Tropical Storm Gita (1999)
Tropical Storm Gita peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between February 26, 1999 and March 4, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Gita. 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 26, 1999 to March 4, 1999
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1778 km (1105 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Identifier
- SH241999
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 26, 06:00 | 21.5S 157.5W | Not reported | ||
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 22.2S 157.1W | Not reported | ||
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 24.5S 156.0W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 24.7S 155.9W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 25.1S 155.7W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 25.6S 155.5W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 26.3S 155.5W | 35 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 26.9S 155.5W | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 27.6S 155.6W | 30 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 27.7S 156.5W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 28.6S 156.5W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 29.5S 156.7W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 30.5S 157.0W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 31.5S 157.0W | 40 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 32.3S 156.2W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 33.0S 155.6W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 33.5S 155.5W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 34.0S 155.4W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 34.5S 155.2W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 35.3S 154.8W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 37.0S 154.5W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 39.4S 154.0W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 41.5S 153.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 43.5S 152.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1999
- Cyclone ThelmaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999
- Cyclone CoraSouth Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999
- Cyclone DaniSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm OlindaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm PeteSouth Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm EllaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm RonaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Cyclone FrankSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm HaliSouth Pacific · 1999
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 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.