Tropical Storm Ella (1999)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

February 8, 1999 to February 16, 1999

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

987 mb (29.15 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 33 km (21 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.3

Identifier

SH191999

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

• Cyclone ThelmaSouth Pacific · 1999Cat 4135 kt · 920 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone CoraSouth Pacific · 1999Cat 290 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm50 kt
• Cyclone DaniSouth Pacific · 1999Cat 4115 kt · 925 mb
• Tropical Storm OlindaSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm PeteSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm35 kt
• Tropical Storm RonaSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm55 kt · 970 mb
• Cyclone FrankSouth Pacific · 1999Cat 295 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm GitaSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm45 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm HaliSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm50 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999Tropical Storm55 kt · 972 mb

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.

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.