Cyclone Gaja (2018)
Cyclone Gaja reached Category 1 in the North Indian between November 10, 2018 and November 19, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Gaja, 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 Indian
- Dates
- November 10, 2018 to November 19, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 275 nmi (509 km, 316 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- IO072018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 12.0N 92.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 12.9N 90.2E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 13.2N 89.7E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 13.3N 89.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 13.4N 88.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 13.1N 87.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 12.8N 87.2E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 12.5N 87.3E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 12.3N 87.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 12.9N 87.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 13.4N 87.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 13.9N 87.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 13.8N 86.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 13.6N 86.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 13.4N 85.8E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 13.1N 85.4E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 12.8N 85.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 12.3N 84.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 12.0N 83.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 11.6N 83.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 11.3N 82.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 10.9N 81.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 10.6N 80.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 10.5N 79.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 10.4N 77.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 10.0N 76.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 9.7N 75.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 9.6N 74.0E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 9.8N 72.8E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 10.0N 71.9E | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 10.3N 70.9E | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 10.5N 70.0E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 06:00 | 10.5N 69.1E | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 10.5N 68.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 10.5N 67.5E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 10.5N 66.7E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 10.5N 65.9E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 11.2N 65.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone SagarNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MekunuNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm DayeNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone LubanNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone TitliNorth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm PhethaiNorth 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.