Tropical Storm Kimi (2021)
Tropical Storm Kimi peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between January 15, 2021 and January 19, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 15, 2021 to January 19, 2021
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 53 km (33 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- SH112021
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 15, 06:00 | 13.5S 146.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 13.6S 146.4E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 14.4S 146.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 14.5S 146.3E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 14.6S 146.3E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 14.7S 146.3E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 14.9S 146.4E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 15.1S 146.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 15.4S 146.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 15.7S 146.5E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 16.3S 146.6E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 17.0S 146.8E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 17.8S 147.0E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 17.9S 147.6E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 18.0S 147.5E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 18.2S 147.4E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 17.7S 146.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 17.4S 146.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone YasaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm ZazuSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Depression ZazuSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm ImogenSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone LucasSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone AnaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm BinaSouth Pacific · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
- Cyclone NiranSouth Pacific · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2021
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.