Unnamed tropical storm (2024)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between February 14, 2024 and February 17, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 14, 2024 to February 17, 2024
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb (29.18 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 522 km (324 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Identifier
- SH152024
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 14, 06:00 | 15.3S 167.6W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 15.4S 167.3W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 15.5S 167.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 15.7S 166.6W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 16.2S 165.9W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 16.6S 165.3W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 17.1S 164.2W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 18.1S 163.0W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 19.3S 161.8W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 20.5S 160.1W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 22.3S 157.2W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 23.6S 155.7W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
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.