Tropical Storm Judy (2005)

Tropical Storm Judy peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between December 21, 2004 and December 27, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Judy, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Pacific
Dates: December 21, 2004 to December 27, 2004
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph), ten-minute wind
Lowest pressure: 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 2759 km (1714 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.6
Identifier: 2004357S16216

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 21, 12:00	16.0S 144.2W	15 kt	1004 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 18:00	16.3S 144.5W	15 kt	1004 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 00:00	16.6S 144.8W	20 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 06:00	16.6S 145.3W	20 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 12:00	16.7S 146.1W	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 18:00	17.2S 146.6W	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 00:00	17.5S 146.7W	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 06:00	17.4S 146.6W	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 12:00	17.6S 145.8W	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 18:00	17.8S 145.4W	25 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 00:00	18.2S 145.1W	30 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 06:00	18.5S 145.1W	30 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 12:00	19.0S 145.2W	30 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 18:00	19.5S 145.3W	35 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 00:00	20.3S 145.6W	35 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 06:00	20.9S 145.8W	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 12:00	21.7S 146.3W	45 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 18:00	22.5S 146.7W	45 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 00:00	23.6S 147.2W	45 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 06:00	24.5S 147.1W	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 12:00	25.0S 147.0W	40 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Dec 26, 18:00	27.0S 147.3W	40 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 00:00	28.5S 146.5W	35 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 06:00	29.5S 145.7W	30 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 12:00	30.5S 144.5W	30 kt	999 mb	Not reported

Other South Pacific storms of 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.