User:Jason Rees/Veena
 Cyclone Veenna near its peak intensity | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | April 8, 1983 |
| Dissipated | April 14, 1983 |
| Category 4 severe tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (FMS) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg |
| Intense tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (MF) | |
| Highest winds | 215 km/h (130 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); 26.87 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Areas affected | French Polynesia |
Part of the 1982–83 South Pacific cyclone season | |
Meteorological history[edit]
The system that was to become Severe Tropical Cyclone Veena was first noted by the Tahiti Meteorological Service on April 6, as an area of low pressure located to the east of the Marquesas Islands.[1] Over the next couple of days, the system moved southwestwards and was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Veena by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) during April 8, after they had been informed of its existence in a bulletin from the Honolulu Meteorological Office.[2] At this time, the system was located about 110 km (70 mi) to the southeast of Fatu-Hiva in French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands
On April 11, the FMS reported that Veena had peaked with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 100 kn (185 km/h; 115 mph), which made it a category 4 severe tropical cyclones on the modern day Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.[4] At this stage, the system was located about 110 km (70 mi) to the northwest of Rangiroa in the Palliser Islands.
The system was last noted during April 14, as it moved out of the FMS area of responsibility and merged with the westerly trade winds well to the south of the Gambier Islands.
Reanalysis efforts[edit]
During 2014, Meteo France published the results of a reanalysis, they had undertaken into Severe Tropical Cyclone Veena.[3] Within the reanalysis, they found that the system was the most intense to impact French Polynesia and had peaked with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 211 km/h (131 mph) as well as a minimum pressure of 910 hPa (26.87 inHg).[3] This would make it a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and an Intense Tropical Cyclone on the scale that Meteo France uses.[3] Karl Hoarau, Ludovic Chalonge, Florence Pirard and Daniel Peyrusaubes also reanalysed Veena, within a study into Extreme tropical cyclone activities in the southern Pacific Ocean that was published in the Royal Meteorological Society's International Journal of Climatology.[5] They found that the systems intensity had been underestimated and estimated that it had peaked with 1-minute sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph), which would make it a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.[5]
Effects[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Auzeneau, Serge; Darchen, Jacques (October 18, 1996). "Autour de la saison 1982-1983 des perturbations tropicales en Polynésie Française" [Around the 1982-1983 season of tropical disturbance in French Polynesia]. Météorologie Maritime (in French). No. 172. pp. 39–43. ISSN 2107-0830. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022.
- ^ Tadulala, Malakai (May 26, 1983). Tropical Cyclone Veena Preliminary Report (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
- ^ a b c d Laurent, Victoire; Varney, Patrick (2014). Historique des Cyclones de Polynesie Francaise [History of Cyclones in French Polynesia] (in French). Meteo France. ISBN 978-2-9522946-1-4.
- ^ "1983 Tropical Cyclone Veena (1983097S10224)". International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Hoarau, Karl; Chalonge, Ludovic; Pirard, Florence; Peyrusaubes, Daniel (March 2018). "Extreme tropical cyclone activities in the southern Pacific Ocean". International Journal of Climatology. 38 (3): 1409–1420. Bibcode:2018IJCli..38.1409H. doi:10.1002/joc.5254. S2CID 133864648.
External links[edit]
- World Meteorological Organization
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Fiji Meteorological Service
- New Zealand MetService
- Joint Typhoon Warning Center
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