The 2019 season

Cyclone Owen (2019)

Cyclone Owen reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between November 30, 2018 and December 22, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Owen, 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
November 30, 2018 to December 22, 2018
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.3
Identifier
SH052019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 30, 00:008.8S 155.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 30, 06:009.9S 155.4E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 30, 12:0010.6S 154.9E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 30, 18:0011.1S 154.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 1, 00:0011.6S 154.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 1, 06:0012.0S 154.4E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Dec 1, 12:0012.5S 154.4E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Dec 1, 18:0013.2S 154.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 2, 00:0013.9S 154.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 06:0014.1S 154.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 12:0014.6S 154.8E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 18:0015.1S 154.8E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 00:0015.5S 155.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 06:0015.8S 155.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 12:0015.8S 155.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 18:0015.9S 156.4E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 00:0016.1S 156.8E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 06:0016.4S 156.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 4, 12:0016.3S 155.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 4, 18:0016.5S 154.6E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Dec 5, 00:0017.2S 154.4E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 5, 06:0017.3S 154.1E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Dec 5, 12:0017.3S 153.5E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 5, 18:0017.1S 152.7E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 6, 00:0016.6S 151.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 6, 06:0016.1S 151.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 6, 12:0015.2S 151.2E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 6, 18:0015.4S 150.9E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 7, 00:0015.8S 150.7E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 7, 06:0015.6S 150.8E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 7, 12:0015.1S 150.7E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Dec 7, 18:0015.1S 150.5E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 8, 00:0015.5S 150.0E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 8, 06:0016.0S 149.5E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 8, 12:0016.4S 148.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 8, 18:0016.5S 147.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 9, 00:0016.4S 147.4E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 9, 06:0016.2S 147.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 9, 12:0016.1S 146.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 9, 18:0016.2S 145.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 10, 00:0016.1S 144.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 10, 06:0015.8S 142.9E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 10, 12:0015.6S 141.7E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Dec 10, 18:0015.4S 140.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 11, 00:0015.4S 140.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 06:0015.2S 139.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 12:0014.9S 138.7E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Dec 11, 18:0014.8S 138.0E50 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 00:0014.8S 137.5E55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 06:0014.8S 137.0E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 12:0014.8S 136.6E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Dec 12, 18:0015.0S 136.2E70 kt977 mbTyphoon
Dec 13, 00:0015.3S 135.9E85 kt965 mbTyphoon
Dec 13, 06:0015.1S 136.3E80 kt971 mbTyphoon
Dec 13, 12:0015.1S 136.8E75 kt975 mbTyphoon
Dec 13, 18:0015.3S 137.3E80 kt971 mbTyphoon
Dec 14, 00:0015.1S 138.0E80 kt972 mbTyphoon
Dec 14, 06:0015.1S 139.1E75 kt973 mbTyphoon
Dec 14, 12:0015.3S 140.4E70 kt977 mbTyphoon
Dec 14, 18:0016.2S 141.5E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 00:0017.0S 142.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 06:0017.9S 144.0E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 12:0018.2S 145.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 15, 18:0018.5S 146.7E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Dec 16, 00:0018.8S 147.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 16, 06:0019.1S 148.5E30 kt1002 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 16, 12:0019.4S 149.3E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 16, 18:0020.0S 150.0E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 17, 00:0020.7S 150.4E30 kt1001 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 17, 06:0020.7S 150.9E30 kt999 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 17, 12:0020.4S 151.3E30 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 17, 18:0020.1S 151.8E25 kt1003 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 00:0019.8S 152.6E25 kt1002 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 06:0020.0S 152.9E25 kt1001 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 12:0020.0S 153.3E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 18:0019.8S 153.0E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 19, 00:0019.7S 152.5E20 kt1005 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 19, 06:0019.3S 151.8E20 kt1007 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 19, 12:0018.2S 151.4E20 kt1007 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 19, 18:0017.6S 150.9E20 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 20, 00:0017.1S 150.5E20 kt1006 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 20, 06:0016.7S 150.2E20 kt1007 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 20, 12:0016.3S 149.8E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Dec 20, 18:0016.4S 149.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Dec 21, 00:0016.6S 149.3E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Dec 21, 06:0017.2S 149.0E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Dec 21, 12:0017.6S 148.2E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Dec 21, 18:0018.0S 147.7E15 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 22, 00:0018.2S 147.2E15 kt1006 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.