Tropical Storm Phethai (2018)
Tropical Storm Phethai peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between December 13, 2018 and December 17, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Phethai, 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
- December 13, 2018 to December 17, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 195 nmi (361 km, 224 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- IO082018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 6.5N 88.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 6.8N 88.5E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 6.9N 88.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 7.4N 88.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 7.6N 87.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 7.8N 87.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 8.0N 86.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 8.5N 86.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 9.0N 85.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 9.7N 85.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 10.1N 84.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 10.6N 84.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 11.4N 84.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 12.3N 83.9E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 13.4N 83.1E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 14.1N 82.8E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 14.8N 82.6E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 15.8N 82.4E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 16.8N 82.5E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 18.1N 83.0E | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
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 LubanNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone TitliNorth Indian · 2018
- Cyclone GajaNorth 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.