Tropical Storm Bart (1998)
Tropical Storm Bart peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between April 29, 1998 and May 3, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bart, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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 29, 1998 to May 3, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 3424 km (2128 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH371998
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 29, 12:00 | 16.2S 140.4W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 17.5S 141.2W | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 17.8S 139.4W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 18.2S 138.0W | 30 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 18.6S 137.0W | 35 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 19.0S 136.3W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 00:00 | 19.5S 135.6W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 06:00 | 20.0S 135.2W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 12:00 | 20.6S 135.0W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 18:00 | 20.8S 133.8W | Not reported | ||
| May 2, 00:00 | 20.9S 132.4W | Not reported | ||
| May 2, 06:00 | 21.1S 131.5W | Not reported | ||
| May 2, 12:00 | 21.3S 130.7W | Not reported | ||
| May 2, 18:00 | 21.6S 129.6W | Not reported | ||
| May 3, 00:00 | 22.0S 128.0W | Not reported | ||
| May 3, 06:00 | 22.2S 126.5W | Not reported | ||
| May 3, 12:00 | 22.5S 125.0W | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NuteSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone OseaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone PamSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone SusanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone RonSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone KatrinaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm LesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm TuiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone UrsulaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone VeliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm WesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone Cindy:VictorSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm MaySouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NathanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone ZumanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1998
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.