Tropical Storm Raquel (2015)
Tropical Storm Raquel peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between June 28, 2015 and July 4, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Raquel, 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- June 28, 2015 to July 4, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 11 km (7 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- SH252015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 4.0S 163.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 4.1S 163.0E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 4.2S 162.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 3.8S 161.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 3.8S 161.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 4.0S 161.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 4.3S 161.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 4.8S 160.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 5.3S 160.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 6.0S 160.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 6.5S 159.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 6.8S 159.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 7.0S 159.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 6.8S 159.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 6.5S 159.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 6.4S 160.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 6.4S 160.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 6.6S 160.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 6.9S 160.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 7.4S 160.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 7.7S 160.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 7.8S 160.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 7.9S 159.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 8.0S 159.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 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.