Cyclone Jo (2000)
Cyclone Jo reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 23, 2000 and February 2, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 23, 2000 to February 2, 2000
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb (28.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 378 km (235 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.8
- Identifier
- SH072000
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 23, 00:00 | 14.5S 171.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 15.2S 172.3E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 16.1S 172.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 17.0S 172.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 17.8S 173.1E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 18.4S 173.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 19.1S 173.5E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 19.7S 173.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 20.4S 174.3E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 21.0S 174.7E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 21.6S 175.1E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 22.1S 175.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 23.0S 176.7E | 60 kt | 972 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 24.2S 177.7E | 60 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 25.4S 178.9E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 26.5S 179.7W | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 27.4S 178.3W | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 28.2S 176.6W | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 29.2S 173.9W | 35 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 30.2S 171.0W | 30 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 31.4S 168.1W | 25 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 32.8S 164.7W | 25 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 34.9S 201.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 37.5S 205.5E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 40.9S 206.2E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 42.6S 206.2E | 45 kt | 981 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 43.7S 206.3E | 45 kt | 983 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 44.5S 206.4E | 45 kt | 974 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 45.0S 206.6E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 45.3S 206.7E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 45.6S 207.1E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 45.8S 207.9E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 45.9S 209.3E | 35 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 46.0S 211.0E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 46.0S 213.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 46.0S 215.0E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 45.6S 218.0E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 45.0S 219.0E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 44.5S 221.0E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 43.0S 222.7E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 43.5S 224.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 43.3S 224.4E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 43.0S 225.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
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- Tropical Storm VaughanSouth Pacific · 2000
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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.