Tropical Storm Zita (2007)
Tropical Storm Zita peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between January 20, 2007 and January 25, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Zita, 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
- January 20, 2007 to January 25, 2007
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 768 km (477 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Identifier
- SH082007
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 20, 18:00 | 11.5S 165.5W | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 11.5S 165.0W | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 11.6S 164.8W | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 11.8S 163.8W | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 12.0S 162.8W | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 12.2S 161.5W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 12.7S 160.1W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 13.3S 158.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 14.0S 157.3W | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 14.9S 155.9W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 16.1S 154.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 17.7S 153.3W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 19.5S 152.1W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 21.6S 151.7W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 23.7S 150.9W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 26.3S 149.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 28.7S 149.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 31.1S 149.1W | Not reported | ||
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 32.0S 149.8W | Not reported | ||
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 33.6S 149.9W | Not reported | ||
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 35.2S 150.0W | Not reported |
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 NelsonSouth Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone GeorgeSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone BeckySouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm CliffSouth 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.