Unnamed tropical storm (1999)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between January 24, 1999 and January 27, 1999.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 24, 1999 to January 27, 1999
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 140 km (87 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- SH161999
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 11.3S 138.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 11.7S 138.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 12.0S 138.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 12.3S 138.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 12.6S 138.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 12.9S 138.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 13.2S 138.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 13.4S 138.6E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 13.7S 138.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 14.0S 138.4E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 14.3S 138.3E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 14.6S 138.3E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 15.0S 138.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm |
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
- Tropical Storm EllaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm RonaSouth Pacific · 1999
- Cyclone FrankSouth Pacific · 1999
- Tropical Storm GitaSouth 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.