Tropical Storm Cliff (2007)
Tropical Storm Cliff peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between April 1, 2007 and April 6, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Cliff, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
- April 1, 2007 to April 6, 2007
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- SH232007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 13.5S 175.0E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 13.5S 175.0E | Not reported | ||
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 13.7S 175.3E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 14.0S 175.9E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 14.1S 176.2E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 14.2S 176.5E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 14.3S 176.8E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 13.6S 177.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 14.2S 176.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 14.5S 177.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 14.7S 177.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 15.2S 178.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 16.3S 179.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 17.0S 179.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 17.9S 178.7W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 18.9S 178.1W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 20.0S 177.6W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 21.1S 177.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 22.3S 176.2W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 23.5S 175.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 24.9S 173.9W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 26.0S 171.8W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 27.4S 169.9W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 28.0S 167.1W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Pacific storms of 2007
- Cyclone XavierSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone YaniSouth Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone ArthurSouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm ZitaSouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm NelsonSouth Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone GeorgeSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone BeckySouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Depression PierreSouth Pacific · 2007
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.