Tropical Storm Lin (2009)
Tropical Storm Lin peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between April 2, 2009 and April 6, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lin, 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
- April 2, 2009 to April 6, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 116 km (72 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- SH252009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 15.2S 178.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 14.9S 178.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 14.6S 178.2E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 14.4S 178.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 14.5S 178.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 15.5S 177.6W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 15.8S 177.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 16.6S 176.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 17.5S 176.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 18.4S 176.0W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 19.3S 176.0W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 20.3S 175.7W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 21.6S 175.4W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 22.8S 174.9W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 24.2S 174.3W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 25.7S 173.5W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 27.1S 172.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 28.5S 171.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 30.2S 169.8W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 31.8S 168.0W | 20 kt | 1007 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 EllieSouth 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
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.