Tropical Storm Yolande (2003)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

December 1, 2002 to December 11, 2002

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

988 mb (29.18 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 203 km (126 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.4

Identifier

SH042003

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

• Cyclone ZoeSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 5155 kt · 879 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 988 mb
• Cyclone AmiSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 3110 kt · 944 mb
• Cyclone BeniSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm CillaSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone DoviSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Cyclone EricaSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression
• Cyclone EsetaSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 3110 kt · 952 mb
• Tropical Storm FiliSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone GinaSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Tropical Storm EpiSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb

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.

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.