Track map & timeline · Atlantic · July 27 – August 2, 1998
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Alex (1998) was a tropical storm of the 1998 Atlantic season. It formed on July 27, 1998, 281 mi SSW of Praia, Cabo Verde, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb on July 30, 1998, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.3 days and travelled about 2,426 miles (3,904 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 11.3°N 25.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 11.7°N 27.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 12.2°N 29.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 12.6°N 31.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 12.9°N 33.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 13.1°N 35.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.3°N 36.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.5°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.7°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.9°N 41.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 14.2°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.4°N 43.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.7°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 15.1°N 46.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 15.4°N 47.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 15.6°N 48.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 15.7°N 49.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 15.8°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 15.9°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 16.3°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1009 mb | 16.9°N 54.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1012 mb | 17.7°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1012 mb | 18.4°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1012 mb | 19.0°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1012 mb | 19.9°N 58.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1014 mb | 21.0°N 59.3°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Alex.
At its peak on July 30, 1998, Alex was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1002 mb.
6.3 days, from July 27, 1998 to August 2, 1998. It travelled about 2,426 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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