Tropical Storm Desmond (2019)
Tropical Storm Desmond peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between January 17, 2019 and January 22, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Desmond, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 17, 2019 to January 22, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- SH102019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 23.6S 33.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 22.9S 34.2E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 22.4S 35.1E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 22.3S 36.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 22.6S 37.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 23.1S 37.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 23.4S 37.1E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 23.7S 36.9E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 23.5S 37.4E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 23.4S 37.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 23.3S 38.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 23.0S 38.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 22.3S 39.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 21.5S 39.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 20.8S 38.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 20.2S 37.9E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 19.6S 37.3E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 19.1S 36.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 18.4S 35.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone AlcideSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm BouchraSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KenangaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone CilidaSouth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone RileySouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm EketsangSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone FunaniSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone GelenaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone HalehSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone IdaiSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone SavannahSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone VeronicaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone JoaninhaSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm WallaceSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone LornaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KennethSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm LiliSouth Indian · 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.