Tropical Storm Solo (2015)
Tropical Storm Solo peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between April 9, 2015 and April 12, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Solo, 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
- April 9, 2015 to April 12, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 79 km (49 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Identifier
- SH232015
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 9, 06:00 | 12.6S 163.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 12.9S 162.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 13.4S 161.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 14.0S 160.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 15.0S 160.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 15.8S 160.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 16.5S 160.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 17.6S 161.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 18.0S 161.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 18.6S 163.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 19.3S 164.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 20.2S 165.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 21.4S 168.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 22.9S 170.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 23.9S 172.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
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.