Tropical Storm Harvey (2005)
Tropical Storm Harvey peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between February 3, 2005 and February 8, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Harvey, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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 3, 2005 to February 8, 2005
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- SH162005
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 3, 12:00 | 14.0S 135.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 13.5S 136.8E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 13.0S 137.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 12.8S 137.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 13.0S 138.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 18:00 | 13.2S 139.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 12.8S 140.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 13.1S 139.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 13.5S 139.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 13.9S 139.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 14.3S 139.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 14.6S 139.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 14.9S 139.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 15.2S 139.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 15.6S 138.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 16.1S 137.9E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 16.7S 136.9E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 17.6S 136.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 17.1S 136.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm JudySouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone KerrySouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm LolaSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone MeenaSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone OlafSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone NancySouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone PercySouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone IngridSouth Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm SheilaSouth Pacific · 2005
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.