Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 19–23, 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 Vicente (2018) was a tropical storm of the 2018 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 19, 2018, 78 mi SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb on October 20, 2018, and made landfall near La Mira, Michoacán, Mexico on October 23, 2018 as a tropical depression (29 mph). The storm lasted 4.6 days and travelled about 910 miles (1,465 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2018 · 14:00 UTC | near La Mira, Michoacán, Mexico | TD 29 mph | 1008 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico | 72 mi | Oct 20 · 06:00 UTC | TS 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 13.0°N 91.5°W | 78 mi SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 13.1°N 91.7°W | 81 mi SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 13.2°N 91.8°W | 77 mi SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.3°N 92.0°W | 78 mi SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.6°N 92.4°W | 66 mi S of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 20 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 14.0°N 92.8°W | 53 mi SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 20 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 14.3°N 93.3°W | 81 mi WSW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 20 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 14.5°N 94.0°W | 97 mi SSW of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 21 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 14.7°N 94.7°W | 107 mi SSE of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 21 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 14.7°N 95.5°W | 85 mi SSE of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 21 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 14.5°N 96.5°W | 86 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.2°N 97.4°W | 117 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 22 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.1°N 98.4°W | 147 mi SSW of Río Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 22 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.1°N 99.3°W | 176 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.6°N 100.1°W | 156 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 15.2°N 100.8°W | 128 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 16.0°N 101.3°W | 95 mi SSW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 16.8°N 101.7°W | 59 mi S of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 17.8°N 102.2°W | 11 mi S of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 23 14:00 | TD LANDFALL | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 18.0°N 102.4°W | near La Mira, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Vicente made landfall once: near La Mira, Michoacán, Mexico on October 23, 2018 at 14:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 29 mph winds.
At its peak on October 20, 2018, Vicente was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1002 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.
4.6 days, from October 19, 2018 to October 23, 2018. It travelled about 910 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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