The 2000 season

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

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Jo. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 23, 00:0014.5S 171.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0015.2S 172.3E25 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0016.1S 172.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0017.0S 172.8E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0017.8S 173.1E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0018.4S 173.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0019.1S 173.5E45 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0019.7S 173.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0020.4S 174.3E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0021.0S 174.7E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0021.6S 175.1E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0022.1S 175.7E65 kt974 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0023.0S 176.7E60 kt972 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0024.2S 177.7E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0025.4S 178.9E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0026.5S 179.7W65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0027.4S 178.3W60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0028.2S 176.6W55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0029.2S 173.9W35 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0030.2S 171.0W30 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0031.4S 168.1W25 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0032.8S 164.7W25 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0034.9S 201.9E55 kt984 mbNot reported
Jan 28, 18:0037.5S 205.5E55 kt978 mbNot reported
Jan 29, 00:0040.9S 206.2E55 kt979 mbNot reported
Jan 29, 06:0042.6S 206.2E45 kt981 mbNot reported
Jan 29, 12:0043.7S 206.3E45 kt983 mbNot reported
Jan 29, 18:0044.5S 206.4E45 kt974 mbNot reported
Jan 30, 00:0045.0S 206.6E40 kt989 mbNot reported
Jan 30, 06:0045.3S 206.7E40 kt988 mbNot reported
Jan 30, 12:0045.6S 207.1E40 kt988 mbNot reported
Jan 30, 18:0045.8S 207.9E40 kt990 mbNot reported
Jan 31, 00:0045.9S 209.3E35 kt991 mbNot reported
Jan 31, 06:0046.0S 211.0E35 kt993 mbNot reported
Jan 31, 12:0046.0S 213.0E30 kt997 mbNot reported
Jan 31, 18:0046.0S 215.0E25 kt998 mbNot reported
Feb 1, 00:0045.6S 218.0E25 kt999 mbNot reported
Feb 1, 06:0045.0S 219.0E25 kt998 mbNot reported
Feb 1, 12:0044.5S 221.0E25 kt999 mbNot reported
Feb 1, 18:0043.0S 222.7E25 kt1001 mbNot reported
Feb 2, 00:0043.5S 224.0E25 kt1002 mbNot reported
Feb 2, 06:0043.3S 224.4E25 kt1003 mbNot reported
Feb 2, 12:0043.0S 225.0E25 kt1004 mbNot reported

Other South Pacific storms of 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.