Cyclone Pola (2019)
Cyclone Pola reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between February 25, 2019 and March 3, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Pola, 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 25, 2019 to March 3, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 328 km (204 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.3
- Identifier
- SH162019
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 25, 12:00 | 12.8S 176.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 13.9S 175.9W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 14.9S 175.6W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 16.0S 175.9W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 17.0S 176.1W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 18.2S 176.4W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 19.3S 177.1W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 19.8S 177.6W | 75 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 20.4S 177.9W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 21.3S 178.1W | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 22.2S 178.0W | 95 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 23.3S 178.0W | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 24.3S 178.2W | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 25.3S 178.2W | 85 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 26.3S 178.2W | 70 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 27.2S 177.8W | 65 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 27.7S 177.4W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 28.1S 176.3W | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 28.4S 174.3W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 28.4S 172.1W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 28.3S 170.0W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 28.1S 167.6W | Not reported | ||
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 27.1S 165.0W | Not reported |
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.