The 2000 season

Typhoon Bebinca (2000)

Typhoon Bebinca reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 30, 2000 and November 8, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Bebinca, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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 30, 2000 to November 8, 2000
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.5
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP312000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 30, 12:006.0N 136.1E20 ktTropical depression
Oct 30, 18:006.3N 134.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 00:008.0N 133.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 06:009.0N 132.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 12:009.5N 131.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 18:0010.0N 130.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 1, 00:0010.6N 129.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0011.4N 128.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0012.1N 126.9E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0012.8N 126.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0013.5N 124.8E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0014.1N 123.5E75 kt985 mbTyphoon
Nov 2, 12:0014.4N 122.4E85 kt985 mbTyphoon
Nov 2, 18:0014.5N 121.4E85 kt990 mbTyphoon
Nov 3, 00:0014.7N 120.4E75 kt998 mbTyphoon
Nov 3, 06:0015.0N 119.6E65 kt996 mbTyphoon
Nov 3, 12:0015.3N 118.8E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 18:0015.7N 118.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 00:0016.2N 117.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 06:0016.4N 117.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0016.9N 117.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0017.0N 117.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 00:0017.1N 117.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 06:0017.8N 116.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0018.5N 116.6E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Nov 5, 18:0019.2N 116.7E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 00:0019.5N 116.9E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 06:0019.9N 117.0E65 kt990 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 12:0020.1N 116.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0020.3N 116.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0020.4N 115.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 06:0020.7N 115.2E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 12:0020.9N 114.3E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 18:0021.1N 113.6E25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 00:0021.4N 113.0E20 ktTropical depression

Other Western Pacific storms of 2000

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.