Tropical Storm Elisa (2008)
Tropical Storm Elisa peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between January 7, 2008 and January 11, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Elisa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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 7, 2008 to January 11, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 465 km (289 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- SH112008
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 7, 18:00 | 18.0S 175.9W | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 18.2S 175.8W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 18.4S 175.7W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 18.7S 175.6W | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 19.0S 175.6W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 19.4S 175.6W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 19.9S 175.6W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 20.4S 175.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 20.9S 175.8W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 21.5S 175.8W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 22.2S 175.6W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 22.9S 175.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 23.5S 174.3W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 24.0S 173.2W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 24.4S 171.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 24.6S 170.2W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 24.8S 168.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2008
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.