Tropical Cyclone Ruby brought wind and rain to New Caledonia on Monday night. At 4:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday the center of Tropical Cyclone Ruby was located at latitude 22.6°S and longitude 168.3°E which put it about 85 miles (135 km) east of Noumea, New Caledonia. Ruby was moving toward the east-southeast at 22 m.p.h. (35 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 994 mb.

Tropical Cyclone Ruby brought wind and rain to much of New Caledonia on Monday night. The center of Ruby made landfall on the northwest end of New Caledonia near Poum. Tropical Cyclone Ruby moved quickly toward the southeast and the center of circulation passed over most of the entire length of New Caledonia. The center exited the coast east of Noumea on Tuesday morning. Winds to tropical storm force extended out 60 miles in the northern half of Ruby’s circulation. So, Tropical Cyclone Ruby brought tropical storm force winds to much of New Caledonia. The winds in the southern half of Ruby’s circulation were blowing at less than tropical storm force. Tropical Cyclone Ruby also dropped locally heavy rain over parts of New Caledonia. Clockwise rotation around Ruby would have caused the air to flow up the eastern slopes of mountains and the heaviest rain likely occurred in those areas. Locally heavy rain may have caused flash floods in some places.

An upper level trough east of Australia will steer Tropical Cyclone Ruby quickly toward the southeast during the next 36 hours. On its anticipated track Ruby will be northeast of New Zealand in 36 hours. The upper level trough will produce strong northwesterly winds that will blow toward the top of Ruby’s circulation. Those winds will produce moderate vertical wind shear. Tropical Cyclone Ruby will move over much cooler water when it moves toward the southeast. The combination of moderate vertical wind shear and cooler water will cause Tropical Cyclone Ruby to make a transition to an extratropical cyclone during the next 36 hours.