Tropical Storm Karim (2022)

Tropical Storm Karim peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between May 5, 2022 and May 11, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Karim, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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: May 5, 2022 to May 11, 2022
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure: 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1228 km (763 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 5.0
Identifier: SH252022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 5, 18:00	5.7S 87.7E	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 00:00	6.0S 88.1E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 06:00	6.4S 88.4E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 12:00	6.8S 88.7E	25 kt	1002 mb	Mixed
May 6, 18:00	7.1S 89.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 7, 00:00	7.5S 89.3E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
May 7, 06:00	7.8S 89.6E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
May 7, 12:00	8.5S 90.0E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 7, 18:00	9.3S 90.1E	45 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
May 8, 00:00	9.8S 90.2E	50 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
May 8, 06:00	10.3S 90.3E	55 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
May 8, 12:00	10.6S 90.4E	55 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
May 8, 18:00	11.0S 90.6E	60 kt	983 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 00:00	11.6S 90.7E	60 kt	983 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 06:00	12.3S 90.8E	60 kt	983 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 12:00	13.2S 90.9E	60 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 18:00	13.9S 91.1E	60 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 00:00	15.4S 91.6E	60 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 06:00	16.4S 92.0E	55 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 12:00	17.8S 92.7E	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 18:00	18.7S 93.2E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 00:00	19.4S 94.0E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 06:00	19.3S 95.2E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 12:00	19.0S 96.7E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 18:00	18.8S 97.9E	35 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm

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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.