The 1995 season

Typhoon Sibyl (1995)

Typhoon Sibyl reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 21, 1995 and October 4, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Sibyl. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 21, 1995 to October 4, 1995
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.5
Identifier
WP201995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 21, 06:006.0N 174.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 12:006.0N 172.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 18:006.0N 169.8E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 00:005.9N 167.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 06:005.8N 166.6E20 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 12:005.7N 165.4E25 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 18:005.4N 163.9E25 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 00:005.3N 162.1E25 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 06:005.3N 160.5E25 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 12:005.4N 158.8E20 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 18:005.6N 157.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 00:005.8N 155.2E15 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 06:006.0N 153.4E20 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 12:006.2N 151.6E20 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 18:006.3N 149.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 00:006.5N 147.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 06:006.6N 145.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 12:006.8N 144.1E20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 18:007.0N 142.5E20 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 00:007.1N 141.2E20 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 06:007.1N 140.0E25 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 12:007.0N 138.7E25 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 18:007.0N 137.4E25 ktNot reported
Sep 27, 00:007.3N 136.3E25 ktDisturbance
Sep 27, 06:007.5N 135.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:007.9N 133.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:008.2N 132.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:008.8N 131.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:009.4N 130.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0010.0N 129.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0010.5N 128.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0011.0N 127.3E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0011.4N 126.2E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0011.7N 124.9E65 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0012.2N 124.0E75 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0012.7N 123.1E90 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0013.2N 122.2E90 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0013.8N 121.7E95 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0014.8N 121.0E85 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0015.8N 119.8E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0016.4N 118.5E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0016.9N 117.1E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0017.2N 116.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0017.8N 115.1E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0018.4N 114.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0019.2N 113.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0019.9N 112.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0020.7N 111.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0021.7N 111.2E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0022.9N 111.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0023.7N 111.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0024.4N 110.9E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Oct 4, 06:0025.0N 111.0E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0025.6N 111.1E15 kt1010 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1995

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.