1986–87 Australian region cyclone season

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	9 January – 13 January
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min);

07S existed from 9 to 13 January 1987, in the northwest corner of the basin. While the system was not monitored by the Bureau of Meteorology, it was considered a tropical storm by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	15 January – 23 January
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min); 950 hPa (mbar)

Connie, 15 to 23 January 1987. Made landfall over Port Hedland on 19 January. Moderate damage was reported in Port Hedland and Whim Creek.

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	19 January – 22 January
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 978 hPa (mbar)

Irma, 19 to 22 January 1987, Gulf of Carpentaria.

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	30 January – 9 February
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

Damien, 30 January to 9 February 1987, near Western Australia.

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	4 February – 14 February
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min); 970 hPa (mbar)

Jason stuck the Northern Territory in February, 1987 damaging 20 buildings.[1][2]

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	21 February – 27 February
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min); 940 hPa (mbar)

On 21 February, Cyclone Elsie formed near Western Australia. The storm then made landfall near the same region. Catastrophic damage was reported at Mandora Station.[3]

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	6 April – 17 April
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 976 hPa (mbar)

Kay lasted from 6 to 17 April 1987. The storm impacted Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.

Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	22 May (entered basin) – 27 May
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min); 990 hPa (mbar)

Blanch, entered the Australian region basin on 22 May, and dissipated on 27 May 1987, off the east coast of Australia.

The precursor tropical low to Cyclone Uma formed within the region on 4 February, before it crossed 160°E and moved into the South Pacific basin later that day.[4] The precursor tropical low to Cyclone Veli formed during the next day, about 725 km (450 mi) to the south-east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.[4] During the next day, the low moved eastward and gradually developed further, before it became equivalent to a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, as it reached its 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 85 km/h (55 mph).[4] As the system continued to move eastwards it crossed 160°E and moved into the South Pacific basin during 7 February, before TCWC Nadi named it Veli later that day on the basis of satellite derived evidence.[4][5]