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The 2000-01 South Pacific cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It began on November 1, 2000 and ended on April 30, 2001. 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, 2000 to June 30, 2001.[1]
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.[1]
[edit] Storms
[edit] Tropical Cyclone Oma
Formed on February 20, dissipated on February 22.
[edit] Tropical Cyclone Paula
Formed on February 26, dissipated on March 4.
[edit] Tropical Cyclone Rita
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Tropical Cyclone Rita
Tropical Cyclone 14P |
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March 1 – March 5 |
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45 kt (10-min), 985 hPa |
Formed on March 1, dissipated on March 5.
[edit] Tropical Cyclone Sose
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Tropical Cyclone Sose
Tropical Cyclone 19P |
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April 5 – April 11 |
| Intensity |
60 kt (10-min), 975 hPa |
Formed on April 5, dissipated on April 11.
[edit] Storm names
Non-frontal low pressure systems of synoptic scale developing over warm waters are named whenever surface observations and/or Dvorak intensity analysis indicates the presence of gale force or stronger winds near the centre. Unlike the Atlantic standard, an unnamed tropical system may have gales in one or more quadrants but not near the centre.[1]
Tropical cyclones forming between 160°E and 120°W are assigned names by the Fiji Meteorological Service. If a tropical cyclone forms in Wellington's area of responsibility, south of 25°S, the cyclone will still be given a name from the Fiji list.[2] No tropical cyclone has ever been observed in the South Pacific Ocean east of 120°W,[3] and if one forms in the future, it is unclear how it will be handled.
Names used in the South Pacific are used sequentially, unlike lists used in the Atlantic Ocean and east Pacific Ocean by the National Hurricane Centre. Only the names used during this cyclone season are listed below. The complete list of names are found in the World Meteorological Organization's official list.
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