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2007-08 Australian region cyclone season

2007–08 Australian region cyclone season
2007-2008 Australian cyclone season summary.jpg
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed 29 July 2007
Last system dissipated 25 April 2008
Strongest storm
Name Pancho
 • Maximum winds 165 km/h (105 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure 938 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Tropical lows 14
Tropical cyclones 9
Severe tropical cyclones 3
Total fatalities 149
Total damage $93.8 million (2008 USD)
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Australian region tropical cyclone seasons
2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
01S 30 july 2007 0315Z.jpg 1-S 2007 track.png
Duration 29 July (entered basin) – 1 August
Peak intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  992 hPa (mbar)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Lee-Ariel 16 nov 2007 0306Z.jpg Lee-Ariel 2007 track.png
Duration 13 November – 15 November
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  984 hPa (mbar)
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Guba 15 nov 2007 2343Z.jpg Guba 2007 track.png
Duration 13 November – 20 November
Peak intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min)  970 hPa (mbar)
Tropical low (Australian scale)
Dama MODIS Aqua 19 dec 0810Z.jpg Dama 2007 track.png
Duration 21 December – 22 December
Peak intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min)  998 hPa (mbar)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Melanie 2007-12-29 0240z.jpg Melanie 2007 track.png
Duration 28 December – 2 January
Peak intensity 110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min)  964 hPa (mbar)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Helen MODIS Aqua 04 jan 2008 0450Z.jpg Helen 2007 track.png
Duration 28 December – 6 January
Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  975 hPa (mbar)
Tropical low (Australian scale)
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Duration 31 December – 2 January
Peak intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min)  994 hPa (mbar)
Tropical low (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
17S 07 feb 2008 0330Z.jpg 17-S 2008 track.png
Duration 4 February – 10 February
Peak intensity 55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Nicholas 15 feb 2008 0240Z.jpg Nicholas 2008 track.png
Duration 10 February – 20 February
Peak intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min)  956 hPa (mbar)

The 2007–08 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly below average tropical cyclone season. The seasom\n got off to an early start with the formation on 29 July of the first Tropical Cyclone which was not upgraded operationally to a cyclone but was later upgraded to a Cyclone during post storm analysis. This was the second time that a tropical Cyclone had formed during the month of July. The other one was Cyclone Lindsay in the 1996-1997 season. The next cyclone that formed was Cyclone Guba which formed on 13 November with TCWC Port Moresby assigning the name Guba on 14 November which was the first named storm within TCWC Port Moresby's area of responsibility since Cyclone Epi in June 2003. Guba was also the first cyclone to occur in the Queensland region in the month of November since 1977.

Tropical Cyclone Lee also formed on 13 November and was named by TCWC Perth on 14 November with it moving into RSMC Réunion's area of responsibility and being renamed Ariel. The next Cyclone to form within the Australian region was Melanie which formed on 27 December and was named on the 28th by TCWC Perth. Melanie was the first storm of the season which required Cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the Pilbara coast however it had weakened into a low pressure area before it made landfall.

Tropical Cyclone Helen was the first Tropical Cyclone to form in 2008 in the Southern Hemisphere which formed in TCWC Darwin's area of responsibility and was the first time that Darwin had experienced a tropical cyclone since Cyclone Gretel in the 1984–85 season. Cyclone Nicholas made landfall north of Carnarvon on 20 February as a category one cyclone. Cyclone Ophelia actually formed in TCWC Darwin's area of responsibility but had moved into TCWC Perth's area when it was named. Tropical Cyclone Pancho formed on 23 March south of Christmas Island and was named by TCWC Perth on 25 March and reached Category 4 status with winds of 95 kn (176 km/h).


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