The 2003 season

Cyclone Dovi (2003)

Cyclone Dovi reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between February 4, 2003 and February 15, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Dovi, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
February 4, 2003 to February 15, 2003
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 758 km (471 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.9
Identifier
SH152003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 4, 18:0010.2S 162.9W20 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 00:0010.7S 162.9W20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 06:0011.3S 163.0W25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 12:0012.0S 163.0W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 18:0012.8S 162.9W30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 00:0013.6S 162.8W35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0014.4S 162.6W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0015.2S 162.7W65 kt994 mbHurricane
Feb 6, 18:0015.8S 163.3W65 kt976 mbHurricane
Feb 7, 00:0016.3S 163.8W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Feb 7, 06:0016.7S 164.4W80 kt976 mbHurricane
Feb 7, 12:0017.1S 165.0W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Feb 7, 18:0017.5S 165.5W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Feb 8, 00:0017.9S 166.0W125 kt936 mbHurricane
Feb 8, 06:0018.3S 166.6W130 kt910 mbHurricane
Feb 8, 12:0018.7S 167.4W130 kt910 mbHurricane
Feb 8, 18:0019.4S 168.0W130 kt910 mbHurricane
Feb 9, 00:0020.0S 168.6W130 kt910 mbHurricane
Feb 9, 06:0020.8S 168.9W125 kt936 mbHurricane
Feb 9, 12:0021.6S 169.1W115 kt927 mbHurricane
Feb 9, 18:0022.4S 169.2W105 kt956 mbHurricane
Feb 10, 00:0023.2S 169.0W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Feb 10, 06:0024.0S 168.8W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Feb 10, 12:0024.7S 168.4W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Feb 10, 18:0025.4S 168.7W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0026.2S 169.0W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0026.5S 169.1W50 kt985 mbNot reported
Feb 11, 12:0026.8S 169.1W50 kt985 mbNot reported
Feb 11, 18:0027.1S 169.1W50 kt985 mbNot reported
Feb 12, 00:0027.5S 169.0W45 kt987 mbNot reported
Feb 12, 06:0027.8S 169.0W45 kt987 mbNot reported
Feb 12, 12:0028.0S 169.0W35 kt988 mbNot reported
Feb 12, 18:0028.1S 169.0W35 kt990 mbNot reported
Feb 13, 00:0028.2S 168.9W30 kt993 mbNot reported
Feb 13, 06:0028.5S 168.7W30 kt990 mbNot reported
Feb 13, 12:0028.8S 168.8W30 kt992 mbNot reported
Feb 13, 18:0029.2S 169.0W30 kt994 mbNot reported
Feb 14, 00:0029.6S 169.3W30 kt995 mbNot reported
Feb 14, 06:0030.1S 169.5W30 kt997 mbNot reported
Feb 14, 12:0030.8S 169.7W25 kt999 mbNot reported
Feb 14, 18:0031.7S 169.8W25 kt1002 mbNot reported
Feb 15, 00:0032.3S 170.0W25 kt1005 mbNot reported

Other South Pacific storms of 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.