The 1997 season

Typhoon Marie (1997)

Typhoon Marie reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between May 25, 1997 and June 2, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Marie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 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 25, 1997 to June 2, 1997
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1633 km (1015 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.3
Identifier
WP061997

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 25, 12:009.1N 161.4E20 ktNot reported
May 25, 18:009.3N 161.2E20 ktNot reported
May 26, 00:009.5N 161.0E20 ktNot reported
May 26, 06:009.7N 160.8E25 ktNot reported
May 26, 12:009.8N 160.5E25 ktNot reported
May 26, 18:0010.1N 159.9E25 ktNot reported
May 27, 00:0010.7N 159.3E30 ktNot reported
May 27, 06:0011.4N 158.7E30 ktNot reported
May 27, 12:0012.1N 158.1E30 ktNot reported
May 27, 18:0012.6N 157.8E30 kt1002 mbMixed
May 28, 00:0013.0N 157.8E30 kt1002 mbMixed
May 28, 06:0013.3N 157.9E30 kt1002 mbMixed
May 28, 12:0013.6N 158.0E30 kt1002 mbMixed
May 28, 18:0013.9N 158.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 29, 00:0014.4N 158.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 29, 06:0015.0N 158.9E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 29, 12:0015.8N 159.3E65 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 29, 18:0016.7N 159.6E75 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 30, 00:0017.6N 159.9E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
May 30, 06:0018.5N 160.0E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 30, 12:0019.6N 160.1E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
May 30, 18:0020.8N 160.2E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:0022.0N 160.3E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
May 31, 06:0023.1N 160.7E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
May 31, 12:0024.2N 161.6E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
May 31, 18:0025.3N 162.6E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 00:0026.4N 164.0E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 06:0027.8N 166.0E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 12:0029.0N 168.3E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 18:0030.6N 171.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 00:0032.3N 174.6E55 kt996 mbMixed
Jun 2, 06:0034.3N 178.4E50 kt1000 mbMixed
Jun 2, 12:0036.5N 177.4W50 ktMixed
Jun 2, 18:0038.4N 172.4W50 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1997

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.