Cyclone Fakir (2018)
Cyclone Fakir reached Category 1 in the South Indian between April 20, 2018 and April 26, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Fakir, 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
- April 20, 2018 to April 26, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 52 km (32 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 26 nmi (48 km, 30 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:00 | 7.1S 54.9E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 20, 18:00 | 7.2S 54.1E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 00:00 | 7.3S 53.3E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 06:00 | 7.5S 52.7E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 12:00 | 8.1S 51.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 21, 18:00 | 8.7S 51.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 22, 00:00 | 9.4S 51.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 22, 06:00 | 10.2S 50.9E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 12:00 | 11.1S 50.7E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 22, 18:00 | 12.0S 51.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 23, 00:00 | 13.2S 51.5E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 06:00 | 14.5S 52.2E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 12:00 | 15.9S 52.9E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 23, 18:00 | 17.6S 53.9E | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 00:00 | 19.4S 55.0E | 75 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 24, 06:00 | 21.4S 56.4E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 24, 12:00 | 22.8S 57.5E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 24, 18:00 | 23.9S 58.4E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 25, 00:00 | 24.6S 59.1E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 25, 06:00 | 25.5S 59.8E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 25, 12:00 | 26.4S 60.6E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 27.1S 61.3E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 27.7S 61.9E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 27.7S 63.0E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 27.2S 65.4E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 27.0S 68.2E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
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 EliakimSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MarcusSouth 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.