Super Typhoon Zeb (1998)
Super Typhoon Zeb reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 7, 1998 and October 20, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 900 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Zeb, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 7, 1998 to October 20, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 900 mb (26.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 28.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Identifier
- WP181998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 11.2N 151.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 11.0N 149.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 10.9N 148.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 10.9N 147.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 10.8N 145.8E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 10.8N 144.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 10.8N 143.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 10.8N 142.4E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 10.8N 141.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 10.8N 141.2E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 10.8N 140.3E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 10.6N 139.3E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 10.7N 138.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 10.7N 137.2E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 10.7N 136.0E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 10.9N 134.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 11.1N 133.6E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 11.4N 132.4E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 12.2N 131.2E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 12.9N 129.9E | 110 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 13.8N 128.7E | 125 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 14.8N 127.4E | 140 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 15.5N 126.1E | 150 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 16.0N 124.7E | 155 kt | 910 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 16.5N 123.5E | 155 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 17.0N 122.7E | 155 kt | 900 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 17.4N 122.0E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 17.7N 121.4E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 18.2N 121.1E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 19.0N 120.9E | 85 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 20.1N 121.0E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 21.2N 121.1E | 80 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 22.4N 121.3E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 23.8N 121.9E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 25.3N 122.8E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 26.5N 124.6E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 27.5N 126.5E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 29.0N 128.2E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 30.7N 130.1E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 33.1N 132.7E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 36.0N 135.5E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 40.4N 137.9E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 43.7N 141.1E | 50 kt | 986 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 45.8N 145.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 48.0N 148.3E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 49.0N 150.6E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 50.7N 154.3E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 51.1N 159.5E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 51.1N 162.9E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 50.8N 165.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm NicholeWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon OttoWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm PennyWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon RexWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon StellaWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Super Typhoon ToddWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon VickiWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm WaldoWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon YanniWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1998
- Super Typhoon BabsWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm ChipWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed typhoonWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm DawnWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm ElvisWestern Pacific · 1998
- Typhoon FaithWestern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm GilWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1998
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.