Cyclone Eliakim (2018)
Cyclone Eliakim reached Category 1 in the South Indian between March 13, 2018 and March 22, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Eliakim, 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 13, 2018 to March 22, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Identifier
- SH142018
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 13, 12:00 | 11.9S 56.8E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 12.0S 57.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 12.7S 56.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 13.1S 56.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 13.7S 55.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 14.0S 55.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 14.7S 54.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 15.1S 53.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 15.4S 53.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 15.8S 51.8E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 15.9S 51.0E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 15.8S 50.5E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 15.8S 50.2E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 15.7S 49.7E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 15.7S 49.6E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 15.9S 49.4E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 16.4S 49.4E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 17.3S 49.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 18.4S 49.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 19.5S 49.2E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 20.1S 49.4E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 21.1S 49.7E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 22.1S 49.9E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 23.1S 50.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 24.0S 50.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 25.1S 51.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 26.3S 52.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 27.5S 53.0E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 28.8S 53.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 30.1S 54.5E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 31.4S 54.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 32.3S 55.5E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 33.7S 55.4E | 42 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 34.6S 56.3E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 35.9S 57.2E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 37.8S 58.2E | 42 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 40.3S 60.1E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 43.7S 62.3E | 47 kt | 985 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 DumazileSouth 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.