Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 14–19, 2018
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) was a tropical storm of the 2018 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 14, 2018, 135 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on June 17, 2018, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.3 days and travelled about 434 miles (698 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 24 mi | Jun 17 · 03:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.9°N 100.0°W | 135 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 15.1°N 100.0°W | 121 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 15.4°N 99.9°W | 100 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 15.6°N 99.8°W | 87 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 15.8°N 99.6°W | 75 mi SSE of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 16 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 15.9°N 99.4°W | 60 mi SSW of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 16 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 15.9°N 99.3°W | 58 mi SSW of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 16 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 15.9°N 99.2°W | 57 mi S of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 16 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 16.0°N 99.2°W | 50 mi S of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 16.4°N 99.5°W | 28 mi SSW of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 17 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 16.6°N 100.4°W | 37 mi WSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 17 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 16.8°N 101.0°W | 38 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 17.0°N 101.7°W | 46 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 17.2°N 102.2°W | 53 mi S of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 18 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 17.4°N 102.6°W | 47 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 18 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 17.7°N 103.0°W | 56 mi WSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 18 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 18.0°N 103.3°W | 55 mi S of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 19 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 18.1°N 103.5°W | 52 mi SSW of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Carlotta. Its closest approach to a major city was 24 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on June 17, 2018, Carlotta was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb.
4.3 days, from June 14, 2018 to June 19, 2018. It travelled about 434 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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