Tropical Storm Ema (2019)
Tropical Storm Ema peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 11, 2019 and October 16, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ema, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 11, 2019 to October 16, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 437 km (272 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- CP012019
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 11, 12:00 | 15.4N 161.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 16.6N 162.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 17.6N 162.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 18.6N 163.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 19.6N 163.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 20.5N 163.7W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 21.4N 164.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 21.9N 165.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 22.1N 165.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 22.5N 166.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 23.3N 167.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 24.7N 168.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 26.1N 168.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 27.5N 168.2W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 28.5N 168.3W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 29.0N 168.2W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 29.1N 168.6W | 25 kt | 1017 mb | Low |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 29.4N 168.9W | 25 kt | 1017 mb | Low |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 29.3N 169.3W | 25 kt | 1017 mb | Low |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 28.9N 170.0W | 15 kt | 1018 mb | Disturbance |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2019
- Hurricane AlvinEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm DalilaEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane ErickEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane FlossieEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm GilEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane FaxaiEastern Pacific · 2019 · 3 deaths
- Hurricane JulietteEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm AkoniEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm MarioEastern Pacific · 2019
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm RaymondEastern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.