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Severe Tropical Cyclone Meli

Cyclone Meli moving through Fiji on 26 March
Meteorological history
Formed	23 March 1979 (1979-03-23)
Extratropical	30 March 1979
Dissipated	31 March 1979 (1979-03-31)
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (FMS)
Highest winds	155 km/h (100 mph)
Lowest pressure	945 hPa (mbar); 27.91 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	215 km/h (130 mph)
Overall effects
Areas affected	Tuvalu Fiji
IBTrACS
Part of the 1978–79 South Pacific cyclone season

Severe Tropical Cyclone Meli was

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

During March 23, the Fiji Meteorological Service reported that a depression, had developed in between the island of Futuna and Udu Point in Fiji.

Links

• DLIB report
• Mariners Weather Report
• GNS Science
• World Meteorological Organization
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Fiji Meteorological Service
• New Zealand MetService
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center