Typhoon Kulap (2005)
Typhoon Kulap reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between January 13, 2005 and January 19, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Kulap, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- January 13, 2005 to January 19, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 831 km (516 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- WP012005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 5.2N 153.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 5.2N 152.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 5.2N 150.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 5.1N 149.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 5.1N 148.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 5.4N 147.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 5.8N 147.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 6.5N 147.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 7.3N 147.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 8.2N 147.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 9.3N 147.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 10.4N 147.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 11.4N 146.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 12.2N 146.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 12.9N 147.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 13.6N 147.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 14.3N 147.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 14.9N 148.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 15.6N 149.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 16.3N 150.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 16.9N 151.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 17.4N 152.7E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 18.0N 153.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 18.7N 155.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 18.4N 154.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 18.7N 155.1E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 18.9N 155.8E | 1012 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2005
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon HaitangWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm BanyanWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm WashiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MatsaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2005
- Super Typhoon NabiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon KhanunWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm VicenteWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon LongwangWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon KirogiWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm TembinWestern Pacific · 2005
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 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.