Tropical Storm Kristy (2018)
Tropical Storm Kristy peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 6, 2018 and August 13, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kristy, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 6, 2018 to August 13, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1558 km (968 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 14.8N 122.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 14.6N 123.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 14.4N 124.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 14.1N 125.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 14.0N 126.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 14.0N 127.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 14.0N 128.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 14.3N 128.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 14.5N 129.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 14.9N 129.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 15.4N 130.1W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 15.9N 130.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 16.5N 130.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 17.1N 130.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 17.8N 129.9W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 18.6N 129.8W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 19.4N 129.9W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 20.2N 130.0W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 20.9N 130.4W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 21.3N 130.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 21.7N 131.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 22.0N 131.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 22.3N 132.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 22.4N 132.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 22.4N 132.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 22.4N 133.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2018 · 1 death · $250 million
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WalakaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm VicenteEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WillaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern 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.