Tropical Storm Bart (2017)
Tropical Storm Bart peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between February 20, 2017 and February 23, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 993 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 20, 2017 to February 23, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 427 km (265 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Identifier
- SH072017
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 20, 06:00 | 17.5S 171.2W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 18.0S 170.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 18.8S 168.2W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 19.9S 165.9W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 20.8S 164.3W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 22.0S 162.2W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 23.7S 159.6W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 24.9S 157.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 26.2S 155.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 27.8S 155.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 30.5S 152.3W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 31.5S 150.4W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 32.2S 148.1W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm AlfredSouth Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm BlancheSouth Pacific · 2017
- Cyclone DebbieSouth Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2017
- Cyclone CookSouth Pacific · 2017
- Cyclone FrancesSouth Pacific · 2017
- Cyclone DonnaSouth Pacific · 2017
- Cyclone EllaSouth Pacific · 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.