The 2000 season

Typhoon Soulik (2000)

Typhoon Soulik reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between December 28, 2000 and January 5, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Soulik, 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
December 28, 2000 to January 5, 2001
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 164 km (102 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.5
Identifier
WP342000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 28, 18:007.0N 130.2E20 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 00:007.6N 130.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 06:008.3N 130.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 12:009.3N 130.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 29, 18:009.9N 129.3E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Dec 30, 00:0010.4N 128.6E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 06:0011.0N 127.8E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 12:0011.6N 127.5E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 18:0012.1N 127.6E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:0012.7N 128.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:0013.3N 128.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:0013.9N 129.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:0014.4N 130.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0014.7N 131.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0015.0N 132.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 12:0015.1N 133.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 18:0015.3N 134.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 00:0015.6N 134.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 06:0015.9N 134.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 12:0016.3N 134.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 18:0016.7N 135.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0017.2N 135.3E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Jan 3, 06:0017.5N 135.6E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Jan 3, 12:0017.8N 135.9E105 kt955 mbTyphoon
Jan 3, 18:0018.1N 136.2E110 kt955 mbTyphoon
Jan 4, 00:0018.3N 136.7E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jan 4, 06:0018.3N 137.0E90 kt975 mbTyphoon
Jan 4, 12:0018.0N 137.2E70 kt990 mbTyphoon
Jan 4, 18:0016.9N 137.0E55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 5, 00:0015.3N 135.7E25 ktTropical depression
Jan 5, 06:0014.4N 134.0E20 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.