Cyclone Cora (1999)

Cyclone Cora reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between December 21, 1998 and December 30, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Cora, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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: December 21, 1998 to December 30, 1998
Peak strength: Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure: 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 94 km (58 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 11.6
Identifier: SH091999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 21, 00:00	14.0S 173.5W	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 06:00	14.3S 173.8W	20 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 12:00	14.5S 174.3W	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 18:00	14.5S 174.8W	25 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 00:00	13.7S 175.0W	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 06:00	13.8S 175.7W	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 12:00	13.9S 176.3W	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 18:00	13.9S 177.0W	25 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 00:00	14.0S 177.5W	25 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 06:00	14.1S 178.0W	30 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 12:00	14.2S 178.4W	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 18:00	14.5S 178.6W	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 00:00	15.0S 178.5W	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 06:00	15.5S 178.2W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 12:00	16.2S 177.9W	65 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 18:00	16.9S 177.5W	75 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 00:00	17.6S 177.2W	75 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 06:00	18.3S 176.7W	75 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 12:00	19.1S 176.2W	75 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 18:00	19.9S 175.6W	90 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 00:00	20.7S 174.9W	90 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 06:00	21.4S 173.9W	90 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 12:00	22.2S 172.4W	90 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 26, 18:00	23.1S 170.7W	85 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 27, 00:00	24.0S 168.7W	85 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 27, 06:00	24.5S 166.3W	85 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 27, 12:00	25.4S 163.4W	85 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 27, 18:00	26.1S 161.1W	75 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 28, 00:00	27.0S 158.5W	45 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 28, 06:00	28.5S 156.1W	35 kt	980 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 12:00	30.0S 153.6W	25 kt	985 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 18:00	32.3S 151.0W	25 kt	985 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 00:00	32.5S 149.0W	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 06:00	33.8S 147.5W	45 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 12:00	34.5S 145.7W	45 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 18:00	34.7S 143.0W	40 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 00:00	35.0S 140.5W	40 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 06:00	36.0S 138.0W	35 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 12:00	38.0S 134.0W	30 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 18:00	39.9S 129.8W	30 kt	998 mb	Not reported

Other South Pacific storms of 1999

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.