The 2019 season

Tropical Storm Bouchra (2019)

Tropical Storm Bouchra peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between November 9, 2018 and November 22, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Bouchra, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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
South Indian
Dates
November 9, 2018 to November 22, 2018
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 955 km (593 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.6
Identifier
SH042019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 9, 06:005.1S 90.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 9, 12:005.0S 90.4E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 18:005.0S 90.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 00:005.2S 90.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:005.5S 90.6E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:005.5S 90.1E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:005.5S 89.6E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 00:005.6S 89.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:005.6S 88.5E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:005.3S 88.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:005.3S 89.0E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:005.6S 89.1E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:006.0S 89.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:006.3S 89.4E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:006.6S 89.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:006.8S 89.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 06:007.0S 90.1E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 12:007.0S 90.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 18:007.0S 90.6E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 00:006.8S 90.9E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:006.6S 91.3E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:006.6S 91.1E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 18:006.8S 90.8E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 00:007.2S 91.2E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 06:007.8S 91.5E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 12:008.2S 92.0E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 18:008.4S 92.4E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 00:009.0S 92.1E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 06:009.7S 91.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 12:0010.0S 90.9E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 18:0010.5S 90.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 00:0010.8S 89.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 06:0011.2S 88.6E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 12:0011.4S 87.4E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 18:0011.4S 86.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0011.5S 85.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0012.4S 84.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0013.0S 83.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0013.4S 82.6E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0013.9S 81.7E55 kt981 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0014.6S 81.0E60 kt977 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0015.0S 80.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0015.4S 79.3E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0015.5S 78.8E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0015.3S 78.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0015.5S 77.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:0015.5S 77.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 00:0015.8S 76.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 06:0015.3S 76.8E25 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:0015.4S 76.3E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:0015.4S 75.5E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:0015.3S 74.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2019

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.