Cyclone Sagar (2018)
Cyclone Sagar reached Category 1 in the North Indian between May 15, 2018 and May 20, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Sagar, 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 15, 2018 to May 20, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 95 nmi (176 km, 109 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012018
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 15, 18:00 | 11.3N 53.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 00:00 | 12.0N 52.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 06:00 | 12.7N 51.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 12:00 | 13.1N 50.6E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 18:00 | 13.2N 49.7E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 13.2N 49.3E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 06:00 | 13.2N 48.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 13.0N 48.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 12.4N 47.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 00:00 | 11.9N 46.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 11.7N 45.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 11.5N 45.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 11.2N 45.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 00:00 | 10.9N 44.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 10.6N 44.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 10.3N 43.9E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 10.0N 43.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 9.9N 42.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 9.8N 41.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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
- 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.