Unnamed tropical storm (2016)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between October 13, 2015 and October 18, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- October 13, 2015 to October 18, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 432 km (268 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH022016
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 10.3S 174.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 10.6S 174.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 10.9S 174.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 11.2S 174.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 11.4S 175.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 11.6S 175.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 11.8S 175.5E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 12.0S 176.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 12.1S 176.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 12.1S 177.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 11.9S 177.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 12.1S 177.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 12.5S 177.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 12.9S 177.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 13.5S 176.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 14.2S 175.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 15.2S 174.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 16.1S 173.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 17.0S 172.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 18.0S 171.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 19.3S 171.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 20.5S 170.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm TuniSouth Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2016
- Cyclone UlaSouth Pacific · 2016
- Cyclone VictorSouth Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm TatianaSouth Pacific · 2016
- Cyclone WinstonSouth Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm YaloSouth Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2016
- Cyclone ZenaSouth Pacific · 2016
- Cyclone AmosSouth Pacific · 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.