The 2016 season

Tropical Storm Tatiana (2016)

Tropical Storm Tatiana peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between February 9, 2016 and February 15, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Tatiana, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
February 9, 2016 to February 15, 2016
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 374 km (232 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.0
Identifier
SH122016

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 9, 00:0016.1S 155.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 9, 06:0016.2S 154.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 9, 12:0016.1S 154.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 9, 18:0016.0S 154.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 00:0016.0S 154.8E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 06:0016.0S 155.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 12:0016.2S 156.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0016.6S 156.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0016.8S 157.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0016.9S 157.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0016.9S 158.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0017.0S 158.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0017.3S 159.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0018.0S 159.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0018.8S 160.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0019.8S 160.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0021.2S 160.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0022.6S 160.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0024.2S 160.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0025.3S 159.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0026.0S 159.2E35 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0026.0S 159.0E30 kt995 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0025.6S 158.7E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0025.2S 158.5E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0025.0S 158.5E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0024.5S 158.5E25 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 15, 12:0024.2S 158.5E20 kt1001 mbSubtropical storm

Other South Pacific storms of 2016

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.