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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 13.1S 163.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 14.0S 162.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 13.5S 162.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 13.7S 161.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 13.7S 162.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 13.7S 163.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 13.2S 163.3E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 13.6S 163.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 13.9S 163.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 14.3S 163.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 14.6S 163.7E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 15.0S 163.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 15.4S 163.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 15.8S 163.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 16.4S 163.5E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 16.9S 162.9E | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 17.3S 162.6E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 17.7S 162.5E | 65 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 18.1S 162.5E | 65 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 18.8S 162.5E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 19.6S 162.6E | 65 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 20.6S 162.7E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 21.6S 162.7E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 22.6S 162.5E | 75 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 23.5S 162.3E | 70 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 24.5S 162.0E | 65 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 25.9S 161.7E | 60 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 27.4S 161.1E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 28.8S 160.6E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 30.2S 160.0E | 55 kt | 977 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 31.6S 159.5E | 55 kt | 976 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 32.8S 158.6E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 33.8S 158.6E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 34.7S 158.7E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 36.1S 159.0E | 40 kt | 984 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 37.6S 159.5E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 39.1S 160.3E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 40.7S 161.1E | 40 kt | 979 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 42.6S 162.5E | 40 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 44.7S 163.7E | 40 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 45.3S 164.3E | Subtropical storm | ||
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 45.8S 164.6E | Subtropical storm | ||
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 46.3S 164.2E | Subtropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 47.2S 162.8E | Subtropical storm | ||
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 48.6S 161.0E | Subtropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2020
- Cyclone RitaSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone SaraiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone TinoSouth Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm VickySouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm WasiSouth Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EstherSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone GretelSouth Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2020
- Cyclone HaroldSouth Pacific · 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.