Tropical Storm Lola (2005)
Tropical Storm Lola peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between January 27, 2005 and February 2, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lola, 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
- January 27, 2005 to February 2, 2005
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Identifier
- 2005027S18168
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 18.0S 168.4E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 17.5S 169.0E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 17.3S 169.5E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 16.8S 170.1E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 16.5S 170.8E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 16.3S 171.2E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 16.2S 171.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 16.1S 172.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 16.0S 172.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 15.8S 173.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 15.6S 173.7E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 15.5S 174.7E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 15.7S 176.1E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 16.2S 177.9E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 16.9S 179.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 18.2S 180.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 19.5S 181.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 20.6S 182.3E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 21.7S 183.3E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 22.7S 183.7E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 23.5S 184.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 24.7S 184.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 24.9S 184.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 25.1S 184.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 25.1S 184.5E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 24.8S 184.0E | 35 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
- Cyclone MeenaSouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm HarveySouth 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. 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.