The 2000 season

Super Typhoon Bilis (2000)

Super Typhoon Bilis reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between August 17, 2000 and August 27, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Bilis, 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
August 17, 2000 to August 27, 2000
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
920 mb (27.17 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
21.7
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP182000

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 27, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 17, 06:008.3N 139.2E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:009.1N 139.1E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 18:009.6N 139.1E20 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 00:0010.2N 138.8E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 06:0011.1N 138.3E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 12:0012.3N 137.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 18:0012.9N 137.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0013.5N 136.1E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0014.4N 135.4E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0015.1N 134.6E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0015.9N 133.5E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 00:0016.3N 132.6E75 kt980 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 06:0016.8N 131.7E75 kt975 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 12:0017.5N 130.7E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 18:0018.1N 129.5E105 kt945 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 00:0018.7N 128.3E115 kt935 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 06:0019.2N 127.2E125 kt930 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 21, 12:0019.7N 126.1E135 kt920 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 21, 18:0020.3N 125.0E140 kt920 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 22, 00:0020.8N 124.0E140 kt920 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 22, 06:0021.5N 122.9E140 kt920 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 22, 12:0022.5N 121.9E140 kt920 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 22, 18:0023.8N 120.7E130 kt950 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 23, 00:0024.3N 118.8E120 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 06:0025.0N 117.9E90 kt985 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 12:0025.2N 116.9E65 kt994 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 18:0025.3N 116.3E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0025.7N 116.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0026.5N 116.0E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 12:0028.0N 116.9E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0029.0N 117.4E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0030.1N 118.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0031.4N 118.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0032.0N 119.9E1000 mbMixed
Aug 25, 18:0033.2N 121.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0033.4N 121.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0034.2N 122.6E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0035.2N 123.9E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0036.1N 124.8E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 00:0037.2N 125.4E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 06:0038.0N 126.2E1006 mbExtratropical

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.