Talk:Cyclone Gita

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Meteorological history

09P.Gita - Severe Tropical Cyclone, Category Four

Best status from NRL 125kts 929mb

Best status from RSMC 110kts 927hPa

97P.INVEST first appeared 2018-02-01, 1830z @ 15.0°S 163.0°E

Tropical Disturbance 07F from RSMC 2018-02-03, 0900z @ 12.3°S 162.7°E

LOW from ABPW10 2018-02-07, 0130z @ 14.9°S 170.6°E

MEDIUM from ABPW10 2018-02-07, 2300z @ 16.0°S 176.1°E

Tropical Depression 07F from RSMC 2018-02-08, 1200z @ 15.1°S 179.7°W

JTWC designates as TC 09P 2018-02-09, 0300z @ 13.8°S 175.5°W

Tropical Cyclone Gita, Category One from RSMC 2018-02-09, 0600z @ 14.4°S 175.2°W

Tropical Cyclone Gita, Category Two from RSMC 2018-02-09, 1800z @ 14.6°S 171.8°W

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita, Category Three from RSMC 2018-02-10, 0600z @ 17.1°S 168.5°W

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita, Category Four from RSMC 2018-02-11, 1200z @ 21.5°S 170.0°W

RSMC Nadi Tropical Disturbance Summary

2018-02-03, 0900z // 2100z

2018-02-04, 0900z // 2100z

2018-02-05, 0900z // 2100z

2018-02-06, 0900z // 2100z

2018-02-07, 0900z // 2100z

2018-02-08, 0900z

RSMC Nadi Marine Bulletin

2018-02-03, 1800z

2018-02-04, 0600z // 1800z

2018-02-05, 0600z // 1800z

2018-02-06, 0600z // 1800z

2018-02-07, 0600z // 1800z

2018-02-08, 0600z

RSMC Nadi Tropical Disturbance Advisory

01 // 02 // 03 // 04 // 05 ? // 06 // 07 // 08 // 09 // 10

11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20

21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30

31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 (Final)

RSMC Nadi Gale / Storm / Hurricane Warning

2018-02-08, 1800z

2018-02-09, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-10, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-11, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-12, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-13, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-14, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-15, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-16, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-17, 0000z (Transfer to TCWC Wellington)

TCWC Wellington Gale / Storm / Hurricane Warning

2018-02-17, 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-18, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z

2018-02-19, 0000z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z ?

2018-02-20, 0000z // 0600z ? // 1200z

NWS Pago Pago Local Statement

2018-02-09, 0300z // 0600z // 1200z // 1800z // 2100z

2018-02-10, 0000z // 0300z // 0600z // 1200z (Final)

RSMC Nadi Special Weather Bulletin for Niue

01 // 02 // 03 // 04 // 05 // 06 // 07 // 08 // 09 // 10

11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 (Final)

RSMC Nadi Special Weather Bulletin for Fiji

01 // 02 // 03 // 04 // 05 // 06 // 07 // 08 // 10

11 // 12 // 13 ? // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 ? // 19 // 20

21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26

Meteo France Gale / Hurricane Warning for New Caledonia

2018-02-14, 0900z // 1500z // 2100z

2018-02-15, 0300z // 0900z // 1500z // 2100z

2018-02-16, 0300z // 0900z // 1500z // 2100z

2018-02-17, 0300z // 0600z // 1500z // 2100z (Final)

Vanuatu Meteorological Service Information

02 // 03

Vanuatu Cyclone Advisory

01 // 02 // 03 // 04 (Final)

JTWC Tropical Cyclone Warning

01 // 02 // 03 // 04 // 05 // 06 // 07 // 08 // 09 // 10

11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20

21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30

31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // 37 // 38 // 39 // 40

41 // 42 // 43 // 44 (Final)

General

• Wunderground unusually far south
• Al Jazeera – tidbits for a few areas
• ReliefWeb
• World Health Organization
• UNICEF
• WMO Committee reports
  • RSMC Nadi brief summary
  • TCWC Wellington brief summary
• IBTrACS

American Samoa

• Samoa News archive
• "Tropical Cyclone Gita (2018): Impacts and Interagency Solutions for American Samoa" (AMS conference presentation)
• Department of Transportation Grant

Australia

 Done

• ABC swells
• Brisbane Times closed beaches, two rescues
• ABC News missing person, rescues
• Surf heights

Cook Islands

• Cook Islands News warning of surge
• Cook Islands News some impact
• Cook Islands News ship disrupted

Fiji

• Fiji Sun archive
• FMS info

Samoa

• Samoa Observer archive
• Radio New Zealand – tidbits
• New Zealand Aid
• Samoa Observer Power damage
• Cook Islands News initial assessment
• Cook Islands News communication criticism
• Cook Islands News initial recovery info

Tonga

• Government of Tonga report
• Asian Development Bank recovery
  • document
• Australia Aid response assessment
  • DFAT same thing?
• Tonga High Commission AusGov
• Gita and COVID-19
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – brief bit on pg 25
• New Zealand Red Cross
• New Zealand Government response
• New Zealand Defense Force
• "The Impact of Connectivity on Information Channel Use in Tonga During Cyclone Gita: Challenges and Opportunities for Disaster Risk Reduction in Island Peripheries"
• World Bank 2020 update

New Zealand

• Met Service summary
• NIWA February 2018 climate summary
• BBC article
• Reuters article
• SBS article
• SkyNews article
• Voice of America article
• "Cyclone-triggered debris flow hazard on Takaka Hill, Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand"
• stuff.co.nz article
• "History shows Ngatimoti needs protection from storms like Gita"

~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)