Tropical Storm Josie (2018)
Tropical Storm Josie peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between March 30, 2018 and April 4, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Josie, 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
- March 30, 2018 to April 4, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 124 km (77 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Identifier
- SH182018
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 30, 06:00 | 18.4S 171.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 18.1S 172.2E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 17.8S 172.9E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 17.6S 173.9E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 17.8S 174.8E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 18.6S 176.0E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 19.1S 176.5E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 19.5S 176.9E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 19.7S 177.2E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 19.8S 177.3E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 19.9S 177.7E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 20.5S 178.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 21.1S 178.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 21.3S 178.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 21.4S 178.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 21.7S 179.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 22.0S 179.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 22.6S 179.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 22.8S 179.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 23.3S 178.4W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 24.0S 177.9W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 24.3S 178.2W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
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.