The 1998 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 4, 18:0013.1S 135.2E15 ktNot reported
Feb 5, 00:0013.1S 134.2E15 ktNot reported
Feb 5, 06:0013.1S 133.3E15 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 12:0013.1S 132.4E15 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 18:0013.1S 131.7E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 00:0013.1S 131.0E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0013.2S 130.3E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0013.4S 129.6E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0013.6S 129.0E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0013.7S 128.5E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0014.0S 128.2E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0014.1S 127.7E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0014.1S 127.2E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0014.1S 126.4E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0014.2S 125.7E30 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0014.2S 125.2E30 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0014.3S 124.7E30 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0014.4S 124.1E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0014.8S 123.2E30 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0015.1S 122.3E30 ktTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0015.4S 121.5E30 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0015.7S 120.6E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0015.7S 119.5E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0015.7S 118.8E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0015.6S 118.2E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0015.5S 117.5E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0015.3S 116.6E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0015.0S 115.4E50 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0014.9S 114.2E50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0014.9S 113.2E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0015.1S 112.2E60 kt973 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0015.6S 111.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0016.3S 110.2E80 kt971 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0016.8S 108.9E90 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0017.3S 107.6E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0017.6S 106.3E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0017.8S 104.9E85 kt981 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0018.0S 103.6E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0018.1S 101.9E60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0018.5S 100.1E55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0019.0S 98.2E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0019.6S 96.3E45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0019.9S 94.4E40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 12:0020.3S 93.0E40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 18:0020.8S 91.5E40 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0021.0S 90.0E40 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0021.3S 88.4E35 ktTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0021.5S 86.8E35 ktTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0021.5S 85.0E35 ktTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0021.5S 83.3E35 ktTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0021.7S 81.6E35 ktTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0021.8S 79.9E35 ktNot reported
Feb 17, 18:0022.2S 78.1E35 ktNot reported
Feb 18, 00:0022.8S 76.6E35 ktNot reported
Feb 18, 06:0023.8S 75.7E35 ktNot reported
Feb 18, 12:0025.3S 74.9E35 ktNot reported
Feb 18, 18:0027.1S 74.5E30 ktNot reported

Other South Pacific storms of 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.