Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 22–28, 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 Kirk (2018) was a tropical storm of the 2018 Atlantic season. It formed on September 22, 2018, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb on September 26, 2018, and made landfall near Dennery, Saint Lucia on September 28, 2018 as a tropical storm (52 mph). The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 2,956 miles (4,757 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2018 · 01:00 UTC | near Dennery, Saint Lucia | TS 52 mph | 1002 mb |
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 7.7°N 21.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 8.1°N 22.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 8.5°N 24.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 8.9°N 25.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 9.1°N 27.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 9.2°N 29.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 9.3°N 31.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 9.4°N 34.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 9.6°N 36.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 9.8°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 10.0°N 40.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 10.3°N 42.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 10.7°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 11.0°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 11.3°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 11.5°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1004 mb | 11.8°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1002 mb | 12.1°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 12.5°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 12.9°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 13.3°N 57.7°W | 130 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 13.6°N 58.7°W | 71 mi ENE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 14.0°N 59.8°W | 63 mi N of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 13.8°N 60.8°W | 10 mi SE of Dennery, Saint Lucia |
| Sep 28 01:00 | TS LANDFALL | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 13.8°N 60.9°W | near Dennery, Saint Lucia |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 13.3°N 61.9°W | 46 mi WNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 13.6°N 63.1°W | 130 mi WNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 14.4°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Kirk made landfall once: near Dennery, Saint Lucia on September 28, 2018 at 01:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds.
At its peak on September 26, 2018, Kirk was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 998 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
6.5 days, from September 22, 2018 to September 28, 2018. It travelled about 2,956 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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