Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for JOSHUA-21 Off-shore from 15 Jan 2021 18:00 UTC to 19 Jan 2021 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for JOSHUA-21

Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone JOSHUA-21 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000758
Name	JOSHUA-21
From - To	15 Jan - 19 Jan
Exposed countries	Off-shore
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability	--

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	n.a	0 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	83 km/h	0.2 m	243 mm	0.5
GFS	104 km/h	0.2 m	667 mm	0.5
ECMWF	104 km/h	0.2 m	626 mm	0.5

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Eloïse passe au stade de forte tempête tropicale, elle évolue à 790 km.. 1/19/2021 3:52:00 AM.

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