Tropical Storm Bernie (2002)
Tropical Storm Bernie peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between December 31, 2001 and January 6, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bernie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 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
- December 31, 2001 to January 6, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Identifier
- SH092002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 11.7S 137.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 12.1S 137.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 12.2S 137.9E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 12.5S 137.9E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 12.7S 137.9E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 13.1S 138.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 13.7S 138.6E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 13.8S 138.8E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 14.2S 139.2E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 14.4S 139.2E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 14.5S 139.0E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 14.6S 139.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 14.4S 139.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 14.6S 139.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 14.8S 139.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 15.0S 139.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 15.5S 139.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 16.1S 139.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 16.6S 138.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 17.0S 138.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 16.7S 138.4E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 17.1S 138.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 17.4S 138.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 17.9S 137.7E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 18.5S 137.5E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 18.8S 137.4E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm TrinaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Depression VickySouth Pacific · 2002
- Cyclone WakaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2002
- Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm DesSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm UpiaSouth Pacific · 2002
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.