Unnamed tropical storm (2008)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between February 28, 2008 and March 1, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- February 28, 2008 to March 1, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 287 km (178 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Identifier
- SH202008
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 28, 18:00 | 18.9S 151.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 29, 00:00 | 19.9S 152.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 29, 06:00 | 21.2S 154.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 12:00 | 22.7S 156.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 18:00 | 24.1S 158.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 25.4S 160.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 26.5S 162.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 27.5S 163.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
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.