The 2007 season

Tropical Storm Faxai (2007)

Tropical Storm Faxai peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between October 24, 2007 and October 28, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Faxai, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
October 24, 2007 to October 28, 2007
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 86 km (53 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Overall size
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
55 kt (63 mph)
Identifier
WP202007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 24, 18:0017.5N 135.6E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Oct 25, 00:0018.7N 134.9E15 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 25, 06:0019.6N 134.0E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Oct 25, 12:0020.5N 133.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 25, 18:0021.4N 132.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 26, 00:0022.4N 130.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 26, 06:0023.7N 131.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0024.8N 131.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0026.1N 132.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0027.7N 134.6E40 kt993 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 06:0033.4N 139.6E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0035.6N 142.2E988 mbMixed
Oct 27, 18:0038.2N 146.2E986 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 00:0039.9N 149.3E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 06:0040.5N 152.6E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 12:0041.1N 157.0E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 18:0042.8N 162.9E980 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2007

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.