Tropical Storm Yalo (2016)
Tropical Storm Yalo peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between February 23, 2016 and February 26, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 23, 2016 to February 26, 2016
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1550 km (963 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- SH142016
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 15.5S 157.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 16.0S 157.3W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 16.7S 156.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 17.4S 156.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 18.0S 155.8W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 18.7S 155.6W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 19.4S 155.2W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 20.2S 154.6W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 21.1S 154.0W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 21.9S 152.9W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 22.7S 151.7W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 23.7S 150.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 24.6S 149.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 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
- 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.