Typhoon Utor (2006)
Typhoon Utor reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between December 6, 2006 and December 15, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Utor, 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
- December 6, 2006 to December 15, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP252006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 8.3N 142.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 8.4N 141.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 8.5N 139.7E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 8.6N 138.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 9.0N 136.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 9.3N 135.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 9.7N 134.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 10.2N 133.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 10.7N 131.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 10.9N 130.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 11.0N 128.9E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 11.0N 127.6E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 11.1N 126.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 11.3N 125.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 11.6N 124.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 11.9N 122.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 12.1N 121.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 12.4N 120.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 12.7N 119.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 12.9N 119.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 13.2N 118.6E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 13.5N 117.8E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 13.9N 117.2E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 14.0N 116.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 14.4N 115.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 14.8N 114.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 15.4N 113.9E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 15.9N 113.1E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 16.4N 112.7E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 16.7N 112.3E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 17.1N 112.3E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 17.4N 112.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 17.7N 112.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 18.0N 113.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 17.8N 113.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 17.5N 113.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 17.3N 113.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 17.0N 113.0E | 1010 mb | Mixed |
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 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
- 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.