Tropical Storm Innis (2009)
Tropical Storm Innis peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between February 13, 2009 and February 19, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Innis, 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
- February 13, 2009 to February 19, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Identifier
- SH152009
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 13, 18:00 | 18.4S 174.4E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 18.4S 173.8E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 18.2S 173.4E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 18.1S 173.0E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 17.9S 172.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 16.5S 173.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 16.9S 172.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 17.0S 171.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 17.3S 171.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 17.9S 170.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 18.5S 168.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 19.3S 167.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 19.8S 166.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 20.7S 165.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 22.1S 164.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 22.8S 162.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 24.7S 161.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 27.1S 160.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 29.3S 160.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 31.3S 159.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 33.5S 160.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 36.4S 162.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Pacific storms of 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm CharlotteSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm EllieSouth 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.