Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018)
Tropical Storm Carlotta peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 14, 2018 and June 19, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Carlotta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- June 14, 2018 to June 19, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP042018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 14.9N 100.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 15.1N 100.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 15.4N 99.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 15.6N 99.8W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 15.8N 99.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 15.9N 99.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 15.9N 99.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 15.9N 99.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 16.0N 99.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 16.4N 99.5W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 16.6N 100.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 16.8N 101.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 17.0N 101.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 17.2N 102.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 17.4N 102.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 17.7N 103.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 18.0N 103.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 18.1N 103.5W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2018 · 1 death · $250 million
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WalakaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm VicenteEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WillaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 2018
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.