Tropical Storm Tessi (2000)
Tropical Storm Tessi peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between March 31, 2000 and April 3, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Tessi, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- March 31, 2000 to April 3, 2000
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- SH222000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 14.2S 155.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 14.6S 155.0E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 15.0S 154.4E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 15.3S 153.7E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 15.6S 153.1E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 16.0S 152.5E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 16.5S 151.8E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 17.2S 150.9E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 17.8S 150.0E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 18.3S 149.0E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 18.8S 147.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 18.8S 146.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 18.9S 146.0E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 19.0S 145.6E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 17.5S 143.5E | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2000
- Cyclone IrisSouth Pacific · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone JoSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone KimSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone SteveSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm LeoSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone MonaSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm VaughanSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm NeilSouth Pacific · 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.