Cyclone Gita (2018)
Cyclone Gita reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between February 7, 2018 and February 22, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Gita, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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 7, 2018 to February 22, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 31.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 51 nmi (94 km, 59 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- SH092018
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 7, 06:00 | 15.4S 172.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 15.7S 173.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 16.0S 175.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 16.3S 177.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 16.0S 179.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 15.7S 179.3W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 14.5S 177.6W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 14.0S 175.5W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 14.1S 174.4W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 14.4S 172.9W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 15.0S 171.4W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 15.8S 169.8W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 17.2S 168.9W | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 18.5S 168.5W | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 19.5S 168.3W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 20.5S 168.4W | 85 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 21.0S 169.1W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 21.4S 170.0W | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 21.7S 171.4W | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 21.7S 172.7W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 21.5S 174.1W | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 21.3S 175.8W | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 21.3S 177.2W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 21.2S 178.5W | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 21.0S 179.6W | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 21.0S 179.3E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 21.0S 178.4E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 21.1S 177.5E | 115 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 21.2S 176.8E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 21.4S 175.9E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 21.4S 175.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 21.5S 174.2E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 21.8S 173.4E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 22.0S 172.2E | 100 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 22.3S 171.1E | 100 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 22.6S 169.9E | 95 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 23.0S 169.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 23.5S 168.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 23.9S 167.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 24.5S 166.4E | 70 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 25.0S 165.6E | 65 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 25.5S 164.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 26.0S 164.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 26.6S 163.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 27.3S 162.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 27.9S 162.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 29.2S 161.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 30.8S 162.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 32.4S 162.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 34.2S 164.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 35.8S 167.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 37.8S 169.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 40.8S 170.9E | 974 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 43.1S 174.5E | 982 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 44.4S 175.4E | 983 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 45.5S 175.5E | 983 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 46.1S 176.3E | 983 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 46.8S 177.6E | 980 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 47.6S 179.8E | 978 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 48.2S 182.7E | 980 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 48.5S 186.0E | 981 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 48.8S 189.8E | 982 mb | Not reported | |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 49.1S 194.4E | 983 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2018
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.