Typhoon Chanchu (2006)
Typhoon Chanchu reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 7, 2006 and May 19, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 916 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Chanchu, 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
- May 7, 2006 to May 19, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 916 mb (27.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 27.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Identifier
- WP022006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 18:00 | 8.8N 137.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 8, 00:00 | 8.8N 136.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 8, 06:00 | 8.7N 136.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 8, 12:00 | 8.5N 135.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 8, 18:00 | 8.2N 134.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| May 9, 00:00 | 8.0N 133.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 9, 06:00 | 8.1N 132.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 9, 12:00 | 8.4N 131.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 9, 18:00 | 8.9N 131.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 10, 00:00 | 9.3N 130.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 10, 06:00 | 9.7N 129.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 10, 12:00 | 10.0N 129.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 10, 18:00 | 10.5N 128.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 00:00 | 11.0N 127.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 06:00 | 11.5N 126.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 12:00 | 12.1N 125.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 11, 18:00 | 12.5N 124.5E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 00:00 | 12.8N 123.5E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 06:00 | 13.0N 122.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 12:00 | 12.9N 121.8E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 18:00 | 13.0N 121.2E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 00:00 | 13.5N 120.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 06:00 | 13.8N 119.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 12:00 | 13.9N 118.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 18:00 | 13.8N 118.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| May 14, 00:00 | 13.7N 117.5E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| May 14, 06:00 | 13.9N 116.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| May 14, 12:00 | 13.9N 116.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| May 14, 18:00 | 13.8N 115.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 00:00 | 14.2N 115.3E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 06:00 | 14.8N 115.3E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 12:00 | 15.4N 115.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 18:00 | 16.1N 115.0E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 00:00 | 16.9N 114.8E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 06:00 | 17.8N 114.8E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 12:00 | 18.8N 115.2E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 18:00 | 19.6N 115.4E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 00:00 | 20.4N 115.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 06:00 | 21.3N 116.0E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 12:00 | 22.5N 116.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 18:00 | 23.6N 117.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 00:00 | 24.6N 118.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| May 18, 06:00 | 26.1N 119.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| May 18, 12:00 | 28.3N 120.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| May 18, 18:00 | 30.5N 123.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| May 19, 00:00 | 31.4N 124.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 06:00 | 32.2N 126.8E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 19, 12:00 | 32.8N 128.7E | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern 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 BophaWestern 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.