The 2004 season

Typhoon Megi (2004)

Typhoon Megi reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 2004 and August 22, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Megi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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, 2004 to August 22, 2004
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.3
Identifier
WP182004

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 13, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 18:0014.5N 144.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 00:0015.3N 142.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 06:0016.3N 141.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 12:0016.9N 140.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 18:0017.2N 138.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 00:0017.7N 136.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 06:0018.1N 135.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 12:0018.1N 133.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 18:0018.2N 132.2E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 00:0018.3N 131.3E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 06:0018.7N 130.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0020.0N 129.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0021.5N 128.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0023.2N 127.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0024.8N 127.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0026.3N 126.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0027.7N 125.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0028.7N 125.0E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 06:0030.1N 125.4E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 12:0031.3N 126.4E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 18:0033.0N 127.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 00:0035.5N 129.6E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0037.6N 132.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0039.6N 134.3E45 kt991 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 18:0040.8N 138.1E55 kt984 mbExtratropical
Aug 20, 00:0041.2N 142.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0041.6N 145.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0042.0N 152.0E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 20, 18:0042.5N 153.8E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 21, 00:0043.0N 155.9E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 21, 06:0043.5N 160.0E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 21, 12:0043.8N 163.6E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 21, 18:0043.8N 167.1E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 22, 00:0043.9N 170.4E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 22, 06:0042.0N 174.1E992 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2004

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.