Cyclone Veli (1998)
Cyclone Veli reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 30, 1998 and February 4, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Veli, 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
- January 30, 1998 to February 4, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 695 km (432 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.2
- Identifier
- SH181998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 13.1S 165.8W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 13.1S 164.5W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 12.9S 163.0W | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 12.5S 161.4W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 12.3S 159.9W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 11.9S 155.7W | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 13.0S 153.9W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 14.0S 152.0W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 15.0S 150.2W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 16.2S 148.5W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 17.2S 147.4W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 18.0S 146.6W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 19.1S 145.6W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 19.9S 144.9W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 18:00 | 20.6S 144.3W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 00:00 | 21.1S 144.0W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 21.6S 143.9W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 22.1S 143.7W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 23.1S 143.2W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 23.8S 142.8W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 24.6S 142.4W | 25 kt | Tropical storm |
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
- Tropical Storm WesSouth Pacific · 1998
- Cyclone Cindy:VictorSouth 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.