Tropical Storm Neil (2019)
Tropical Storm Neil peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between February 9, 2019 and February 10, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Neil, 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
- February 9, 2019 to February 10, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 362 km (225 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH142019
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 9, 00:00 | 16.8S 176.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 18.0S 176.2W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 19.4S 175.6W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 20.9S 175.0W | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 22.5S 174.5W | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 24.1S 173.8W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 25.9S 173.0W | 30 kt | 999 mb | Extratropical |
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.