The 1998 season

Cyclone Nute (1998)

Cyclone Nute reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between November 15, 1997 and November 21, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Nute, 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
November 15, 1997 to November 21, 1997
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 174 km (108 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Identifier
SH051998

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 15, 06:009.0S 180.0W15 ktNot reported
Nov 15, 12:008.8S 178.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 15, 18:008.5S 176.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 00:008.2S 174.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 06:008.2S 173.2E15 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 12:008.2S 172.1E15 ktNot reported
Nov 16, 18:008.2S 171.0E20 ktNot reported
Nov 17, 00:008.4S 169.9E20 ktNot reported
Nov 17, 06:009.1S 168.9E20 ktNot reported
Nov 17, 12:009.8S 168.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 17, 18:0010.4S 167.3E25 ktNot reported
Nov 18, 00:0011.1S 166.3E30 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0011.5S 165.1E30 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0012.1S 163.8E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0012.7S 162.7E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0013.6S 161.8E45 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0014.5S 161.1E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0015.3S 160.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0016.0S 159.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0016.7S 159.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0017.5S 159.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0018.4S 159.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0019.3S 159.9E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0020.0S 160.4E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0020.6S 158.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0021.0S 160.0E15 kt1004 mbNot 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.