The 2005 season

Typhoon Longwang (2005)

Typhoon Longwang reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 25, 2005 and October 3, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Longwang, 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
September 25, 2005 to October 3, 2005
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
916 mb (27.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
30.4
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
155 nmi (287 km, 178 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
WP192005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 25, 00:0018.7N 146.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Sep 25, 06:0019.1N 145.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Sep 25, 12:0019.2N 144.8E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Sep 25, 18:0019.4N 144.1E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Sep 26, 00:0019.6N 143.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 26, 06:0020.1N 142.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0020.5N 142.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0020.9N 141.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0021.4N 141.0E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 06:0021.7N 140.1E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 12:0021.9N 139.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Sep 27, 18:0022.1N 138.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 00:0022.3N 137.5E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 06:0022.5N 136.7E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 12:0022.5N 136.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 28, 18:0022.4N 135.6E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 00:0022.4N 135.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 06:0022.4N 134.6E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 12:0022.4N 133.9E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 29, 18:0022.2N 133.0E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 00:0022.0N 132.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 06:0022.1N 131.0E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 12:0022.2N 129.9E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Sep 30, 18:0022.3N 128.6E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 00:0022.4N 127.0E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 06:0022.8N 125.4E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 12:0023.1N 123.8E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Oct 1, 18:0023.5N 122.4E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 00:0023.8N 121.0E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 06:0024.1N 119.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 12:0024.4N 118.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 18:0024.9N 117.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0025.5N 116.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0026.0N 115.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0026.5N 115.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 18:0027.1N 115.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression

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.