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Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman (04F)
Tropical Cyclone 05P
Category 4 cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 cyclone (SSHS)
Tropical Cyclone Daman

Tropical Cyclone Daman
Formed December 3, 2007
Dissipated December 9, 2007
Highest
winds
195 km/h (120 mph) (10-minute sustained)
195 km/h (120 mph) (1-minute sustained)
260 km/h (160 mph) (gusts)
Lowest pressure 925 hPa (mbar)
Fatalities 0
Damage $500,000 (2007 USD)
Areas
affected		 Figi Tonga
Part of the
2007-08 South Pacific cyclone season

Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman (JTWC Designation 05P Also known as Tropical Cyclone Daman) was the fourth Tropical depression & the first Named Storm to form in the Southern Western Pacific Ocean during the 2007-08 South Pacific cyclone season.

At its Peak Daman was considered to be a Category 4 Tropical Cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Scale by RSMC Nadi with Gusts of 140 knots. The JTWC Considered Daman to have peak winds of 105 knots which is equivalent to a strong Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

During its lifetime Tropical Cyclone Daman Made a direct landfall on The Fijian island of Cikobia Causing No deaths and at least $500 000 Damage. This was the first Storm to make a direct hit on Fiji since Cyclone Ami in the 2002-03 South Pacific cyclone season

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[edit] Storm History

On the 3 December an area of disturbed weather near the International Dateline formed into a Tropical Low [1] and then later that evening was upgraded to Tropical Depression 04F by the Regional Specialised Metrological Center (RSMC) at Nadi in Fiji. [2] The next day a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) as it was crossing the International Date Line. [3]

On the 5 December Tropical Depression 04F was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone Daman by the RSMC in Nadi. [4] Later that day the JTWC issued their first Tropical Cyclone warning on Tropical Cyclone 05P (Daman)[5]. On the 6 December Daman became slow moving for a while as it rapidly intensified into a Severe Tropical Cyclone Reaching Peak winds of 105 Knots with gusts of 140 Knots which made Daman a category Four Cyclone on the Australian Scale.[6] This Rapid intensification didn’t last for very long though due to Daman Making landfall on the Fijian Island of Cikobia the next day. Daman made landfall as a category 4 Cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Scale with Gusts of up to 135kts (155 Mph 250 Km/h) though Daman missed the two main islands of Fiji.

After interaction with land Daman weakened into a category 3 cyclone after it had made landfall on December 8 RSMC Nadi also started to issue Special weather bulletins for Tonga which contained a Tropical Cyclone Alert for Tonga at the same time. [7] These Alerts were then cancelled within the next special Bulletins due to Daman weakening further and now being expected to take a turn to the south east of Tonga. [8] On The 9 December the JTWC issued their final Tropical Cyclone Warning on Tropical Cyclone 05P Daman saying that there was no Convection left in the low level circulation center (LLCC). On the same day RSMC Nadi downgraded the Daman to a Tropical Depression and then terminated the issuing of their Tropical Disturbance Advisories saying that the LLCC was exposed. RSMC Nadi Continued to monitor Tropical Depression Daman within their Tropical disturbance Summaries and marine bulletins. RSMC Nadi then released their final Tropical Disturbance summary on Daman the next day.

[edit] Preparations

[edit] Fiji

As Tropical Depression 04F intensifed into Tropical Cyclone Daman RSMC Nadi Started to issue Special weather Bulletins for the Islands of Fiji and Rotuma on the 5 December which contained Gale Warnings for both Fiji and Rotuma. These were upgraded to Storm Warnings later that day. these Storm Warnings were upgraded to Hurricane Warnings as Daman aproached land on the 7 December. [9]

[edit] Impact

[edit] Figi

[edit] Vanua Levu

[edit] Chikobio

[edit] Aftermath

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tropical Disturbance Summary. RSMC Nadi. Fiji Meteorological Services (December 3). Retrieved on December 12.
  2. ^ Marine Weather Bulletin. RSMC Nadi. Fiji Meteorological Services (December 3). Retrieved on December 12.
  3. ^ Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. JTWC. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (December 4). Retrieved on December 12.
  4. ^ Gale warning 2. Rsmc Nadi. Figi Metrological Center (December 5). Retrieved on December 12.
  5. ^ Tropical Cyclone 05P Warning 1. JTWC. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (December 5). Retrieved on December 12.
  6. ^ Prasad, Rajendra (December 7). Tropical Cyclone Daman. RSMC Nadi. Fiji Meteorological Services. Retrieved on December 13.
  7. ^ Tropical Cyclone Alert for Tonga. Tonga News. Vava'u Press Ltd. (2007-12-08). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
  8. ^ Cyclone alert cancelled as Daman weakens. Tonga News. Vava'u Press Ltd. (2007-12-09). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
  9. ^ Cyclone Daman to north of Fiji. South Pacfic travel. Island Business (2007-12-07). Retrieved on 2007-12- 10.