Unnamed tropical depression (2020)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the South Pacific between March 31, 2020 and April 3, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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
- March 31, 2020 to April 3, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 11 km (7 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 2020091S10145
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 9.9S 145.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 9.9S 145.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 9.8S 144.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 9.4S 144.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 9.2S 144.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 9.0S 145.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 8.8S 145.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 8.6S 145.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 8.4S 145.9E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 8.2S 145.8E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 8.1S 145.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 8.5S 145.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 8.9S 145.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2020
- Cyclone RitaSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone SaraiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone TinoSouth Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone UesiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm VickySouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm WasiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EstherSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone GretelSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone HaroldSouth Pacific · 2020
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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.