Tropical Storm Vania (2011)
Tropical Storm Vania peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between January 9, 2011 and January 15, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
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
- January 9, 2011 to January 15, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 15 km (9 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 145 nmi (269 km, 167 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052011
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 9, 18:00 | 17.3S 169.4E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 17.1S 169.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 17.1S 169.8E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 17.3S 169.8E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 17.6S 169.8E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 17.9S 169.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 18.2S 169.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 18.4S 169.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 18.7S 169.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 18.8S 169.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 19.0S 169.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 19.1S 169.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 19.4S 168.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 19.7S 168.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 19.9S 167.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 20.4S 167.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 21.0S 167.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 21.6S 167.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 21.8S 167.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 21.7S 166.9E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 23.0S 167.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 24.5S 167.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 25.7S 166.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 26.8S 166.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 27.9S 165.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
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.