The 2006 season

Tropical Storm Wukong (2006)

Tropical Storm Wukong peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 12, 2006 and August 21, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Wukong, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 12, 2006 to August 21, 2006
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size
300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
WP112006

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 19, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 12, 06:0020.4N 141.4E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Aug 12, 12:0022.0N 140.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 12, 18:0023.5N 139.9E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 00:0024.8N 139.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0025.7N 138.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0025.9N 138.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0026.2N 137.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0026.4N 137.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0026.7N 137.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0027.0N 137.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0027.5N 138.1E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0028.3N 138.4E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0029.1N 138.3E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0029.7N 137.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0029.8N 136.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0029.7N 135.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0029.8N 134.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0030.0N 133.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0030.5N 133.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0031.0N 132.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0031.4N 132.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0031.8N 131.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0032.1N 131.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0032.4N 130.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0032.8N 130.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0033.3N 130.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0033.9N 130.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 00:0034.5N 130.3E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 06:0035.2N 129.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 12:0036.0N 129.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 18:0037.0N 129.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 00:0038.1N 129.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 06:0039.2N 130.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0040.2N 130.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0040.8N 131.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0041.4N 132.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0041.8N 133.4E1006 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.