The 2006 season

Cyclone Wati (2006)

Cyclone Wati reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between March 15, 2006 and March 28, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Wati, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
March 15, 2006 to March 28, 2006
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.1
Identifier
SH182006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 15, 18:0014.0S 184.5E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 16, 00:0013.7S 182.9E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 16, 06:0013.6S 181.5E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 16, 12:0013.6S 180.2E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 16, 18:0013.7S 178.9E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 17, 00:0013.8S 177.6E15 kt1005 mbNot reported
Mar 17, 06:0013.9S 176.4E15 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 17, 12:0014.0S 175.0E15 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 17, 18:0014.1S 173.7E15 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 18, 00:0013.9S 171.8E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 18, 06:0014.5S 170.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 18, 12:0014.7S 169.1E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 18, 18:0014.8S 167.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 19, 00:0015.3S 166.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 19, 06:0015.6S 164.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 19, 12:0016.1S 162.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 18:0016.9S 161.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 00:0017.0S 160.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 06:0017.3S 158.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 12:0017.4S 157.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 18:0017.5S 156.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:0017.6S 155.6E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0017.7S 154.9E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 21, 12:0017.6S 154.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 21, 18:0017.6S 153.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Mar 22, 00:0017.8S 153.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 22, 06:0018.0S 153.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Mar 22, 12:0018.2S 153.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 22, 18:0018.4S 154.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 23, 00:0018.7S 154.8E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 23, 06:0018.9S 155.4E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 23, 12:0019.4S 156.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 23, 18:0020.1S 157.4E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 00:0021.2S 158.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 06:0022.6S 159.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 12:0024.0S 160.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 18:0025.4S 161.6E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 25, 00:0026.9S 162.3E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Mar 25, 06:0028.3S 163.3E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 25, 12:0029.0S 164.3E50 kt988 mbNot reported
Mar 25, 18:0031.7S 165.8E50 kt987 mbNot reported
Mar 26, 00:0034.0S 166.6E50 kt988 mbNot reported
Mar 26, 06:0035.8S 166.3ENot reported
Mar 26, 12:0036.8S 166.5ENot reported
Mar 26, 18:0037.0S 167.0ENot reported
Mar 27, 00:0036.8S 167.9ENot reported
Mar 27, 06:0036.8S 170.3ENot reported
Mar 27, 12:0037.0S 171.3ENot reported
Mar 27, 18:0036.9S 173.1ENot reported
Mar 28, 00:0036.2S 174.2ENot reported

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.