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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 16.5S 161.7E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 15.9S 162.6E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 15.1S 163.3E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 14.3S 163.9E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 13.9S 164.5E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 13.9S 165.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 14.0S 165.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 14.1S 165.5E | 50 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 14.3S 165.3E | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 14.4S 165.3E | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 14.4S 165.4E | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 14.4S 165.6E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 14.5S 165.6E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 14.8S 165.6E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 15.0S 165.5E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 15.1S 165.3E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 15.0S 165.0E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 15.2S 165.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 15.3S 164.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 15.3S 164.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 15.4S 164.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 15.4S 164.2E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 15.3S 164.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 15.3S 164.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 15.5S 164.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 15.9S 164.4E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 16.3S 164.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 16.9S 164.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 17.5S 163.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 18.0S 163.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 18.5S 163.1E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 19.0S 162.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 19.6S 162.5E | 75 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 20.0S 162.3E | 75 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 20.5S 162.0E | 75 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 20.9S 161.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 21.2S 161.3E | 65 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 21.5S 161.0E | 65 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 21.8S 160.7E | 60 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 22.1S 160.5E | 60 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 22.6S 160.3E | 55 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 23.2S 160.0E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 23.8S 159.7E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 24.6S 159.3E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 25.6S 159.1E | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 26.7S 159.4E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 27.0S 160.0E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 27.5S 160.6E | 35 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 28.1S 161.4E | 35 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 28.2S 161.9E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 27.5S 162.1E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 26.6S 162.7E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 26.1S 163.4E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 25.7S 164.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 24.9S 164.9E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 24.0S 165.5E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 23.3S 166.0E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 22.7S 166.6E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 22.0S 167.1E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 21.2S 167.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 20.3S 167.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 19.5S 167.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 18.7S 167.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 18.0S 167.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 17.2S 167.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 16.5S 168.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 16.2S 169.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 16.3S 170.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 16.4S 170.8E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 16.6S 171.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 16.8S 171.7E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
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.