Super Typhoon Yagi (2006)
Super Typhoon Yagi reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between September 16, 2006 and September 27, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 898 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Yagi, 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
- September 16, 2006 to September 27, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 898 mb (26.52 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 539 km (335 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 29.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 275 nmi (509 km, 316 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Identifier
- WP162006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 18.7N 155.4E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 19.3N 155.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 19.9N 155.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 20.3N 156.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 20.6N 156.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 20.8N 157.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 20.8N 158.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 20.8N 158.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 20.7N 158.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 20.5N 159.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 20.4N 159.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 20.3N 159.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 20.1N 159.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 20.0N 158.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 19.9N 157.8E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 19.8N 156.8E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 19.7N 155.6E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 19.6N 154.0E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 19.6N 152.4E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 19.5N 150.8E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 20.1N 149.2E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 20.6N 147.6E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 21.5N 146.1E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 22.6N 144.7E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 23.8N 143.5E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 25.0N 142.5E | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 26.2N 142.0E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 27.4N 141.8E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 28.7N 142.0E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 30.0N 142.7E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 31.1N 143.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 32.3N 145.1E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 34.0N 147.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 35.7N 149.5E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 37.3N 152.6E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 38.9N 156.7E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 40.4N 159.5E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 42.1N 163.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 43.7N 167.3E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 45.7N 170.3E | 976 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 47.6N 173.2E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 48.4N 174.8E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 48.9N 176.4E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 48.6N 177.7E | 974 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 48.2N 179.7E | 978 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 47.6N 182.7E | Extratropical |
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
- 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.