Tropical Storm Fritz (2004)
Tropical Storm Fritz peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between February 10, 2004 and February 15, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fritz, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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 10, 2004 to February 15, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.2
- Identifier
- SH122004
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 10, 06:00 | 13.8S 146.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 13.9S 145.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 14.5S 144.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 15.2S 143.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 16.0S 142.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 16.2S 141.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 16.5S 140.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 16.7S 140.0E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 16.9S 139.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 17.0S 138.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 17.2S 136.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 17.1S 136.3E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 17.6S 135.6E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 18.0S 134.1E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 18.4S 132.5E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 19.1S 131.3E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 19.7S 130.1E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 19.8S 128.9E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 20.4S 127.7E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 21.2S 126.3E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2004
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.