Cyclone Lusi (2014)
Cyclone Lusi reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between March 8, 2014 and March 17, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Lusi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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 8, 2014 to March 17, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- SH182014
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 8, 18:00 | 15.7S 169.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 15.2S 168.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 14.9S 167.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 14.6S 167.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 14.4S 167.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 14.5S 166.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 15.0S 166.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 15.2S 166.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 15.4S 166.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 15.7S 167.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 16.2S 167.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 16.7S 168.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 17.1S 170.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 17.7S 171.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 18.8S 171.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 19.7S 172.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 20.7S 173.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 21.8S 174.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 23.5S 173.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 25.2S 173.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 26.5S 173.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 27.8S 173.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 29.7S 173.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 30.7S 172.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 32.5S 172.3E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 34.1S 171.6E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 35.0S 171.3E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 36.1S 171.0E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 38.2S 170.8E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 40.0S 171.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 41.3S 172.9E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 42.7S 175.0E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 44.2S 177.0E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 45.3S 178.5E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 46.1S 179.7E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 47.0S 180.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 48.3S 182.5E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2014
- Cyclone IanSouth Pacific · 2014
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- Tropical Storm EdnaSouth Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm KofiSouth Pacific · 2014
- Cyclone GillianSouth Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm HadiSouth Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm MikeSouth Pacific · 2014
- Cyclone ItaSouth Pacific · 2014
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.