Tropical Storm Debby (2018)
Tropical Storm Debby peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 2, 2018 and August 10, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Debby, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 2, 2018 to August 10, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 663 km (412 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- AL042018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 41.2N 33.7W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 40.8N 35.5W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 40.4N 37.2W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 39.9N 38.9W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 39.2N 40.5W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 38.6N 42.2W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 37.8N 44.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 36.7N 45.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 35.7N 46.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 34.8N 47.2W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 33.9N 48.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 32.9N 49.2W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 32.2N 49.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 31.7N 50.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 31.3N 50.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 31.9N 49.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 32.6N 48.9W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 33.7N 47.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 36.0N 47.6W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 37.9N 48.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 39.0N 49.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 39.7N 49.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 40.4N 49.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 41.0N 48.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 41.6N 48.1W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 42.4N 47.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 43.2N 46.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 44.0N 44.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 45.1N 42.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 45.9N 38.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 46.5N 34.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 47.0N 30.8W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane BerylNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 32 deaths
- Tropical Storm GordonNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 11 deaths
- Tropical Storm KirkNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 72 deaths · $15 billion
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane OscarNorth Atlantic · 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.