The 2005 season

Typhoon Nesat (2005)

Typhoon Nesat reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 27, 2005 and June 11, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nesat, 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
May 27, 2005 to June 11, 2005
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
916 mb (27.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 320 km (199 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
35.2
Identifier
WP042005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 27, 12:005.7N 156.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 27, 18:005.6N 155.7E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 28, 00:005.6N 155.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 28, 06:005.8N 154.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 28, 12:006.3N 153.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 28, 18:007.0N 152.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 29, 00:007.5N 151.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 29, 06:008.0N 150.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 29, 12:008.5N 149.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 29, 18:008.8N 148.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 30, 00:009.1N 148.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 30, 06:009.3N 147.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 30, 12:009.5N 147.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 30, 18:009.7N 146.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:009.9N 146.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 31, 06:0010.2N 145.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 31, 12:0010.4N 144.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 31, 18:0010.6N 144.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 00:0010.6N 142.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 1, 06:0010.7N 141.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 12:0010.8N 140.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 18:0010.9N 139.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 00:0011.1N 138.4E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 06:0011.4N 137.4E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 12:0011.8N 136.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 18:0012.0N 135.3E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Jun 3, 00:0012.4N 134.4E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 3, 06:0013.1N 133.6E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 3, 12:0013.7N 132.8E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 3, 18:0014.1N 132.0E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 4, 00:0014.5N 131.3E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 4, 06:0015.1N 130.8E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 4, 12:0015.9N 130.6E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Jun 4, 18:0016.7N 130.5E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 5, 00:0017.6N 130.6E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 5, 06:0018.3N 130.9E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Jun 5, 12:0019.0N 131.3E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 5, 18:0019.8N 132.0E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Jun 6, 00:0020.6N 132.6E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 6, 06:0021.2N 133.4E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 6, 12:0021.8N 133.9E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 6, 18:0022.3N 134.2E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Jun 7, 00:0022.9N 134.2E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Jun 7, 06:0023.4N 134.0E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Jun 7, 12:0023.9N 133.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 7, 18:0024.4N 133.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jun 8, 00:0025.0N 133.9E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jun 8, 06:0025.6N 134.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jun 8, 12:0026.1N 135.0E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jun 8, 18:0026.7N 135.7E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Jun 9, 00:0027.4N 136.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jun 9, 06:0028.2N 137.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 12:0029.0N 137.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 18:0029.8N 138.3E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 00:0030.6N 139.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 06:0031.4N 140.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 12:0032.5N 141.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jun 10, 18:0033.7N 143.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jun 11, 00:0034.3N 145.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 11, 06:0036.6N 147.4E996 mbTropical storm

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.