1986–87 South Pacific cyclone season

Tropical cyclone season SPac 1986 1986-87 South Pacific cyclone season summary.png November 20, 1986 May 22, 1987 Uma 940 90 10 13 12 6 52 > 269 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 1986–87 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1986–87 Australian region cyclone season The 1986–87 South Pacific cyclone season was an above average tropical cyclone season. A total of 12 tropical cyclones developed during the season, 6 of which became severe tropical cyclones. __TOC__ Seasonal summary During the season twelve tropical cyclones were recorded within the South Pacific basin, which was considered above average when compared to an 18-year average of 10 systems.Revell, C G 1987 7 2 The 1986/87 Hurricane Season in the South Pacific Weather and Climate 38–54 http://www.metsoc.org.nz/system/files/journals/7/2/1987_072_38-54_revell.pdf The Meteorological Society of New Zealand 10.2307/44279737 44279737 October 10, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131203234159/http://www.metsoc.org.nz/system/files/journals/7/2/1987_072_38-54_revell.pdf December 3, 2013 Thompson, Craig Zheng, Xiaogu Tropical Cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: November 1979 – May 1989 New Zealand Meteorological Service, (Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) 1992 0-477-07346-8 2012-05-10 32 http://webcat.niwa.co.nz/documents/0477073468.pdf Ready, Stephen Systems Tropical Cyclone Osea SPac Osea Nov 24 1986 0354Z.png Osea 1986 path.png November 20 November 25 980 55 65 Tropical Cyclone Osea formed about 350 mi km flip 5 on to the north-northeast of Port Vila on 21 November. It moved on a southerly track parallel to Vanuatu and spent most of its time over the sea. No significant damage was reported. Tropical Cyclone Patsy SPac Patsy Dec 15 1986 0330Z.png Patsy 1986 path.png December 12 December 22 975 55 55 On December 12, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed about 1000 km mi 5 on to the north-northwest of Suva, Fiji. The system affected Northern Vanuatu but caused little or no damage to the island nation.http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Agosto2004/pdf/eng/doc5578/doc5578-contenido.pdf Tropical Cyclone Experiences in Vanuatu Mike Longworth https://web.archive.org/web/20210915172739/http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Agosto2004/pdf/eng/doc5578/doc5578-contenido.pdf 15 September 2021 Severe Tropical Cyclone Raja SPac Raja Dec 28 1986 1922Z.png Raja 1986 path.png December 21 January 5 955 80 90 Cyclone Raja Cyclone Raja existed from December 21, 1986, to January 5, 1987. Severe Tropical Cyclone Sally SPac Sally Jan 2 1987 0154Z.png Sally 1986 path.png December 26 January 6 955 80 65 Cyclone Sally existed from December 26, 1986, to January 6, 1987. It caused A$35 million of damage in the Cook Islands, making a thousand people homeless on Rarotonga and severely damaging 80% of the buildings in Avarua.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119473324 Sally's $35m trail Canberra Times 5 January 1987 5 24 July 2021 National Library of Australiahttps://apnews.com/article/ca87ca58b7a457508071efb0b8f8f80d Hurricane Sally, "Worst in Memory," Leaves Island Devastated AP 5 January 1987 24 July 2021 Severe Tropical Cyclone Tusi SPac Tusi Jan 18 1987 0225Z.png Tusi 1987 path.png January 13 January 25 955 80 100 Cyclone Tusi On January 13, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed, within a trough of low pressure near the island nation of Tuvalu.Laidlaw, Michael R February 17, 1987 Tropical Cyclone Report: 87/4: Tropical Cyclone Tusi April 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120422154939/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/ASM_1987_TC_Tusi_report_final.pdf http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/ASM_1987_TC_Tusi_report_final.pdf Fiji Meteorological Service September 26, 2014 dead Over the next few days the system gradually developed further before it was named Tusi during January 16, after it had become equivalent to a modern-day category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. After being named the system gradually intensified as it moved southeastwards along the trough, between the islands of Fakaofo and Swains during January 17. Tusi's eye subsequently passed near or over American Samoa's Manu'a Islands early the next day, as the system peaked in intensity with 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 150 km/h mph on 5. The system subsequently posed a threat to the Southern Cook Islands, however this threat gradually diminished as Tusi moved southwards and approached 25S on January 20. Severe Tropical Cyclone Uma SPac Uma Feb 7 1987 0352Z.png Uma 1987 path.png February 4 February 10 940 90 100 Cyclone Uma caused severe damages in Vanuatu. The storm formed on February 4 and dissipated on February 10. Tropical Cyclone Veli SPac Veli Feb 7 1987 0300Z.png Veli 1987 path.png February 7 February 9 987 45 45 The precursor tropical low to Cyclone Veli formed within the Australian region on February 5, about 725 km mi 5 on to the south-east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.1987 Tropical Cyclone Veli (1987037S14152) International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) August 18, 2021 1987037S14152 During the next day the low moved eastwards and gradually developed further, before it became equivalent to a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, as it reached its 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 45 kn km/h mph 5 on out. As the system continued to move eastwards it crossed 160°E and moved into the South Pacific basin during February 7, before the FMS named it Veli later that day on the basis of satellite derived evidence.Singh, Sudah Fiji Meteorological Service Mariners Weather Log Tropical Cyclone Veli 31 3 Summer 1987 United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration DeAngellis, Richard M 0025-3367 648466886 24–25 2027/uiug.30112104093965 During that day the system continued to move eastwards, before as it passed near to Espiritu Santo, Veli started to move steadily towards the south-east. Early the next day the JTWC initiated advisories and started to monitor Veli as Tropical Cyclone 16P, with peak 1-minute sustained windspeeds of 45 km/h mph 5 on.1987 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report Annex A: Warning Verification Statistics: C: Southern Hemisphere Joint Typhoon Warning Center http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1987atcr.pdf February 21, 2013 Naval Western Oceanography Center dead June 23, 2013 200–208 https://web.archive.org/web/20130221110217/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1987atcr.pdf 1993 United States Navy, United States Airforce United States Navy, United States Air Force http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1987/1987s-bsh/bsh161987.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20120917053726/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1987/1987s-bsh/bsh161987.txt dead September 17, 2012 Tropical Cyclone 16P (Veli) best track analysis Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center Joint Typhoon Warning Center June 23, 2013 During that day strong upper level north-westerlies caused vertical windshear to increase over Cyclones Veli and Uma and thus weakened them. During February 9, Cyclone Veli absorbed Uma and formed a complex low, which moved slowly south-eastwards and became extratropical. Damage within Vanuatu was either minimal or went unreported, as the island nation was more concerned with the aftermath of Cyclone Uma. Severe Tropical Cyclone Wini SPac Wini Mar 4 1987 0242Z.png Wini 1987 path.png February 27 March 7 70 65 965 Cyclone Wini existed from February 27 to March 7. Tropical Cyclone Unnamed/19P SPac 19P Mar 1 1987 0134Z.png 19P 1987 path.png February 28 March 3 50 40 985 Severe Tropical Cyclone Yali SPac Yali 1987-03-09 0600Z.png Yali 1987 path.png March 5 March 11 65 65 970 A shallow tropical depression developed within a monsoon trough of low pressure on March 5, about 485 km mi 5 on to the southeast of Honiara, on the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal.Kishore, Satya Fiji Meteorological Service Mariners Weather Log: Volume 31: Issue 3: Summer 1987 1987 United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration DeAngellis, Richard M 0025-3367 648466886 Tropical Cyclone Yali, March 5–12 25 2027/uiug.301121040939651987 Tropical Cyclone YALI (1987065S11164) International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) 26 August 2020 http://ibtracs.unca.edu/index.php?name=v04r00-1987065S11164 Over the next 3 days the system remained as a shallow depression as it moved southwards, before it rapidly developed into a tropical cyclone underneath an upper-level ridge of high pressure.Darwin Tropical Diagnostic Statement 1987 2 March 1987 May 20, 2012 Darwin Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre 7 2 1321-4233 live http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ntregion/statements/tropical/dtds-198703.pdf February 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150216110954/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ntregion/statements/tropical/dtds-198703.pdf Australian Bureau of Meteorology During March 8, the JTWC classified the system as Tropical Cyclone 22P and initiated advisories on the system, while it was named Yali by the FMS after it had developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale. During the next day Yali continued to intensify before as the ridge of high pressure moved northwards, before the system peaked with 1 and 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 kn km/h mph 5 out on on. This made it equivalent to a category 3 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and a category 1 hurricane on the SSHWS. Yali rapidly weakened and dissipated over water during March 11. Despite being within the vicinity of both Vanuatu and New Caledonia, the system did not pass close enough to affect or cause any damage to any inhabited islands. Tropical Cyclone Zuman SPac Zuman 1987-04-23 2045Z.png Zuman 1987 path.png April 19 April 26 60 55 975 Cyclone Zuman existed from April 19 to April 26. Tropical Cyclone Blanch Aus May 20 May 22 (Exited basin) Blanch 1987-05-22 0600Z.png Blanche 1987 path.png 40 30 990 On May 20, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed about 1440 km mi 5 on to the northeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu. Other system In addition to 12 named cyclones, one other system developed during the season. Cyclone 13P existed from February 2 to February 5. Seasonal effects |- | Osea || 1120 November 20 – 25 || bgcolor=#A2|Category 2 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A2|55 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A2|980 980 hPa inHg 4 on || None || None || None || |- | Patsy || 1212 December 12 – 22 || bgcolor=#A2|Category 2 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A2|60 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A2|975 975 hPa inHg 4 on || Vanuatu || || || |- | Raja || 1221 December 21 – January 5 || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|80 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A3|955 955 hPa inHg 4 on || Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji || $14000000 || 2 ||Laisenia, Tui July 3, 2010 Disaster Risk Management Risk — Fiji Sentinel Asia Fiji National Disaster Management Office https://sentinel.tksc.jaxa.jp/announce/2010/08/03/SECRisis0001201008030001/SA2JPTM3/NDMO%20PRESENTATION.pdf July 1, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315072433/https://sentinel.tksc.jaxa.jp/announce/2010/08/03/SECRisis0001201008030001/SA2JPTM3/NDMO%20PRESENTATION.pdf March 15, 2012 dead |- | Sally || 1226 December 26 – January 5 || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|80 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A3|955 955 hPa inHg 4 on || Cook Islands, French Polynesia || $25000000 || ||Kishore, Satya Tropical Cyclone Sally http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/COK_1987_TC_Sallyreport.pdf 2012-04-22 March 26, 1987 Fiji Meteorological Service https://web.archive.org/web/20120422155002/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/COK_1987_TC_Sallyreport.pdf June 1, 2011 Tropical Cyclone Report: 87/5 dead Another cyclone hits cook islands January 20, 1987 Xinhua General Overseas News Service Lexis Nexis |- | Tusi || 0113 January 13–21 || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|80 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A3|955 955 hPa inHg 4 on || Tokelau, Samoan Islands, Cook Islands || $80000000 || None ||Laidlaw, Michael R Tropical Cyclone Tusi June 1, 2011 http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/ASM_1987_TC_Tusi_report_final.pdf April 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120422154939/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/ASM_1987_TC_Tusi_report_final.pdf Tropical Cyclone Report: 87/4 Fiji Meteorological Service February 17, 1987 dead |- | 13P || 0202 February 2–5 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical Depression || bgcolor=#TD|000 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1020 Not specified || || || || |- | Uma || 0204 February 4–8 || bgcolor=#A4|Category 4 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A4|90 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A4|940 hPa inHg 4 on on || Vanuatu || $150000000 || 50 ||http://www.un.org/esa/policy/devplan/profile/plen4d_cdp2009.pdf 8–9 March 4, 2009 August 9, 2010 A Special Submission to the UN Committee for Development Policy on Vanuatu's LDC Status A United Nations https://web.archive.org/web/20121102191446/http://www.un.org/esa/policy/devplan/profile/plen4d_cdp2009.pdf November 2, 2012 The Government of Vanuatu dead |- | Veli || 0207 February 7–9 || bgcolor=#A1|Category 1 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A1|45 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A1|987 987 hPa inHg 4 on || Vanuatu || Minimal || None || |- | 19P || 0228 February 28 – March 3 || bgcolor=#A2|Category 2 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A2|50 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A2|985 985 hPa inHg 4 on || || || || |- | Wini || 0227 February 27 – March 7 || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|70 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A3|965 965 hPa inHg 4 on || Western Samoa, American Samoa || Extensive || None || |- | Yali || 0305 March 5–11 || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|65 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A3|970 hPa inHg 4 on on || Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia || None || None || |- | Zuman || 0419 April 19–26 || bgcolor=#A2|Category 2 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A2|55 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A2|975 975 hPa inHg 4 on || Western Samoa, American Samoa || || || |- | Blanch(e) || 19860520 May 20–22 || bgcolor=#A1|1 Category 1 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A1|40 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A1|990 hPa inHg on 4 || Solomon Islands || || || |- 13 systems November 20 – May 22 165 km/h mph on 5 940 hPa inHg 4 on >269000000 $ 52 See also Tropical cyclones List of off-season South Pacific tropical cyclones Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1986, 1987 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1986, 1987 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1986, 1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1986, 1987 References 2 External links 1986 y 1980 South Pacific cyclone yes Category:South Pacific cyclone seasons Category:Articles which contain graphical timelines Category:Tropical cyclones in 1986 Category:Tropical cyclones in 1987