The 2004 season

Typhoon Muifa (2004)

Typhoon Muifa reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 13, 2004 and November 26, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Muifa, 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
November 13, 2004 to November 26, 2004
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
21.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Peak gust in the best track
135 kt (155 mph)
Fastest the center moved
21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier
WP292004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 13, 18:0011.1N 133.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 14, 00:0011.1N 131.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:0011.2N 130.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:0011.5N 128.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:0011.6N 127.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:0012.2N 127.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:0013.0N 127.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:0013.5N 126.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:0013.7N 125.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0014.5N 125.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:0014.5N 124.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0014.5N 124.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0014.4N 123.6E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0014.6N 123.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0014.8N 123.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 17, 12:0015.2N 123.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 17, 18:0015.5N 123.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 00:0015.7N 123.8E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 06:0015.9N 123.9E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 12:0015.9N 124.2E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 18:0015.7N 124.4E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 00:0015.2N 124.2E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 06:0014.7N 124.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 12:0014.2N 123.7E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 18:0013.7N 122.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 00:0012.8N 121.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 06:0012.5N 120.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 12:0012.3N 119.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0012.2N 118.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 00:0011.9N 117.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 06:0011.9N 116.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 12:0011.8N 115.2E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 18:0011.6N 114.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 00:0011.4N 113.6E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 06:0011.1N 113.1E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 12:0010.8N 112.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 18:0010.5N 112.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 00:0010.1N 111.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 06:009.9N 111.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 12:009.6N 110.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:009.3N 110.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:009.1N 109.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:008.8N 108.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:008.5N 107.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:008.3N 105.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:008.7N 103.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:008.7N 101.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:008.8N 100.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 25, 18:009.9N 99.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 00:0011.3N 99.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

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.