The 2000 season

Typhoon Wukong (2000)

Typhoon Wukong reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 4, 2000 and September 10, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Wukong, 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
September 4, 2000 to September 10, 2000
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.0
Fastest the center moved
18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier
WP232000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 4, 06:0016.6N 117.2E1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0016.7N 116.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0016.9N 116.9E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 00:0016.8N 116.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 06:0016.8N 117.0E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 12:0016.8N 117.1E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 18:0017.1N 117.6E25 kt994 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 00:0017.8N 117.8E30 kt992 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 06:0018.3N 117.5E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0018.6N 117.0E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0018.7N 116.6E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0018.9N 116.1E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Sep 7, 06:0019.0N 115.6E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Sep 7, 12:0019.0N 115.2E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Sep 7, 18:0018.9N 114.7E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 8, 00:0018.8N 114.0E75 kt960 mbTyphoon
Sep 8, 06:0018.7N 113.4E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Sep 8, 12:0018.7N 112.5E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Sep 8, 18:0018.4N 111.6E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 00:0018.3N 110.6E95 kt960 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 06:0018.2N 109.6E75 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 12:0018.2N 108.7E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 18:0018.4N 108.1E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Sep 10, 00:0018.3N 107.0E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0018.3N 105.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0018.3N 104.8E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 18:0017.9N 102.5E1000 mbTropical storm

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.