1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=SPac
Year=1999
Track=1998-1999 South Pacific cyclone season summary.jpg
First storm formed=December 23, 1998
Last storm dissipated=March 18 1999
Strongest storm name=Dani
Strongest storm pressure=930
Strongest storm winds=95
Average wind speed=10
Total depressions=
Total storms=
Total hurricanes=8
Total intense=
Fatalities=
Da

Inflated=
five seasons=1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01The 1998-99 South Pacific cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It began on November 1, 1998 and ended on April 30, 1999. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the southern Pacific Ocean east of 160°E. Additionally, the regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season", and the "tropical cyclone year" runs from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002.http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/OperationPlans/TCP24-English2004.pdf]

Tropical cyclones between 160°E and 120°W and north of 25°S are monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service in Nadi. Those that move south of 25°S are monitored by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Wellington, New Zealand.

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torms

Tropical Cyclone Cora

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Cora 1998 track.pngFormed=December 23
Dissipated=December 28
10-min winds=75
1-min winds=90
Pressure=960This storm brought some damage to Tonga.

Tropical Cyclone Dani

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Dani 1999 track.pngFormed=January 15
Dissipated=January 22
10-min winds=95
1-min winds=115
Pressure=930

Tropical Cyclone Olinda

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Olinda 1999 track.pngFormed=January 20
Dissipated=January 23
10-min winds=55
1-min winds=55
Pressure=985See the Coral Sea/Eastern Australia article.

Tropical Cyclone Pete

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Pete 1999 track.pngFormed=January 21
Dissipated=January 26
10-min winds=50
1-min winds=55
Pressure=985See the Coral Sea/Eastern Australia article.

Tropical Cyclone Ella

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Ella 1999 track.pngFormed=February 11
Dissipated=February 13
10-min winds=45
1-min winds=45
Pressure=985

Tropical Cyclone Frank

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Frank 1999 track.pngFormed=February 18
Dissipated=February 21
10-min winds=80
1-min winds=95
Pressure=955This storm regenerated from Rona.

Tropical Cyclone Gita

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Gita 1999 track.pngFormed=February 27
Dissipated=March 2
10-min winds=45
1-min winds=40
Pressure=990This storm was named by Wellington TCWC.

Tropical Cyclone Hali

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=SPac
Track=Hali 1999 track.pngFormed=March 12
Dissipated=March 18
10-min winds=65
1-min winds=50
Pressure=975

torm names

South Pacific tropical cyclones are usually assigned names by the RSMC in Nadi, or Fiji Meteorological Service. As soon as a tropical depression becomes a tropical cyclone it is named by the warning centre having responsibility for it at that time. If a tropical depression becomes a tropical cyclone in the Wellington RSMC area of responsibility, MetService, in consultation with RSMC Nadi, will name the cyclone by using the next name from the list.cite web|year=1999|title=Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean|accessdate=2008-08-15|publisher=World Meteorological Organization|url=http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/Peng/tcp/documents/doc/Op-pln99.doc]

Retirement

After the season ended, the names "Cora" and "Dani" were retired from the list.cite web|year=2005|title=Retired Tropical Cyclone Names|accessdate=2008-08-15|publisher=Hurricane Alley.net|url=http://www.hurricanealley.net/retired.htm#Nadi/Fiji_Area_of_Responsibility] They were replaced by the names "Colin" and "Donna".cite web|year=2007|title=Tropical Cyclone names|accessdate=2008-08-15|publisher=Met Office|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropicalcyclone/names.html]

ee also

* List of Southern Hemisphere cyclone seasons
* Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1998, 1999
* Pacific hurricane seasons: 1998, 1999
* Pacific typhoon seasons: 1998, 1999
* North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1998, 1999

References

External links

* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)]
* [http://www.met.gov.fj/index.php Fiji Meteorological Service (RSMC Nadi)]
* [http://www.wmo.int/index-en.html World Meteorological Organization]
* [http://ftp.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TCP_vO/Reports/RA%20V%20TCC-VIII%20FINAL%20REPORT.pdf RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee Final Report]
* [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1999atcr/pdf.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center 1999 ATCR]
* [http://www.met.gov.fj/documents/TC_Seasonal_Summary_98-991190690557.pdf 1998-99 Seasonal Summary from FMS]
* [http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/tropical_cyclones_1999_summaries_and_track_data.htm July 1998 to June 1999 Tropical Cyclone Summaries and Operational Track Data]
* [http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/1999/summ1998-99.htm Gary Padgett's Southern Hemisphere 1998-1999 Tropical Cyclone Season Review]