Tropical Storm Joyce (2018)
Tropical Storm Joyce peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between September 12, 2018 and September 21, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Joyce, 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 Atlantic
- Dates
- September 12, 2018 to September 21, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1077 km (669 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL102018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 37.0N 39.8W | 45 kt | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 36.6N 40.7W | 45 kt | 1011 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 35.8N 41.5W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 34.8N 41.9W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 34.3N 42.4W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 34.0N 42.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 33.9N 43.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 33.6N 43.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 33.1N 44.4W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 32.5N 44.8W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 31.8N 44.9W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 31.5N 44.5W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 31.4N 43.9W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 31.5N 42.8W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 31.9N 41.6W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 32.5N 40.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 33.2N 38.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 33.8N 37.1W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 34.3N 35.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 34.4N 33.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 34.3N 31.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 34.2N 30.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 34.1N 28.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 33.9N 28.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 33.5N 27.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 32.8N 27.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 32.0N 27.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 31.1N 27.5W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 30.4N 27.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 30.0N 28.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 29.9N 29.2W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 29.9N 29.9W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 29.8N 30.6W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 29.6N 31.4W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 29.5N 32.3W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 29.6N 33.2W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 29.7N 34.0W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 30.1N 34.7W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 30.8N 35.0W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane BerylNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 32 deaths
- Tropical Storm GordonNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 11 deaths
- Tropical Storm KirkNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 72 deaths · $15 billion
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane OscarNorth Atlantic · 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.