Tropical Storm Kate (2006)
Tropical Storm Kate peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between February 22, 2006 and February 24, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kate, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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 22, 2006 to February 24, 2006
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 88 km (55 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- SH132006
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 22, 00:00 | 10.7S 143.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 11.1S 144.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 10.9S 144.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 10.8S 145.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 11.0S 146.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 11.2S 146.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 11.4S 147.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 11.5S 147.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 11.5S 146.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2006
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.