The 2020 season

Cyclone Uesi (2020)

Cyclone Uesi reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between February 6, 2020 and February 17, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Uesi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 6, 2020 to February 17, 2020
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 127 km (79 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Identifier
SH152020

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 6, 06:0013.1S 163.1ETropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0014.0S 162.0ETropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0013.5S 162.7ETropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0013.7S 161.2ETropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0013.7S 162.6ETropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0013.7S 163.9ETropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0013.2S 163.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Feb 8, 00:0013.6S 163.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 8, 06:0013.9S 163.5E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Feb 8, 12:0014.3S 163.6E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Feb 8, 18:0014.6S 163.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Feb 9, 00:0015.0S 163.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0015.4S 163.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0015.8S 163.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0016.4S 163.5E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0016.9S 162.9E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0017.3S 162.6E60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0017.7S 162.5E65 kt979 mbTyphoon
Feb 10, 18:0018.1S 162.5E65 kt979 mbTyphoon
Feb 11, 00:0018.8S 162.5E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Feb 11, 06:0019.6S 162.6E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Feb 11, 12:0020.6S 162.7E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 11, 18:0021.6S 162.7E80 kt968 mbTyphoon
Feb 12, 00:0022.6S 162.5E75 kt971 mbTyphoon
Feb 12, 06:0023.5S 162.3E70 kt973 mbTyphoon
Feb 12, 12:0024.5S 162.0E65 kt971 mbTyphoon
Feb 12, 18:0025.9S 161.7E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0027.4S 161.1E60 kt977 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0028.8S 160.6E60 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0030.2S 160.0E55 kt977 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0031.6S 159.5E55 kt976 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0032.8S 158.6E50 kt980 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0033.8S 158.6E45 kt982 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0034.7S 158.7E45 kt982 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0036.1S 159.0E40 kt984 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0037.6S 159.5E40 kt987 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0039.1S 160.3E40 kt980 mbExtratropical
Feb 15, 12:0040.7S 161.1E40 kt979 mbExtratropical
Feb 15, 18:0042.6S 162.5E40 kt981 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 00:0044.7S 163.7E40 kt981 mbExtratropical
Feb 16, 06:0045.3S 164.3ESubtropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0045.8S 164.6ESubtropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0046.3S 164.2ESubtropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0047.2S 162.8ESubtropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0048.6S 161.0ESubtropical storm

Other South Pacific storms of 2020

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.