The 1999 season

Tropical Storm Fernanda (1999)

Tropical Storm Fernanda peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 15, 1999 and August 22, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Fernanda. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
August 15, 1999 to August 22, 1999
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1048 km (651 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.1
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
EP101999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 15, 12:0010.0N 108.0W20 ktNot reported
Aug 15, 18:0010.0N 108.4W25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 00:0010.1N 108.9W25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 06:0010.5N 109.6W25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 12:0011.0N 110.5W25 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 18:0011.6N 111.5W25 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 00:0012.1N 112.3W25 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 06:0012.4N 113.1W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:0012.8N 114.1W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 18:0013.3N 115.2W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 00:0014.0N 116.5W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0014.7N 117.7W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0015.3N 118.7W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0015.7N 119.6W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0016.0N 120.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0016.3N 121.3W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0016.7N 122.1W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0016.8N 122.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0016.6N 123.5W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0016.5N 124.1W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0016.3N 124.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0016.0N 125.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0015.8N 126.4W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 06:0015.6N 127.1W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 12:0015.3N 127.9W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 18:0015.0N 128.6W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 00:0014.6N 129.3W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 06:0014.3N 129.8W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 12:0014.1N 130.2W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 18:0013.8N 130.6W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1999

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.