Cyclone Luban (2018)
Cyclone Luban reached Category 2 in the North Indian between October 5, 2018 and October 15, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Luban, 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 Indian
- Dates
- October 5, 2018 to October 15, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 410 nmi (759 km, 472 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- IO052018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 11.2N 68.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 11.0N 67.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 11.0N 67.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 11.0N 66.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 11.1N 66.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 11.2N 66.1E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 11.5N 65.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 11.8N 64.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 11.8N 63.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 11.8N 62.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 11.9N 61.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 12.2N 61.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 12.4N 61.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 12.7N 60.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 12.9N 60.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 13.1N 60.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 13.7N 59.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 13.9N 59.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 14.2N 59.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 14.4N 58.6E | 85 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 14.4N 58.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 14.4N 58.2E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 14.4N 58.0E | 70 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 14.5N 57.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 14.6N 57.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 14.6N 57.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 14.6N 57.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 14.6N 56.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 14.7N 56.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 14.7N 55.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 14.8N 55.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 14.9N 54.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 15.1N 53.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 15.5N 52.8E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 15.8N 52.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 16.2N 51.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 16.5N 51.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 16.2N 49.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone SagarNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone MekunuNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm DayeNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone TitliNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone GajaNorth Indian · 2018
- Tropical Storm PhethaiNorth 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.