The 2018 season

Tropical Depression Toraji (2018)

Tropical Depression Toraji peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between November 16, 2018 and November 21, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Toraji, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 16, 2018 to November 21, 2018
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size
160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
WP322018

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 16, 18:009.8N 113.7E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 17, 00:0010.0N 112.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 06:0010.2N 112.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 12:0010.5N 111.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 18:0010.8N 110.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 00:0011.2N 110.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 06:0011.7N 109.2E25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 12:0012.0N 107.6E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 18:0011.5N 106.6E15 kt1010 mbLow
Nov 19, 00:0010.6N 105.7E15 kt1010 mbLow
Nov 19, 06:009.8N 105.0E15 kt1010 mbLow
Nov 19, 12:009.2N 104.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 18:008.8N 103.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 00:008.5N 102.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 06:008.3N 102.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 12:008.2N 101.5E25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:008.0N 100.9E25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 00:007.6N 100.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other Western 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.