Tropical Storm Eketsang (2019)
Tropical Storm Eketsang peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between January 23, 2019 and January 26, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Eketsang, 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 23, 2019 to January 26, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 151 km (94 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Identifier
- 2019023S21041
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 23, 06:00 | 20.6S 40.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 21.3S 40.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 22.1S 41.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 23.2S 41.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 24.5S 42.1E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 25.6S 42.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 26.3S 43.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 26.8S 44.3E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 27.5S 45.7E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 28.4S 47.3E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 29.2S 49.1E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 30.0S 51.2E | 33 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 32.4S 53.4E | 33 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm DesmondSouth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone RileySouth 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.