The 1999 season

Typhoon Virgil (1999)

Typhoon Virgil reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 23, 1999 and August 29, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Virgil, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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
August 23, 1999 to August 29, 1999
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 780 km (485 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.4
Identifier
WP191999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 23, 00:0027.2N 139.9E20 kt1012 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0026.9N 139.7E20 kt1012 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0026.6N 139.6E20 kt1012 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0026.2N 139.5E20 kt1012 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0025.6N 140.0E25 kt1012 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0025.4N 140.3E25 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0025.3N 140.7E25 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0025.4N 141.2E30 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0025.7N 141.8E30 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0026.1N 142.9E65 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0026.3N 143.5E70 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0026.6N 144.2E70 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0027.1N 144.9E65 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0027.5N 145.3E65 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0027.9N 145.6E60 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0028.1N 145.7E50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0028.4N 145.9E50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0028.6N 146.1E45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0028.9N 146.4E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0029.2N 146.7E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0029.4N 147.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0029.7N 148.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0030.2N 149.5E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0030.6N 150.8E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0030.9N 152.2E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0030.9N 154.2E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0030.7N 156.0E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0030.7N 157.9E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1999

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.