The 1995 season

Typhoon Zack (1995)

Typhoon Zack reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 21, 1995 and November 2, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Zack, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 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
October 21, 1995 to November 2, 1995
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.1
Identifier
WP281995

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 21, 00:004.8N 163.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 06:005.0N 161.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 12:005.2N 160.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 21, 18:005.5N 158.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 00:005.7N 156.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 06:005.9N 154.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 12:006.1N 152.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 22, 18:006.4N 150.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 23, 00:006.8N 148.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 23, 06:006.5N 146.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 23, 12:006.2N 145.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 23, 18:006.0N 143.6E25 ktNot reported
Oct 24, 00:006.2N 142.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 24, 06:006.3N 141.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 24, 12:006.6N 140.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 24, 18:006.9N 139.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 25, 00:007.2N 138.1E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Oct 25, 06:007.4N 137.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:007.7N 136.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:007.8N 135.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:008.0N 134.4E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:008.3N 133.7E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:008.7N 132.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:009.2N 132.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:009.8N 131.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0010.0N 129.7E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0010.2N 128.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0010.3N 126.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:0010.5N 125.4E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0010.8N 124.2E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0010.9N 123.0E90 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:0011.0N 121.7E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:0011.2N 120.3E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0011.3N 119.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0011.4N 117.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0011.9N 116.9E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:0012.4N 116.0E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0013.1N 115.3E105 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:0013.8N 114.7E120 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0014.3N 114.0E115 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0014.6N 113.1E115 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0014.7N 112.3E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0014.7N 111.5E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0014.7N 110.6E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0014.7N 109.5E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0014.7N 108.4E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0014.6N 106.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0014.6N 105.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0014.5N 103.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0014.5N 102.2E15 ktNot reported

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.