The 2017 season

Tropical Storm Alfred (2017)

Tropical Storm Alfred peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between February 15, 2017 and February 22, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Alfred, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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 15, 2017 to February 22, 2017
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.3
Identifier
SH062017

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 15, 06:0017.0S 137.1E15 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 12:0016.2S 136.2E15 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 18:0015.9S 138.0E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0015.8S 139.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 16, 06:0016.1S 139.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 16, 12:0016.3S 139.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 16, 18:0016.6S 139.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0016.9S 138.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0017.0S 138.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 17, 12:0017.0S 137.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 17, 18:0016.7S 136.7E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 18, 00:0016.4S 136.2E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 18, 06:0016.1S 135.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 18, 12:0015.8S 135.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 18, 18:0015.5S 135.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 19, 00:0015.2S 135.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 06:0015.0S 136.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 19, 12:0015.0S 136.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0015.1S 136.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0015.3S 137.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0015.8S 137.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0015.6S 137.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0015.6S 137.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0016.0S 138.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 06:0016.6S 137.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 12:0016.7S 137.6E30 kt1004 mbNot reported
Feb 21, 18:0016.3S 137.7E30 kt1004 mbNot reported
Feb 22, 00:0016.3S 137.9E25 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Feb 22, 06:0016.8S 138.3E25 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 22, 12:0017.0S 138.2E25 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other South Pacific storms of 2017

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.