Cyclone Ami (2003)
Cyclone Ami reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between January 10, 2003 and January 17, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ami, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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 10, 2003 to January 17, 2003
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Identifier
- SH102003
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 10, 12:00 | 9.5S 177.6W | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 9.6S 178.0W | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 9.8S 178.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 10.1S 179.0W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 10.7S 179.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 11.1S 179.4W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 11.3S 179.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 11.5S 179.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 11.9S 179.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 12.5S 179.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 13.3S 179.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 14.3S 179.7E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 15.3S 179.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 17.0S 180.0W | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 19.2S 179.2W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 21.1S 177.9W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 23.2S 176.1W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 25.2S 173.3W | 100 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 27.2S 169.9W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 28.7S 166.0W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 29.0S 161.7W | 70 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 30.3S 200.0E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 32.6S 202.3E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 36.1S 206.9E | 35 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 39.3S 212.3E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 41.4S 216.4E | 45 kt | 978 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 44.0S 221.0E | 45 kt | 977 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm YolandeSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone ZoeSouth Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone BeniSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm CillaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone DoviSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone EricaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone EsetaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FiliSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone GinaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EpiSouth Pacific · 2003
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.