Tropical Storm Bopha (2006)
Tropical Storm Bopha peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 5, 2006 and August 11, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bopha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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
- August 5, 2006 to August 11, 2006
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- WP102006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 20.2N 133.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 20.6N 132.9E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 20.9N 132.4E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 21.2N 132.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 21.6N 131.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 22.0N 131.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 22.3N 130.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 22.6N 129.6E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 22.8N 128.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 22.9N 128.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 23.0N 127.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 23.1N 126.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 23.2N 125.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 23.4N 123.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 23.2N 122.7E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 23.0N 121.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 22.8N 119.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 22.9N 118.6E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 22.4N 117.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 21.7N 117.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 21.5N 116.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 21.5N 116.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 21.6N 115.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 21.7N 114.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 21.9N 113.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ChanchuWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm JelawatWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm BilisWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon KaemiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon SaomaiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm SonamuWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon YagiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon XangsaneWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Depression RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon ChebiWestern Pacific · 2006
- Super Typhoon DurianWestern Pacific · 2006
- Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Depression TramiWestern Pacific · 2006
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.