Cyclone Funa (2008)
Cyclone Funa reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between January 15, 2008 and January 21, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Funa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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 15, 2008 to January 21, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- SH122008
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 15, 06:00 | 16.0S 162.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 15.4S 162.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 15.4S 163.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 15.3S 163.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 15.0S 164.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 14.8S 165.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 14.9S 167.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 15.1S 168.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 15.5S 169.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 16.0S 170.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 16.7S 171.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 17.4S 172.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 18.2S 173.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 18.8S 173.6E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 19.8S 174.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 21.0S 174.7E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 22.3S 175.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 24.0S 175.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 26.1S 175.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 28.1S 173.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 29.0S 171.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 30.1S 170.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 31.5S 168.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 33.1S 167.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 34.6S 167.7E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 36.7S 167.9E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 38.3S 169.2E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2008
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.