Tropical Storm Yasi (1996)
Tropical Storm Yasi peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between January 15, 1996 and January 20, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Yasi. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 15, 1996 to January 20, 1996
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 282 km (175 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- SH081996
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 18.0S 177.5W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 18.0S 177.0W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 19.0S 176.4W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 20.0S 176.0W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 20.6S 175.6W | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 20.8S 175.1W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 21.4S 174.3W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 21.9S 173.0W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 22.3S 172.1W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 22.8S 171.5W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 23.3S 170.9W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 23.6S 170.5W | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 23.9S 170.1W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 24.4S 168.2W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 24.7S 166.6W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 25.0S 165.7W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 25.2S 164.8W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 27.0S 160.7W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 27.1S 160.9W | 25 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 27.6S 160.6W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 28.0S 160.0W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 29.5S 156.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 31.0S 153.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1996
- Cyclone CelesteSouth Pacific · 1996
- Cyclone JacobSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm DennisSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm AtuSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm EthelSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ZakaSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Depression ZakaSouth Pacific · 1996
- Cyclone BetiSouth Pacific · 1996
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.