The 2019 season

Cyclone Oma (2019)

Cyclone Oma reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between February 11, 2019 and February 28, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Oma, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Pacific
Dates
February 11, 2019 to February 28, 2019
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.2
Identifier
SH152019

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 11, 00:0016.5S 161.7E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 11, 06:0015.9S 162.6E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 11, 12:0015.1S 163.3E25 kt995 mbTropical depression
Feb 11, 18:0014.3S 163.9E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Feb 12, 00:0013.9S 164.5E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0013.9S 165.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0014.0S 165.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0014.1S 165.5E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0014.3S 165.3E50 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0014.4S 165.3E50 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0014.4S 165.4E50 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0014.4S 165.6E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0014.5S 165.6E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0014.8S 165.6E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0015.0S 165.5E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0015.1S 165.3E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0015.0S 165.0E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0015.2S 165.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 12:0015.3S 164.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 18:0015.3S 164.5E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 00:0015.4S 164.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 06:0015.4S 164.2E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 12:0015.3S 164.3E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0015.3S 164.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0015.5S 164.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0015.9S 164.4E55 kt981 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0016.3S 164.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0016.9S 164.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0017.5S 163.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0018.0S 163.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0018.5S 163.1E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0019.0S 162.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0019.6S 162.5E75 kt969 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 06:0020.0S 162.3E75 kt968 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 12:0020.5S 162.0E75 kt968 mbTyphoon
Feb 19, 18:0020.9S 161.6E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 00:0021.2S 161.3E65 kt972 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 06:0021.5S 161.0E65 kt972 mbTyphoon
Feb 20, 12:0021.8S 160.7E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0022.1S 160.5E60 kt973 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0022.6S 160.3E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 06:0023.2S 160.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0023.8S 159.7E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0024.6S 159.3E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0025.6S 159.1E50 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0026.7S 159.4E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0027.0S 160.0E40 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0027.5S 160.6E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0028.1S 161.4E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0028.2S 161.9E35 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0027.5S 162.1E40 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0026.6S 162.7E40 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0026.1S 163.4E40 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 24, 06:0025.7S 164.1E45 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 24, 12:0024.9S 164.9E45 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 24, 18:0024.0S 165.5E45 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0023.3S 166.0E45 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0022.7S 166.6E40 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 25, 12:0022.0S 167.1E35 kt999 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 25, 18:0021.2S 167.4E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 26, 00:0020.3S 167.7E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 26, 06:0019.5S 167.8E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 26, 12:0018.7S 167.7E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 26, 18:0018.0S 167.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 27, 00:0017.2S 167.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 27, 06:0016.5S 168.1E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 27, 12:0016.2S 169.0E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 27, 18:0016.3S 170.0E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 28, 00:0016.4S 170.8E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 28, 06:0016.6S 171.6E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 28, 12:0016.8S 171.7E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance

Other South Pacific storms of 2019

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.