Cyclone Sam (2001)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

November 28, 2000 to December 14, 2000

Peak strength

Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)

Lowest pressure

935 mb (27.61 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

10.6

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

SH032001

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

• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm WinsomeSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm40 kt · 981 mb
• Tropical Storm WylvaSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm40 kt · 988 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm OmaSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm50 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm AbigailSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm60 kt · 970 mb
• Cyclone PaulaSouth Pacific · 2001Cat 3105 kt · 930 mb
• Tropical Storm RitaSouth Pacific · 2001Tropical Storm40 kt · 986 mb
• Cyclone SoseSouth Pacific · 2001Cat 170 kt · 975 mb
• Cyclone AlistairSouth Pacific · 2001Cat 165 kt · 975 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Cyclone Sam