Unnamed tropical storm (2020)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between January 24, 2020 and January 28, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- January 24, 2020 to January 28, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 286 km (178 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.2
- Identifier
- SH122020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 14.3S 169.6W | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 15.0S 169.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 16.2S 168.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 17.8S 168.6W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 19.3S 168.3W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 20.6S 167.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 21.1S 167.3W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 21.8S 166.8W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 22.1S 166.6W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 22.3S 166.4W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 22.4S 166.2W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 22.5S 166.1W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 22.5S 166.0W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 22.7S 165.9W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 22.9S 165.9W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 23.1S 166.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 23.3S 166.5W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 23.9S 167.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 24.5S 168.2W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2020
- Cyclone RitaSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone SaraiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone TinoSouth 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
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth 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.
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.