Super Typhoon Jelawat (2018)
Super Typhoon Jelawat reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between March 23, 2018 and April 2, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Jelawat, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- March 23, 2018 to April 2, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 728 km (452 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 43 nmi (80 km, 49 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 7 nmi (13 km, 8 mi)
- Overall size
- 325 nmi (602 km, 374 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032018
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 23, 06:00 | 4.4N 147.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 4.8N 146.9E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 5.1N 146.4E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 5.3N 145.9E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 5.6N 145.2E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 5.8N 143.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 6.0N 142.5E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 6.2N 141.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 6.3N 140.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 6.5N 139.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 6.9N 138.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 7.5N 137.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 8.2N 136.7E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 8.7N 136.1E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 9.1N 135.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 9.5N 134.8E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 9.7N 135.2E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 10.4N 135.3E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 11.2N 135.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 12.3N 135.5E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 13.7N 135.5E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 14.4N 135.4E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 15.2N 135.4E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 15.2N 135.7E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 15.2N 135.9E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 15.2N 136.3E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 15.3N 136.9E | 70 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 15.7N 137.4E | 90 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 16.2N 138.1E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 16.8N 139.1E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 17.5N 139.9E | 120 kt | 936 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 18.1N 140.7E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 18.3N 141.6E | 75 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 18.4N 142.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 18.8N 144.4E | 50 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 19.3N 145.3E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 19.8N 146.0E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 19.9N 146.8E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 19.9N 147.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 19.9N 148.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 19.8N 149.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 19.7N 150.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm BolavenWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon LeepiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deaths
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2018 · 86 deaths
- Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 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.