Tropical Storm Dovi (1988)
Tropical Storm Dovi peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between April 15, 1988 and April 18, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Dovi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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 15, 1988 to April 18, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 254 km (158 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Identifier
- 1988107S28175
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 15, 12:00 | 27.8S 174.9E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 29.8S 175.6E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 32.1S 176.4E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 33.2S 177.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 34.2S 177.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 35.1S 178.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 35.8S 180.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 36.7S 181.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 37.4S 183.0E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 39.0S 186.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 40.9S 190.1E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 42.8S 193.7E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 18, 12:00 | 44.3S 197.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1988
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.