Hurricane Karl (1998)
Hurricane Karl reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 23, 1998 and September 29, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Karl, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 23, 1998 to September 29, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 205 km (127 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 33.3N 65.4W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 33.2N 62.8W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 33.2N 60.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 32.9N 59.2W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 32.5N 58.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 32.0N 57.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 31.4N 56.2W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 30.8N 55.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 30.4N 54.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 30.3N 52.9W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 30.5N 51.8W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 31.1N 51.0W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 31.8N 49.9W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 32.6N 48.8W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 33.9N 47.3W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 35.5N 45.2W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 37.4N 42.5W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 39.1N 39.0W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 40.4N 34.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 41.5N 30.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 42.0N 25.0W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 43.0N 20.0W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 46.0N 16.0W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 48.0N 14.0W | 35 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 49.0N 11.0W | 35 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 49.0N 8.0W | 35 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm AlexNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane GeorgesNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 827 deaths
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane IvanNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane MitchNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 19,325 deaths
- Hurricane NicoleNorth Atlantic · 1998
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.