The 2001 season

Typhoon Pabuk (2001)

Typhoon Pabuk reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 2001 and August 23, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Pabuk, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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 13, 2001 to August 23, 2001
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
954 mb (28.17 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
Overall size
360 nmi (667 km, 414 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
WP142001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 06:0017.5N 145.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 12:0018.0N 145.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 18:0018.3N 145.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 00:0018.5N 145.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 06:0018.6N 145.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 12:0018.8N 144.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0019.1N 144.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0019.5N 143.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0019.8N 142.3E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0020.1N 141.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0020.4N 140.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0020.7N 140.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 16, 06:0021.0N 139.6E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 16, 12:0021.3N 139.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 16, 18:0021.4N 138.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 00:0021.5N 138.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 06:0021.7N 137.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 12:0022.0N 137.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 17, 18:0022.3N 137.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 00:0022.7N 136.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 06:0023.4N 136.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 12:0024.2N 135.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 18:0024.7N 135.1E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 00:0025.4N 134.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 06:0026.2N 133.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 12:0026.9N 133.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 18:0027.7N 132.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 00:0028.5N 132.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 06:0029.5N 133.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 12:0030.2N 133.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 18:0030.9N 134.4E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 00:0031.7N 135.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 06:0033.0N 135.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0033.7N 135.9E55 kt972 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0034.5N 136.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0034.9N 138.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0035.2N 139.8E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0037.2N 141.2E35 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0039.4N 142.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 00:0041.8N 143.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression

Other Western Pacific storms of 2001

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.