Tropical Storm Tasha (2011)
Tropical Storm Tasha peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between December 23, 2010 and December 26, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- December 23, 2010 to December 26, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- SH042011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 13.1S 152.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 13.8S 151.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 14.5S 149.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 15.4S 148.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 16.3S 147.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 17.0S 146.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 17.8S 145.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 18.7S 144.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 19.6S 144.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 20.6S 143.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 21.5S 142.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2011
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.