Unnamed tropical storm (1987)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between February 28, 1987 and March 3, 1987, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1987 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
- February 28, 1987 to March 3, 1987
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 920 km (572 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Identifier
- SH191987
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 12.0S 163.9W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 13.4S 163.0W | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 14.9S 162.1W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 16.7S 161.1W | 35 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 18.5S 160.0W | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 20.5S 158.6W | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 22.7S 157.2W | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 25.2S 155.6W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 27.9S 153.9W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 30.0S 151.0W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 32.1S 146.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 32.5S 140.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1987
- Tropical Storm OseaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PatsySouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone RajaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone SallySouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone TusiSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Depression IrmaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone Uma:VeliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone JasonSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm VeliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone WiniSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone KaySouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm ZumanSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm Blanch:BlancheSouth Pacific · 1987
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.