The 2005 season

Typhoon Sanvu (2005)

Typhoon Sanvu reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 9, 2005 and August 15, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Sanvu, 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 9, 2005 to August 15, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.8
Identifier
WP102005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 9, 18:0013.4N 131.4E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 10, 00:0014.0N 130.6E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 10, 06:0014.6N 129.7E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 10, 12:0015.1N 128.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 18:0015.6N 127.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0016.1N 126.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0016.8N 125.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0017.5N 123.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0018.2N 122.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0018.9N 121.2E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0019.6N 120.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0020.5N 119.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0021.8N 118.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0023.1N 117.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 13, 06:0023.9N 116.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0025.1N 115.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0026.1N 115.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 00:0027.0N 114.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 06:0027.6N 114.5E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0028.5N 113.4E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0029.0N 112.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0029.2N 111.8EDisturbance

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.