Cyclone Meena (2005)

Meena was the first of four tropical cyclones to affect the Cook Islands during February 2005. It passed within 160 km of American Samoa's Manu'a group, where wind gusts reached 90 km/h, and generated swells of 1.5 to 2.1 m that produced surf of 3.0 to 4.3 m along Tutuila and Manu'a. The system later moved into Wellington's area of responsibility and sped off into the deep South Pacific as an extratropical cyclone.

Formed (UTC)

2005-02-01

Dissipated (UTC)

2005-02-11

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

125

Basin it formed in

South Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2005032S14195

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, cook islands, american samoa, swell, extratropical

Coordinates: -30.837053589720146, -145.33107138467165

Part of South Pacific tropical cyclones of category 4 and above in the 1997 to 2009 seasons

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