Cyclone Cindy:Victor (1998)
Cyclone Cindy:Victor reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between February 4, 1998 and February 18, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Cindy:Victor, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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 4, 1998 to February 18, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.2
- Identifier
- SH221998
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 4, 18:00 | 13.1S 135.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 13.1S 134.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 13.1S 133.3E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 13.1S 132.4E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 13.1S 131.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 13.1S 131.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 13.2S 130.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 13.4S 129.6E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 13.6S 129.0E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 13.7S 128.5E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 14.0S 128.2E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 14.1S 127.7E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 14.1S 127.2E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 14.1S 126.4E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 14.2S 125.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 14.2S 125.2E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 14.3S 124.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 14.4S 124.1E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 14.8S 123.2E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 15.1S 122.3E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 15.4S 121.5E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 15.7S 120.6E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 15.7S 119.5E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 15.7S 118.8E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 15.6S 118.2E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 15.5S 117.5E | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 15.3S 116.6E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 15.0S 115.4E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 14.9S 114.2E | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 14.9S 113.2E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 15.1S 112.2E | 60 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 15.6S 111.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 16.3S 110.2E | 80 kt | 971 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 16.8S 108.9E | 90 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 17.3S 107.6E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 17.6S 106.3E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 17.8S 104.9E | 85 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 18.0S 103.6E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 18.1S 101.9E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 18.5S 100.1E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 19.0S 98.2E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 19.6S 96.3E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 19.9S 94.4E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 20.3S 93.0E | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 20.8S 91.5E | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 21.0S 90.0E | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 21.3S 88.4E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 21.5S 86.8E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 21.5S 85.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 21.5S 83.3E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 21.7S 81.6E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 21.8S 79.9E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 22.2S 78.1E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 22.8S 76.6E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 23.8S 75.7E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 25.3S 74.9E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 27.1S 74.5E | 30 kt | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NuteSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone OseaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone PamSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone SusanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone RonSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone KatrinaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm LesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm TuiSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone UrsulaSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone VeliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm WesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm MaySouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone NathanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone ZumanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm BartSouth Pacific · 1998
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.