The 1992 season

Typhoon Forrest (1992)

Typhoon Forrest reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 8, 1992 and November 22, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Forrest, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1992 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 8, 1992 to November 22, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
952 mb (28.11 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
19.8
Fastest the center moved
23 kt (26 mph)
Identifier
WP301992

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 8, 12:007.9N 140.7E15 ktNot reported
Nov 8, 18:008.2N 139.2E15 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 00:008.6N 137.7E15 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 06:008.9N 136.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 12:009.1N 134.6E20 ktNot reported
Nov 9, 18:009.3N 132.8E20 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 00:009.5N 131.3E20 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 06:009.4N 129.7E25 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 12:009.4N 128.0E25 ktNot reported
Nov 10, 18:009.4N 126.5E25 ktNot reported
Nov 11, 00:009.5N 125.1E25 ktNot reported
Nov 11, 06:009.7N 123.7E25 ktNot reported
Nov 11, 12:0010.0N 122.2E25 ktNot reported
Nov 11, 18:0010.3N 120.5E25 ktNot reported
Nov 12, 00:0010.5N 118.7E25 ktNot reported
Nov 12, 06:0010.2N 116.9E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:009.7N 115.2E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:009.5N 113.5E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:009.4N 111.8E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 06:009.2N 110.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 12:008.9N 108.9E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:008.4N 107.8E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:008.0N 106.7E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:007.7N 105.4E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:007.7N 104.2E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:007.8N 103.0E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:007.9N 102.1E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:008.1N 100.7E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:008.4N 99.1E55 ktTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:008.7N 97.5E55 ktTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:009.0N 96.1E50 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:009.3N 94.9E45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:009.5N 93.9E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:009.6N 93.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:009.8N 92.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0010.0N 90.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0010.4N 89.6E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0011.1N 88.7E60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0011.9N 88.2E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0012.9N 87.8E65 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0014.0N 87.7E70 kt974 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0015.0N 87.8E80 kt974 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0015.9N 88.0E90 kt966 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0016.7N 88.3E100 kt952 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0017.3N 88.6E105 kt952 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0017.9N 88.8E115 kt954 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0018.5N 89.0E125 kt954 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0019.0N 89.3E120 kt956 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0019.4N 90.0E120 kt968 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0019.6N 90.8E110 kt972 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0019.9N 91.6E100 kt972 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0020.3N 92.5E95 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0020.4N 93.3E85 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0020.2N 93.9E45 kt1008 mbNot reported
Nov 22, 00:0019.9N 94.5E30 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1992

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.