The 2019 season

Cyclone Joaninha (2019)

Cyclone Joaninha reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 18, 2019 and April 1, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 938 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Joaninha, 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
March 18, 2019 to April 1, 2019
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
938 mb (27.70 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 533 km (331 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
28.4
Identifier
SH222019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 18, 12:0013.1S 66.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 18, 18:0013.0S 65.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 19, 00:0013.0S 65.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 19, 06:0013.0S 64.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 19, 12:0013.1S 63.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 19, 18:0013.0S 62.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 20, 00:0012.8S 62.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 20, 06:0012.6S 61.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Mar 20, 12:0012.8S 60.8E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Mar 20, 18:0013.0S 60.7E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 21, 00:0013.3S 60.8E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 21, 06:0013.3S 61.0E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 21, 12:0013.1S 61.5E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 18:0014.1S 62.0E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 00:0014.3S 62.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 06:0014.6S 62.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 12:0015.0S 62.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 18:0015.6S 62.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 00:0016.1S 62.3E55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 06:0016.3S 62.1E55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 12:0016.5S 61.9E65 kt982 mbTyphoon
Mar 23, 18:0016.8S 61.7E70 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 00:0017.0S 61.6E80 kt973 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 06:0017.1S 61.7E80 kt973 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 12:0017.2S 61.8E85 kt966 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 18:0017.4S 61.9E95 kt958 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 00:0017.6S 62.1E95 kt958 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 06:0017.9S 62.6E100 kt957 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 12:0018.3S 62.8E105 kt951 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 18:0018.5S 63.2E105 kt952 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 00:0018.9S 63.7E115 kt946 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 06:0019.2S 64.3E115 kt945 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 12:0019.5S 65.0E120 kt940 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 18:0019.9S 65.5E115 kt945 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 00:0020.1S 65.9E105 kt955 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 06:0020.2S 66.4E110 kt949 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 12:0020.3S 66.8E110 kt947 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 18:0020.5S 67.1E115 kt941 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 00:0020.7S 67.3E120 kt938 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 06:0021.1S 67.5E115 kt941 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 12:0021.5S 67.6E105 kt951 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 18:0021.9S 67.7E95 kt955 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 00:0022.4S 67.9E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 06:0022.9S 68.2E80 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 12:0023.3S 68.4E75 kt969 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 18:0023.8S 68.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 00:0024.5S 69.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 06:0025.2S 69.7E60 kt979 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0025.7S 69.9E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0026.3S 70.1E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:0026.5S 69.7E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:0026.6S 69.3E40 kt988 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0026.6S 69.0E40 kt993 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0026.8S 68.9E40 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0027.2S 69.1E35 kt995 mbSubtropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0027.6S 69.6E35 kt997 mbSubtropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0028.1S 70.4E35 kt1001 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.