Cyclone Hamish (2009)
Cyclone Hamish reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between March 4, 2009 and March 14, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Hamish, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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 4, 2009 to March 14, 2009
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 144 km (89 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH182009
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 4, 18:00 | 12.6S 148.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 13.0S 147.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 13.2S 147.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 13.5S 147.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 14.0S 146.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 14.5S 146.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 15.0S 146.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 15.5S 147.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 16.3S 147.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 17.1S 148.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 17.9S 148.8E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 18.6S 149.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 19.2S 150.0E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 20.0S 150.5E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 20.7S 151.0E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 21.2S 151.5E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 21.5S 152.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 22.1S 152.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 22.8S 153.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 23.2S 153.8E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 23.7S 154.2E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 24.3S 154.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 24.7S 155.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 24.6S 156.0E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 24.6S 155.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 24.3S 155.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 23.5S 154.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 22.5S 154.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 21.9S 153.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 21.8S 152.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 21.4S 151.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 20.8S 151.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 20.4S 151.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 20.1S 150.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 19.8S 150.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 19.3S 150.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 18.8S 149.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 17.7S 149.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm CharlotteSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm EllieSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm InnisSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm JoniSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm JasperSouth Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm LinSouth Pacific · 2009
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.