Cyclone Mekunu (2018)
Cyclone Mekunu reached Category 3 in the North Indian between May 21, 2018 and May 27, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Mekunu, 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
- May 21, 2018 to May 27, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.2
- Identifier
- IO022018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 06:00 | 7.9N 58.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 12:00 | 8.3N 58.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 18:00 | 8.7N 57.8E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 22, 00:00 | 9.1N 57.5E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 06:00 | 9.6N 57.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 12:00 | 10.2N 56.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 18:00 | 10.6N 56.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 00:00 | 10.9N 56.1E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 06:00 | 11.4N 56.2E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 23, 12:00 | 11.9N 56.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 23, 18:00 | 12.5N 55.8E | 75 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 00:00 | 13.0N 55.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 06:00 | 13.7N 55.6E | 80 kt | 971 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 12:00 | 14.3N 55.4E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 24, 18:00 | 14.9N 54.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 00:00 | 15.2N 54.7E | 85 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 06:00 | 15.7N 54.6E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 12:00 | 16.3N 54.4E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| May 25, 18:00 | 16.7N 53.9E | 100 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 00:00 | 17.2N 53.5E | 85 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 06:00 | 17.9N 53.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 26, 12:00 | 18.6N 53.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 26, 18:00 | 18.9N 52.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 00:00 | 19.0N 52.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 27, 06:00 | 19.0N 52.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone SagarNorth 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 LubanNorth 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.