Tropical Storm Neil (2000)

Tropical Storm Neil peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between April 13, 2000 and April 20, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Neil, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Pacific
Dates: April 13, 2000 to April 20, 2000
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure: 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 94 km (58 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.6
Identifier: SH252000

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 13, 00:00	17.0S 182.0E	20 kt	1004 mb	Not reported
Apr 13, 06:00	17.3S 181.2E	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Apr 13, 12:00	17.5S 180.8E	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Apr 13, 18:00	17.8S 180.4E	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Apr 14, 00:00	18.0S 180.1E	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Apr 14, 06:00	18.2S 179.9W	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 14, 12:00	18.5S 179.8E	25 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 14, 18:00	18.7S 179.5E	25 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 15, 00:00	19.0S 179.3E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 15, 06:00	19.4S 179.1E	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 15, 12:00	19.9S 179.0E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 15, 18:00	20.4S 179.0E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 16, 00:00	21.0S 179.0E	40 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 16, 06:00	21.8S 179.2E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 16, 12:00	22.5S 179.5E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 16, 18:00	23.0S 179.8W	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 17, 00:00	23.3S 178.8W	30 kt	998 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 17, 06:00	23.7S 177.8W	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 17, 12:00	24.3S 182.9E	25 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Apr 17, 18:00	25.0S 183.2E	25 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Apr 18, 00:00	26.2S 184.1E	35 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Apr 18, 06:00	27.0S 185.0E	35 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Apr 18, 12:00	27.5S 185.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Apr 18, 18:00	28.2S 186.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Apr 19, 00:00	29.0S 186.4E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Apr 19, 06:00	29.7S 186.7E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Apr 19, 12:00	30.0S 187.5E	30 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Apr 19, 18:00	30.5S 188.0E	30 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Apr 20, 00:00	31.1S 188.4E	25 kt	1006 mb	Not reported
Apr 20, 06:00	32.0S 188.5E	25 kt	1010 mb	Not reported

Other South Pacific storms of 2000

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.