1987–88 Australian region cyclone season

1987–88 Australian region cyclone season
Season summary map
First system formed 6 December 1987
Last system dissipated 20 May 1988
Strongest storm1 Gwenda-Ezenina – 940 hPa (mbar), 155 km/h (100 mph) (10-minute sustained)
Tropical lows 6
Tropical cyclones 5
Severe tropical cyclones 2
Total fatalities 1
Total damage $17.9 million (1988 USD)
1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure
Australian region tropical cyclone seasons
1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90
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The 1987–88 Australian region cyclone season was an event in the cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started on 1 November 1987, and officially ended on 30 April 1988. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season"; the "tropical cyclone year" began on 1 July 1987 and ended on 30 June 1988.[1]

Seasonal summary

Storms

Tropical Low Ariny

Tropical low (Australian scale)
Clockwise vortex
Duration 6 December – 9 December (Exited basin)
Peak intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min) 

Tropical Cyclone Agi

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration 6 January (Entered basin) – 14 January (Exited basin)
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Cyclone Agi veered away from the main islands of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province yesterday after flattening many buildings, uprooting trees and disrupting water supplies. Agi brought heavy rain, high tides and winds gusting at more than 100 km/h to the remote islands it brushed at the eastern tip of the PNG mainland since it formed and began to swirl through the area on Sunday.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Frederic

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration 28 January – 2 February
Peak intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min)  955 hPa (mbar)

Frederic, 28 January to 2 February 1988, Indian Ocean

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gwenda-Ezenina

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration 6 February – 12 February Out of area
Peak intensity 160 km/h (100 mph) (10-min)  941 hPa (mbar)

Gwenda-Ezenina, 6 to 12 February 1988, Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone Charlie

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration 19 February – 1 March
Peak intensity 115 km/h (70 mph) (10-min)  972 hPa (mbar)

Charlie struck Ayr, Queensland in March 1988, killing one person and leaving $2,300,000 dollars (1988 USD) in damage.

Tropical Cyclone Herbie

Main article: Cyclone Herbie
Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration 17 May – 20 May
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Herbie, 17 to 20 May 1988, Indian Ocean

See also

References

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