Tropical Storm Ellie (2009)
Tropical Storm Ellie peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between January 30, 2009 and February 2, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ellie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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 30, 2009 to February 2, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- SH122009
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 30, 12:00 | 16.2S 146.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 16.1S 146.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 15.9S 147.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 16.5S 148.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 16.5S 147.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 16.7S 147.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 17.0S 147.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 17.8S 147.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 18.0S 146.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 18.3S 145.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 18.8S 145.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 19.0S 145.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 19.3S 144.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm CharlotteSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm InnisSouth Pacific · 2009
- Cyclone HamishSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm JoniSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm JasperSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm LinSouth Pacific · 2009
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.