Typhoon Bart (1996)

Typhoon Bart reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 7, 1996 and May 20, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Bart, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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: May 7, 1996 to May 20, 1996
Peak strength: Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure: 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 240 km (149 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 25.8
Identifier: WP041996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 7, 00:00	6.6N 137.8E	15 kt		Not reported
May 7, 06:00	6.8N 138.0E	15 kt		Not reported
May 7, 12:00	6.9N 138.4E	15 kt		Not reported
May 7, 18:00	7.0N 138.9E	15 kt		Not reported
May 8, 00:00	7.1N 139.2E	15 kt		Not reported
May 8, 06:00	7.1N 139.4E	15 kt		Not reported
May 8, 12:00	7.1N 139.7E	20 kt		Not reported
May 8, 18:00	7.2N 139.9E	20 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 00:00	7.4N 139.9E	20 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 06:00	7.6N 139.7E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 12:00	7.8N 139.3E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 9, 18:00	8.1N 138.7E	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 00:00	8.4N 138.0E	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 06:00	9.0N 136.9E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 12:00	9.6N 135.9E	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 10, 18:00	10.5N 134.7E	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 00:00	11.3N 133.6E	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 06:00	11.7N 132.5E	50 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 12:00	11.7N 131.7E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 11, 18:00	11.8N 130.8E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 12, 00:00	12.1N 129.7E	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 12, 06:00	12.6N 128.9E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
May 12, 12:00	13.2N 128.3E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 12, 18:00	13.6N 127.9E	65 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
May 13, 00:00	14.1N 127.5E	75 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
May 13, 06:00	14.5N 127.0E	85 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
May 13, 12:00	15.0N 126.5E	95 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
May 13, 18:00	15.4N 126.1E	110 kt	950 mb	Tropical storm
May 14, 00:00	15.7N 125.8E	125 kt	935 mb	Tropical storm
May 14, 06:00	16.1N 125.5E	125 kt	930 mb	Tropical storm
May 14, 12:00	16.6N 125.2E	120 kt	930 mb	Tropical storm
May 14, 18:00	17.2N 124.9E	115 kt	930 mb	Tropical storm
May 15, 00:00	17.7N 124.8E	115 kt	930 mb	Tropical storm
May 15, 06:00	18.2N 124.8E	115 kt	935 mb	Tropical storm
May 15, 12:00	18.6N 125.0E	115 kt	945 mb	Tropical storm
May 15, 18:00	19.1N 125.4E	115 kt	950 mb	Tropical storm
May 16, 00:00	19.4N 125.9E	115 kt	950 mb	Tropical storm
May 16, 06:00	19.6N 126.6E	115 kt	955 mb	Tropical storm
May 16, 12:00	19.9N 127.5E	105 kt	955 mb	Tropical storm
May 16, 18:00	20.4N 128.8E	95 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
May 17, 00:00	21.1N 130.2E	85 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
May 17, 06:00	22.2N 131.7E	80 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
May 17, 12:00	23.4N 133.3E	75 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
May 17, 18:00	24.6N 135.1E	65 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 00:00	25.8N 136.8E	55 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 06:00	26.7N 138.4E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 12:00	27.6N 140.3E	45 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 18:00	28.2N 142.0E	45 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 00:00	28.7N 144.2E	45 kt	996 mb	Extratropical
May 19, 06:00	29.4N 147.2E	45 kt	1002 mb	Extratropical
May 19, 12:00	30.4N 151.9E	45 kt	1006 mb	Extratropical
May 19, 18:00	32.0N 155.0E		1008 mb	Extratropical
May 20, 00:00	32.0N 156.0E		1008 mb	Extratropical
May 20, 06:00	32.0N 160.0E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 20, 12:00	32.0N 171.0E		1012 mb	Extratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1996

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.