Tropical Storm Malia (2015)
Tropical Storm Malia peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 17, 2015 and September 23, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Malia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 17, 2015 to September 23, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1233 km (766 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- CP052015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 11.9N 173.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 12.9N 174.3W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 13.9N 175.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 14.7N 175.8W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 15.5N 176.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 16.4N 176.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 17.2N 176.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 17.7N 175.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 18.0N 175.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 18.3N 174.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 18.7N 174.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 19.2N 174.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 19.7N 173.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 20.5N 173.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 21.8N 173.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 23.1N 172.5W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 24.1N 171.8W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 25.2N 171.4W | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 26.4N 171.3W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 27.1N 172.0W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 27.5N 172.4W | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 28.2N 173.0W | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 29.3N 173.3W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 30.8N 173.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2015
- Hurricane AndresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane CarlosEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HalolaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm ElaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm IuneEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HildaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane KiloEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LokeEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NialaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OhoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2015 · $460 million
- Tropical Storm RickEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane SandraEastern Pacific · 2015
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.