Tropical Storm Fehi (2018)
Tropical Storm Fehi peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between January 26, 2018 and February 1, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fehi, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- January 26, 2018 to February 1, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.5
- Identifier
- SH082018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 11.4S 156.1E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Low |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 11.8S 157.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Low |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 12.6S 158.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 13.7S 158.4E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 14.9S 159.1E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 15.6S 159.5E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 16.2S 160.1E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 16.8S 160.7E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 17.4S 161.3E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 18.3S 161.7E | 50 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 19.5S 162.3E | 50 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 20.2S 162.9E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 21.2S 163.4E | 45 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 23.1S 163.9E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 24.7S 163.9E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 26.3S 163.7E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 28.2S 163.7E | 45 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 30.6S 163.4E | 45 kt | 981 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 32.3S 163.5E | 45 kt | 978 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 34.4S 164.4E | 45 kt | 977 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 36.8S 166.0E | 50 kt | 973 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 40.5S 168.0E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 44.1S 171.5E | 973 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 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.