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Tropical Storm Ema (2019)

Ema came within 400 km of Niihau, passing to the west as a tropical storm on 12 October 2019. No official forecast for this storm survives in machine-readable form.

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Satellite photo of Tropical Storm Ema (2019)
Ema on 12 October 2019 — NASA Worldview / GIBS (EOSDIS)
Peak intensity
45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
1003 mb
Closest pass
400 km (249 mi) from Niihau
When
12 October 2019
Distance from Honolulu
598 km (372 mi)
Lifetime
5 days 11 October 2019 – 16 October 2019
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
west

The closest pass

At its closest, Ema was 400 km (249 mi) from Niihau on 12 October 2019, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the west.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

Other close passes at Niihau