Tropical Storm Cyril (2012)
Tropical Storm Cyril peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between February 5, 2012 and February 9, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Cyril. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 5, 2012 to February 9, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 24 km (15 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- SH112012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 17.0S 176.0E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 17.1S 177.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 17.1S 179.8E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 17.5S 178.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 18.2S 175.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 19.0S 173.8W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 20.1S 171.8W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 21.5S 170.0W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 23.2S 167.1W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 25.3S 164.2W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 27.7S 161.1W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 29.6S 158.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 30.8S 154.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 31.4S 208.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 31.9S 210.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 32.0S 213.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2012
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.