Tropical Storm Adel (1993)
Tropical Storm Adel peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between May 11, 1993 and May 16, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Adel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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
- May 11, 1993 to May 16, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH271993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 06:00 | 4.2S 158.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 11, 12:00 | 4.4S 157.8E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 11, 18:00 | 4.6S 157.5E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 00:00 | 4.8S 157.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 06:00 | 5.0S 156.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 12:00 | 5.3S 156.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 12, 18:00 | 5.5S 156.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 13, 00:00 | 5.8S 156.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 13, 06:00 | 6.2S 155.5E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 12:00 | 6.9S 154.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 18:00 | 7.8S 154.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 00:00 | 8.5S 153.0E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 06:00 | 8.9S 151.8E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 9.3S 150.7E | 45 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 9.6S 149.9E | 40 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 10.0S 149.3E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 06:00 | 10.3S 148.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 15, 12:00 | 10.6S 148.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 15, 18:00 | 10.5S 146.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 00:00 | 9.9S 145.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 06:00 | 9.0S 143.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 16, 12:00 | 7.9S 142.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1993
- Cyclone JoniSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone NinaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone KinaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone LinSouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm MickSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone OliverSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone NishaSouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm OliSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone PollySouth Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm RogerSouth Pacific · 1993
- Cyclone PremaSouth Pacific · 1993
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.