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Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
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Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
![]() Cyclone Meli on March 28, 1979 | |
Formed | March 24, 1979 |
Dissipated | March 31, 1979 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 155 km/h (100 mph) 1-minute sustained: 215 km/h (130 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 945 hPa (mbar); 27.91 inHg |
Areas affected | Fiji, Tuvalu |
Part of the 1978–79 South Pacific cyclone season |
Meteorological history
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Map key
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
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
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During March 23, the Fiji Meteorological Service reported that a depression, had developed in between the island of Futuna and Udu Point in Fiji.