Tropical Storm Ita (1997)
Tropical Storm Ita peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between February 22, 1997 and February 25, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Ita. 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
- February 22, 1997 to February 25, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Identifier
- SH281997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 12.0S 142.0E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 12.3S 143.0E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 12.7S 144.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 13.2S 145.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 13.9S 146.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 14.8S 147.2E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 15.9S 148.2E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 17.3S 148.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 18.7S 148.3E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 20.1S 147.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 21.4S 147.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 22.8S 146.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1997
- Tropical Storm CyrilSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone FergusSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone PhilSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone RachelSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone DrenaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone EvanSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone FredaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm GillianSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm HaroldSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone GavinSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone JustinSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone HinaSouth Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm IanSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone JuneSouth Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1997
- Cyclone KeliSouth Pacific · 1997
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.