Tropical Storm Linda (2018)
Tropical Storm Linda peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between March 11, 2018 and March 15, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Linda, 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 11, 2018 to March 15, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Identifier
- SH132018
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 11, 06:00 | 9.5S 160.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 10.7S 160.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 11.7S 159.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 13.0S 159.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 14.2S 159.8E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 15.4S 160.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 16.6S 160.2E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 17.7S 160.0E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 19.1S 159.6E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 20.5S 158.8E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 21.2S 157.7E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 21.9S 156.9E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 22.5S 156.4E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 22.8S 156.2E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 23.1S 156.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 23.8S 156.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 24.4S 156.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 25.0S 157.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 25.6S 157.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
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.