The 2000 season

Tropical Storm Bolaven (2000)

Tropical Storm Bolaven peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between July 19, 2000 and August 2, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Bolaven, 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
July 19, 2000 to August 2, 2000
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.2
Identifier
WP102000

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jul 26, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 19, 12:0012.0N 130.8E15 ktTropical depression
Jul 19, 18:0012.2N 130.8E20 ktTropical depression
Jul 20, 00:0012.5N 130.8E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 20, 06:0013.1N 130.8E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 20, 12:0013.8N 130.5E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 20, 18:0014.4N 130.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 21, 00:0015.1N 129.5E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 21, 06:0015.8N 129.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 21, 12:0016.7N 128.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 21, 18:0017.2N 126.8E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 22, 00:0017.4N 125.9E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 22, 06:0017.5N 125.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 22, 12:0017.6N 124.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 22, 18:0017.7N 123.0E25 ktTropical depression
Jul 23, 00:0017.9N 122.1E20 ktTropical depression
Jul 23, 06:0017.9N 121.6ETropical depression
Jul 23, 12:0017.9N 121.6ETropical depression
Jul 23, 18:0018.0N 121.9ETropical depression
Jul 24, 00:0018.3N 122.4E1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 06:0019.0N 123.1E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 12:0020.1N 123.8E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 18:0021.4N 124.6E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 00:0023.0N 125.2E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 06:0023.9N 125.4E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 12:0024.5N 125.9E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 18:0025.0N 126.7E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 00:0025.4N 128.0E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0026.1N 129.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0026.3N 129.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0026.7N 129.7E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0027.0N 129.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0027.1N 129.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0027.1N 129.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0027.2N 129.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0027.4N 129.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0027.8N 129.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0028.1N 129.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0028.3N 128.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0028.5N 128.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0029.2N 128.6E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0029.9N 128.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0030.6N 128.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0031.5N 128.6E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0032.7N 128.7E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0033.8N 128.9E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0034.9N 129.2E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0036.0N 129.7E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 06:0038.2N 131.1E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 12:0040.8N 132.7E996 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 18:0042.2N 133.9E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 00:0043.5N 135.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 06:0044.7N 137.3E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 12:0045.9N 139.7E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 18:0047.3N 141.8E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 00:0047.9N 144.2E1010 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.