Cyclone Guba (2008)
Cyclone Guba reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between November 13, 2007 and November 19, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Guba, 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
- November 13, 2007 to November 19, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 967 mb (28.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.1
- Identifier
- SH022008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 11.0S 149.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 11.3S 149.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 11.4S 148.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 11.2S 147.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 10.8S 146.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 10.7S 146.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 10.7S 146.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 10.5S 146.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 10.5S 145.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 10.6S 146.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 10.7S 146.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 10.9S 146.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 11.1S 146.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 11.4S 146.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 11.5S 147.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 11.4S 147.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 11.3S 147.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 11.5S 147.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 11.8S 147.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 12.2S 147.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 12.4S 146.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 18, 06:00 | 12.6S 146.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 12.7S 146.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 12.4S 145.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 12.0S 144.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 11.1S 144.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 10.3S 144.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
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.