Tropical Storm Paul (2024)

Tropical Storm Paul peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between April 9, 2024 and April 12, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Paul, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Pacific
Dates: April 9, 2024 to April 12, 2024
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure: 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 186 km (116 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.3
Identifier: SH222024

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Apr 9, 00:00	10.5S 152.4E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Apr 9, 06:00	10.9S 152.6E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Apr 9, 12:00	11.4S 152.7E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Apr 9, 18:00	11.8S 152.4E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 10, 00:00	12.3S 152.7E	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 10, 06:00	12.9S 153.2E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 10, 12:00	13.3S 153.9E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 10, 18:00	13.8S 154.4E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 11, 00:00	14.2S 155.0E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 11, 06:00	14.5S 155.5E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 11, 12:00	14.9S 156.0E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 11, 18:00	14.9S 156.4E	40 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 12, 00:00	14.6S 156.5E	40 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 12, 06:00	14.1S 155.2E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Apr 12, 12:00	13.7S 154.6E	20 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Apr 12, 18:00	13.4S 153.6E	20 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance

Other South Pacific storms of 2024

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.