Unnamed tropical storm (2008)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between March 20, 2008 and March 26, 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
- March 20, 2008 to March 26, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 15 km (9 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH242008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 17.4S 163.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 18.0S 163.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 18.7S 163.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 19.4S 163.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 20.1S 163.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 20.7S 163.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 21.2S 163.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 21.7S 163.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 22.0S 163.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 22.0S 162.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 21.8S 162.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 21.4S 162.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 21.2S 161.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 20.7S 161.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 20.0S 160.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 19.6S 159.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 19.3S 159.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 19.1S 158.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 19.0S 158.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 19.0S 157.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 19.1S 157.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 19.3S 157.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 18.8S 158.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 18.4S 158.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 18.1S 158.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
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.