Tropical Storm Saba (1983)
Tropical Storm Saba peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between March 20, 1983 and March 25, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Saba, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 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
- March 20, 1983 to March 25, 1983
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 3866 km (2402 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Identifier
- 1983079S13224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 12.6S 136.2W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 14.3S 136.3W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 15.8S 136.2W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 17.1S 135.8W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 18.2S 135.3W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 19.0S 134.8W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 19.7S 134.3W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 20.3S 133.9W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 21.0S 133.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 21.9S 132.8W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 23.0S 132.0W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 24.1S 131.3W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 25.0S 130.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 25.6S 129.7W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 26.1S 129.0W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 26.6S 128.3W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 27.0S 127.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 27.4S 126.5W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 27.7S 125.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 27.9S 124.5W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 28.0S 123.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1983
- Cyclone JotiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm KinaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm LisaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DesSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone MarkSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone NanoSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone ElinorSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone Nisha:OramaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone OscarSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm PremaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone RewaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone SarahSouth Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone TomasiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone VeenaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone WilliamSouth Pacific · 1983
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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.