The 2022 season

Tropical Storm Seth (2022)

Tropical Storm Seth peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between December 23, 2021 and January 7, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Seth, 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
December 23, 2021 to January 7, 2022
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.1
Identifier
SH042022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 23, 12:008.7S 130.0E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 18:009.2S 129.9E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0010.0S 129.8E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Dec 24, 06:0010.4S 129.6E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Dec 24, 12:0010.6S 129.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 24, 18:0011.1S 130.1E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Dec 25, 00:0011.5S 130.1E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Dec 25, 06:0012.0S 130.1E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Dec 25, 12:0012.6S 130.1E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Dec 25, 18:0012.9S 130.2E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Dec 26, 00:0013.3S 130.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 26, 06:0013.8S 130.5E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 26, 12:0014.1S 130.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 26, 18:0014.4S 130.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 27, 00:0014.3S 131.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 27, 06:0014.1S 131.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 27, 12:0014.1S 132.0E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 27, 18:0014.2S 132.9E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 28, 00:0014.3S 133.9E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Dec 28, 06:0014.2S 135.2E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Dec 28, 12:0014.1S 136.7E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 28, 18:0014.0S 138.0E25 kt997 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 00:0014.6S 139.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 06:0015.1S 142.3E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 12:0015.8S 143.4E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 18:0017.0S 144.9E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Dec 30, 00:0017.4S 146.9E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Dec 30, 06:0017.6S 148.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Dec 30, 12:0017.5S 150.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 30, 18:0018.1S 150.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:0019.1S 152.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:0020.0S 153.9E50 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:0020.7S 155.3E50 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:0021.0S 155.9E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0021.3S 156.7E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0021.7S 157.4E40 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jan 1, 12:0022.1S 158.3E35 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jan 1, 18:0023.7S 158.7E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jan 2, 00:0025.8S 159.0E40 kt992 mbExtratropical
Jan 2, 06:0026.5S 158.6E40 kt991 mbExtratropical
Jan 2, 12:0027.0S 158.4E40 kt989 mbExtratropical
Jan 2, 18:0027.5S 157.7E30 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0027.9S 157.3E25 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 3, 06:0028.1S 157.3E25 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 3, 12:0028.1S 157.0E25 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 3, 18:0028.0S 156.2E25 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 4, 00:0027.6S 156.0E30 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 4, 06:0026.9S 155.8E25 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 4, 12:0026.6S 155.2E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 4, 18:0026.0S 155.7E25 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 5, 00:0025.6S 155.7E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 5, 06:0025.2S 155.8E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 5, 12:0025.2S 155.2E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 5, 18:0025.2S 154.7E25 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 6, 00:0025.0S 154.3E25 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 6, 06:0024.8S 153.9E25 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 6, 12:0025.0S 153.3E20 kt1002 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 6, 18:0025.0S 153.0E20 kt1002 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 7, 00:0025.5S 152.5E15 kt1004 mbSubtropical storm
Jan 7, 06:0025.8S 152.2E15 kt1004 mbSubtropical 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.