Tropical Storm Winsome (2001)
Tropical Storm Winsome peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between February 8, 2001 and February 14, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Winsome, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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
- February 8, 2001 to February 14, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- SH082001
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 8, 00:00 | 11.0S 138.7E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 10.9S 138.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 10.8S 137.6E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 10.6S 137.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 10.5S 136.5E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 10.9S 136.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 11.3S 136.7E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 10.6S 137.7E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 11.6S 137.7E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 13.0S 137.6E | 30 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 13.9S 137.2E | 30 kt | 986 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 14.3S 136.2E | 35 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 14.6S 135.6E | 40 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 14.9S 135.0E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 15.4S 134.3E | 35 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 15.9S 133.5E | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 16.3S 132.8E | 25 kt | 987 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 16.7S 132.1E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 17.0S 131.5E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 17.4S 130.8E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 17.7S 130.2E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 18.1S 129.6E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 18.7S 129.2E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 19.3S 129.1E | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 20.0S 129.1E | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2001
- Cyclone SamSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm WylvaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm OmaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm AbigailSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone PaulaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm RitaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone SoseSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone AlistairSouth Pacific · 2001
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.