Tropical Storm Joyce (2018)
Tropical Storm Joyce peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between January 7, 2018 and January 15, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.
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
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 7, 2018 to January 15, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Identifier
- SH052018
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 7, 00:00 | 13.0S 129.5E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 13.3S 129.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 13.5S 128.7E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 13.8S 128.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 14.0S 127.9E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 15.4S 127.3E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 15.8S 126.8E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 15.8S 126.3E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 16.2S 125.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 16.7S 125.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 17.3S 124.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 17.9S 123.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 16.7S 122.7E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 16.2S 122.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 16.2S 122.4E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 16.6S 122.0E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 16.8S 121.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 17.3S 121.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 18.0S 121.5E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 18.6S 121.5E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 19.3S 121.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 19.7S 120.5E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 20.2S 119.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 20.6S 119.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 21.6S 118.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 22.5S 118.0E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 23.7S 117.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 24.6S 116.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 25.6S 115.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 26.3S 114.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 27.0S 113.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 27.4S 113.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 28.4S 113.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 29.2S 113.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm CempakaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm DahliaSouth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm HildaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone AvaSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone IrvingSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone BerguittaSouth Indian · 2018 · $107 million
- Cyclone CebileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone KelvinSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone DumazileSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone EliakimSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MarcusSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FakirSouth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone FlamboyanSouth 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.