Cyclone Larry (2006)
Cyclone Larry reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between March 14, 2006 and March 21, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Larry, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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
- March 14, 2006 to March 21, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- SH172006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 12.5S 158.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 12.5S 158.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 12.5S 158.0E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 12.5S 158.7E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 12.5S 159.4E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 13.4S 159.4E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 14.1S 159.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 14.4S 160.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 12.9S 159.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 13.6S 159.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 14.2S 160.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 15.2S 160.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 15.8S 158.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 16.5S 157.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 17.0S 156.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 17.2S 155.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 17.4S 154.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 17.6S 152.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 17.7S 151.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 17.7S 149.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 17.6S 148.3E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 17.5S 146.8E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 17.6S 145.4E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 17.9S 143.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 18.5S 142.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 19.1S 140.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 19.6S 139.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 19.8S 138.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 19.7S 138.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2006
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.