Tropical Storm Mona (2019)
Tropical Storm Mona peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between December 31, 2018 and January 9, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Mona, 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
- December 31, 2018 to January 9, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Identifier
- SH092019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 10.2S 161.8E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 9.6S 164.4E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 8.6S 166.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 8.0S 168.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 7.2S 170.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 7.0S 173.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 8.0S 175.4E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 9.2S 177.1E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 10.6S 177.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 11.4S 178.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 12.5S 178.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 13.6S 177.8E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 14.5S 177.5E | 50 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 14.8S 177.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 14.6S 176.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 14.1S 176.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 13.6S 176.2E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 13.6S 176.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 13.6S 176.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 13.8S 177.3E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 14.1S 178.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 14.5S 179.3E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 15.1S 179.0W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 16.4S 177.8W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 17.5S 177.2W | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 18.7S 177.2W | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 19.4S 177.6W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 20.0S 178.3W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 20.4S 178.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 20.9S 178.5W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 21.1S 178.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 21.4S 179.2W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 21.7S 179.6W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 22.1S 179.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 22.3S 179.1E | 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.