Cyclone Iris (2000)
Cyclone Iris reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 6, 2000 and January 10, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 964 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Iris, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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 6, 2000 to January 10, 2000
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb (28.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 11 km (7 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.4
- Identifier
- SH052000
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 6, 00:00 | 14.6S 164.1E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 14.7S 164.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 14.9S 164.3E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 15.1S 164.3E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 15.4S 164.3E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 16.0S 164.4E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 16.3S 164.9E | 25 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 16.3S 165.5E | 20 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 16.4S 166.0E | 65 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 16.6S 166.6E | 70 kt | 964 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 16.7S 167.5E | 70 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 17.0S 168.2E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 17.3S 169.3E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 17.6S 170.8E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 18.0S 172.3E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 18.5S 174.1E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 18.9S 175.9E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 19.3S 177.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 19.6S 178.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 20.0S 180.0E | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone JoSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone KimSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone SteveSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm LeoSouth Pacific · 2000
- Cyclone MonaSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm VaughanSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm TessiSouth Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm NeilSouth Pacific · 2000
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.