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 27.7S 160.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 30.0S 163.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 32.3S 167.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 35.0S 172.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 37.2S 177.7E | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression CharlotteSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm KimSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone DavidSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm ElsaSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone FrancesSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone BethSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone ColinSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm DawnSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm HopeSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression GeorgeSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm JanSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone WatoreaSouth Pacific · 1976
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.