Tropical Storm Cempaka (2018)
Tropical Storm Cempaka peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between November 25, 2017 and November 29, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Cempaka, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- November 25, 2017 to November 29, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Identifier
- 2017329S10110
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 9.5S 109.5E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 9.4S 109.4E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 9.3S 109.3E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 9.3S 109.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 9.3S 109.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 9.2S 109.4E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 12:00 | 9.1S 109.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 18:00 | 8.9S 109.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 00:00 | 8.8S 109.9E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 06:00 | 8.6S 110.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 12:00 | 8.6S 110.8E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 18:00 | 8.6S 111.3E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 00:00 | 8.5S 111.4E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 06:00 | 8.7S 111.0E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 12:00 | 8.9S 111.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 28, 18:00 | 9.4S 111.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 29, 00:00 | 9.5S 111.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm DahliaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm HildaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone AvaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone IrvingSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm JoyceSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone BerguittaSouth Indian · 2018 · $107 million
- Cyclone CebileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone KelvinSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone DumazileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone EliakimSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MarcusSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FakirSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FlamboyanSouth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.