Tropical Storm Trina (2002)
Tropical Storm Trina peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between November 30, 2001 and December 3, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
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
- November 30, 2001 to December 3, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1417 km (880 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH062002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 00:00 | 21.1S 159.9W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 21.2S 159.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 21.4S 159.8W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 21.6S 159.8W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 21.8S 159.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 21.8S 159.4W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 21.7S 159.3W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 21.5S 159.2W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 21.4S 159.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 21.2S 159.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 21.0S 158.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 20.8S 158.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 20.8S 159.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 20.8S 159.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 21.0S 160.5W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 21.0S 161.2W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Depression VickySouth Pacific · 2002
- Cyclone WakaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm BernieSouth 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.