Tropical Storm Jimmy (1997)

Tropical Storm Jimmy peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between April 18, 1997 and April 26, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Jimmy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: April 18, 1997 to April 26, 1997
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure: 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1506 km (936 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.0
Identifier: WP031997

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Apr 18, 00:00	5.1N 168.0E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 06:00	5.2N 167.3E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 12:00	5.4N 166.5E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 18, 18:00	5.6N 165.7E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 00:00	5.8N 164.8E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 06:00	6.2N 164.1E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 12:00	6.6N 163.4E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 19, 18:00	6.9N 162.6E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 20, 00:00	7.2N 161.9E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 20, 06:00	7.4N 161.2E	15 kt		Not reported
Apr 20, 12:00	7.5N 160.7E	20 kt		Not reported
Apr 20, 18:00	7.6N 160.2E	20 kt		Not reported
Apr 21, 00:00	7.8N 159.7E	20 kt		Not reported
Apr 21, 06:00	8.1N 159.3E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 21, 12:00	8.6N 158.8E	25 kt		Not reported
Apr 21, 18:00	9.4N 158.2E	30 kt		Not reported
Apr 22, 00:00	10.3N 157.6E	30 kt		Not reported
Apr 22, 06:00	11.3N 157.1E	35 kt		Not reported
Apr 22, 12:00	12.3N 156.5E	35 kt	1008 mb	Mixed
Apr 22, 18:00	13.2N 155.5E	35 kt	1006 mb	Mixed
Apr 23, 00:00	14.1N 154.7E	40 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 06:00	15.0N 154.2E	45 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 12:00	15.8N 153.8E	45 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 23, 18:00	16.7N 153.6E	50 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 00:00	17.6N 153.8E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 06:00	18.5N 154.1E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 12:00	19.1N 154.5E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 24, 18:00	19.5N 154.8E	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 00:00	19.9N 155.2E	50 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 06:00	20.3N 155.8E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 12:00	20.6N 156.5E	35 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 25, 18:00	20.9N 157.2E	30 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 00:00	21.4N 157.7E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 06:00	21.7N 158.1E		1002 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 12:00	22.6N 159.6E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 26, 18:00	23.8N 161.3E		1008 mb	Mixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.