Tropical Storm Ken (2009)
Tropical Storm Ken peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between March 16, 2009 and March 20, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ken, 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
- March 16, 2009 to March 20, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 978 mb (28.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1057 km (657 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Identifier
- SH212009
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 16, 00:00 | 17.7S 163.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 18.3S 163.2W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 18.9S 163.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 20.0S 163.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 21.2S 162.8W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 21.9S 162.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 22.3S 162.8W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 22.7S 162.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 23.1S 162.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 23.4S 161.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 23.9S 161.4W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 24.7S 160.9W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 25.8S 159.8W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 27.2S 158.8W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 29.2S 157.4W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 31.8S 155.4W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 35.0S 152.9W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 38.2S 150.3W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 41.0S 147.0W | 60 kt | 978 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
- Tropical Storm InnisSouth Pacific · 2009
- Cyclone HamishSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm JoniSouth 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.