Cyclone Zelia (2011)
Cyclone Zelia reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between January 12, 2011 and January 18, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 12, 2011 to January 18, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb (28.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 83 km (52 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.4
- Identifier
- SH072011
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 12, 18:00 | 14.7S 150.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 14.5S 150.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 13.7S 150.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 12.8S 149.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 12.5S 150.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 12.4S 151.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 12.7S 151.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 13.1S 151.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 14.0S 151.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 14.5S 152.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 15.1S 152.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 15.6S 153.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 16.2S 155.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 17.5S 156.9E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 19.0S 158.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 20.7S 160.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 22.8S 162.9E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 25.1S 165.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 27.3S 167.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 30.2S 168.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 33.3S 169.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 36.2S 170.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 40.0S 172.0E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Pacific storms of 2011
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.