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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 11.1N 133.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 11.1N 131.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 11.2N 130.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 11.5N 128.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 11.6N 127.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 12.2N 127.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 13.0N 127.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 13.5N 126.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 13.7N 125.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 14.5N 125.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 14.5N 124.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 14.5N 124.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 14.4N 123.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 14.6N 123.6E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 14.8N 123.6E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 15.2N 123.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 15.5N 123.8E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 15.7N 123.8E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 18, 06:00 | 15.9N 123.9E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 15.9N 124.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 15.7N 124.4E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 15.2N 124.2E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 14.7N 124.1E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 14.2N 123.7E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 19, 18:00 | 13.7N 122.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 20, 00:00 | 12.8N 121.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 20, 06:00 | 12.5N 120.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 20, 12:00 | 12.3N 119.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 20, 18:00 | 12.2N 118.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 21, 00:00 | 11.9N 117.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 21, 06:00 | 11.9N 116.1E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 21, 12:00 | 11.8N 115.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 21, 18:00 | 11.6N 114.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 11.4N 113.6E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 11.1N 113.1E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 10.8N 112.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 10.5N 112.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 10.1N 111.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 9.9N 111.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 9.6N 110.6E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 9.3N 110.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 9.1N 109.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 8.8N 108.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 8.5N 107.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 8.3N 105.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 8.7N 103.6E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 8.7N 101.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 8.8N 100.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 9.9N 99.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 11.3N 99.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon SudalWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon NidaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm OmaisWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon ConsonWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon DianmuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon TingtingWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm KompasuWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon RananimWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MalakasWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon AereWestern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon SongdaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm SarikaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm HaimaWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon MeariWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon TokageWestern Pacific · 2004
- Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm MerbokWestern Pacific · 2004
- Super Typhoon NanmadolWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm TalasWestern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm NoruWestern Pacific · 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.