The 2005 season

Typhoon Guchol (2005)

Typhoon Guchol reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 17, 2005 and August 27, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Guchol, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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 17, 2005 to August 27, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 665 km (413 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.5
Identifier
WP122005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 17, 06:0021.5N 156.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 17, 12:0021.5N 155.7E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 17, 18:0021.5N 155.4E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 00:0021.6N 155.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 06:0021.7N 154.8E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 12:0021.8N 154.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 18, 18:0021.9N 153.7E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 00:0022.0N 153.1E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 06:0022.1N 152.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 12:0022.3N 151.9E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 19, 18:0022.5N 151.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 00:0022.6N 150.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 06:0022.7N 150.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 12:0023.1N 149.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0023.5N 149.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0024.2N 148.8E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0024.9N 148.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0025.5N 147.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0026.2N 147.4E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0027.0N 147.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0028.1N 146.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0029.2N 146.4E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0030.1N 146.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0031.3N 146.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0032.3N 147.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0033.5N 148.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 18:0034.6N 149.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 00:0035.7N 151.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0036.8N 153.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0038.0N 155.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0039.4N 157.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0041.0N 160.2E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0042.9N 162.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0045.6N 164.7E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 25, 18:0046.5N 164.6E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0047.2N 164.4E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0047.8N 165.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0048.2N 166.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0048.6N 167.2E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 27, 00:0049.1N 168.9E1000 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2005

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.