Cyclone Lam (2015)
Cyclone Lam reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between February 15, 2015 and February 21, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Lam, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
- February 15, 2015 to February 21, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.6
- Identifier
- SH122015
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 15, 12:00 | 12.0S 142.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 12.0S 141.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 11.2S 140.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 11.6S 140.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 11.5S 139.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 11.5S 139.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 11.4S 139.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 11.4S 138.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 11.4S 138.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 11.3S 137.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 11.2S 137.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 11.0S 136.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 11.0S 136.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 11.2S 136.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 11.4S 135.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 11.7S 135.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 12.0S 135.3E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 12.4S 135.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 13.0S 134.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 14.0S 133.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 14.7S 132.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 15.4S 132.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 15.9S 131.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2015
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.