Tropical Storm Liua (2019)
Tropical Storm Liua peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between September 25, 2018 and September 30, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Liua, 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- September 25, 2018 to September 30, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- SH022019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 8.7S 157.2E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 8.9S 157.7E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 9.2S 158.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 9.6S 159.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 10.1S 160.4E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 10.6S 161.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 11.1S 162.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 11.7S 162.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 11.9S 162.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 12.1S 162.1E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 12.3S 161.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 12.4S 161.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 12.5S 160.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 12.6S 160.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 12.6S 159.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 12.5S 158.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 12.0S 157.2E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 11.8S 156.4E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 11.6S 155.5E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 11.6S 154.5E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 11.5S 153.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 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.