Cyclone Dumazile (2018)
Cyclone Dumazile reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 1, 2018 and March 10, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 941 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Dumazile, 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
- March 1, 2018 to March 10, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb (27.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 151 km (94 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 310 nmi (574 km, 357 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 410 nmi (759 km, 472 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- SH112018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 12.7S 56.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 13.2S 56.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 13.3S 55.4E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 13.0S 54.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 13.0S 54.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 12.6S 53.8E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 12.5S 54.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 12.9S 54.5E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 14.1S 54.1E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 14.8S 53.4E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 15.3S 52.5E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 15.9S 52.1E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 16.9S 51.5E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 17.8S 51.1E | 70 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 18.6S 50.9E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 19.3S 50.6E | 85 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 20.3S 50.9E | 90 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 21.1S 51.2E | 105 kt | 947 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 22.2S 51.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 22.8S 52.1E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 23.2S 52.6E | 90 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 24.0S 53.4E | 85 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 24.8S 54.3E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 25.6S 55.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 26.4S 55.3E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 27.0S 55.8E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 27.7S 56.1E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 28.4S 56.9E | 55 kt | 981 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 29.1S 57.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 30.0S 58.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 31.1S 59.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 33.1S 60.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 35.3S 61.3E | 45 kt | 976 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 37.0S 62.1E | 43 kt | 977 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 39.0S 63.2E | 42 kt | 977 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 41.0S 64.4E | 40 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 43.7S 66.2E | 40 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 46.9S 68.4E | 40 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm CempakaSouth Indian · 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 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.
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.