| Basin: | SPac |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Track: | 1985-1986 South Pacific cyclone season summary.jpg |
| First Storm Formed: | February 5, 1986 |
| Last Storm Dissipated: | May 22, 1986 |
| Strongest Storm Name: | Ima |
| Strongest Storm Pressure: | 940 |
| Strongest Storm Winds: | 90 |
| Average Wind Speed: | 10 |
| Total Depressions: | 7 |
| Total Hurricanes: | 7 |
| Total Intense: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | 103 |
| Damagespre: | > |
| Damages: | 100 |
| Five Seasons: | 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 |
| South Indian Season: | 1985–86 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season |
| South Pacific Season: | 1985–86 Australian region cyclone season |
The 1985–86 South Pacific cyclone season was an average tropical cyclone season, in terms of tropical cyclone formation, with ten tropical cyclones occurring within the basin between 160°E and 120°W. The season ran from February 5, 1985, to May 22, 1986, with tropical cyclones officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) and New Zealand's MetService. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and other national meteorological services including Météo-France and NOAA also monitored the basin during the season. During the season there was nine tropical cyclones occurring within the basin, including three that moved into the basin from the Australian region.__TOC__
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During November and December no significant tropical cyclones developed in or moved into the basin in the region,
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Ima 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | February 5 |
| Dissipated: | February 16 |
| Pressure: | 940 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 90 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 75 |
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ima existed from February 5 to February 16.
Ima affected French Polynesia's Austral, Society and Tubuai Islands, from February 9–14 and caused extensive damage to Rimatara.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | June 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | February 5 |
| Dissipated: | February 10 |
| Pressure: | 980 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 55 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 55 |
On February 5, TCWC Nadi (a.k.a. Fiji Meteorological Service) reported that a tropical depression had developed early on February 10. About 24 hours later, the system intensified into a Category 1 cyclone on the Australian intensity scale. Around that same time, the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center followed suit by upgrading the system into a tropical storm. Gradually intensifying, Nadi estimated that June had peaked in intensity with winds of 65abbr=onNaNabbr=on late on February 7. Meanwhile, the JTWC reported that Tropical Cyclone June had also peaked in intensity.[1] By February 9, June had weakened into a tropical depression. June was no longer a tropical cyclone by the morning.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Keli 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | February 8 |
| Dissipated: | February 14 |
| Pressure: | 987 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 45 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 45 |
Tropical Cyclone Keli existed from February 8 to February 14.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Lusi 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | March 2 |
| Dissipated: | March 10 |
| Pressure: | 990 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 40 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 45 |
According to the Vanuatu Meteorological Service, there was no significant damage reported within Vanuatu.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Alfred 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | March 7 |
| Dissipated: | March 11 |
| Pressure: | 990 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 40 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 45 |
Tropical Cyclone Alfred existed from March 7 to March 11.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Martin 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | April 10 |
| Dissipated: | April 15 |
| Pressure: | 970 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 65 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 75 |
Severe Tropical Cyclone Martin from April 10 to April 15.
| Basin: | SPac |
| Track: | Namu 1986 track.png |
| Formed: | May 15 (entered basin) |
| Dissipated: | May 22 |
| Pressure: | 955 |
| 10-Min Winds: | 80 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 65 |
See main article: Cyclone Namu. On May 15, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed within the monsoon trough, in association with Typhoon Lola about 90round=5NaNround=5 to the north of the Solomon Island: Malaita.[2] [3] Over the next two days the system moved towards the southeast before it recurved, and started to move towards the southwest during May 17 as it started to show signs that it was developing further.[2] After the system had acquired the characteristics of a tropical cyclone and become equivalent to a tropical storm, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center started to issue warnings on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 33P.[4]
Later that day, TCWC Nadi named the depression Namu, after it had become equivalent to a modern-day category-two tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale with ten-minute sustained windspeeds of 155abbr=onNaNabbr=on.[2] [5]
Cyclone Namu was responsible for the deaths of 103 people and caused US$100 million in economic losses in the Solomon Islands.[6] It was considered the worst tropical cyclone to impact the area in five years.[7] The storm was estimated to have caused a maximum wave height of 1.5m (04.9feet).[8] Much of the damage caused by Namu was due to phenomenal flooding, and was widespread across the island chain. At Honiara International Airport, 340mm of rain was measured over a three-day period. Increased river flow caused by the depositing of saturated material in rivers was the cause for much of the flood damage that occurred. Of all the islands, Malaita was the worst affected by the cyclone. On the island of Guadalcanal, a single mudslide was responsible for killing 38 villagers.[9] Attaining a clean water supply was an issue on Guadalcanal, and 22% of homes on the island were either damaged or destroyed.[10]
As a result of the havoc caused by the cyclone, approximately 90,000 people, equal to a third of the country's population, were reported as homeless. The government of the Solomon Islands declared a national state of emergency for the entirety of the island chain.[11] The United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, the United States, and Japan also sent supplies and goods to the Solomon Islands.
This table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific basin during the 1985–86 season. It includes their intensity on the Australian Tropical cyclone intensity scale, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, and damages. For most storms the data is taken from TCWC Nadi's and or TCWC Wellington's archives, however data for 03P has been taken from the JTWC/NPMOC archives as opposed to TCWC Nadi's or TCWC Wellington's, and thus the winds are over 1-minute as opposed to 10-minutes.
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