The 2007 season

Typhoon Fitow (2007)

Typhoon Fitow reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 27, 2007 and September 8, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Fitow, 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
August 27, 2007 to September 8, 2007
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
19.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
45 kt (52 mph)
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
WP102007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 27, 18:0016.7N 152.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0017.4N 153.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0018.1N 154.2E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0019.8N 155.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Aug 28, 18:0020.5N 155.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 29, 00:0021.1N 156.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0021.8N 156.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0022.4N 156.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0023.2N 156.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0024.0N 156.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 06:0024.6N 157.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 12:0025.6N 157.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 18:0026.2N 156.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 00:0026.6N 155.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 06:0027.0N 154.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 12:0027.4N 154.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 18:0027.7N 153.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 00:0028.0N 152.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 06:0028.0N 151.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 12:0027.9N 150.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 18:0027.7N 150.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 2, 00:0027.5N 149.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 2, 06:0027.2N 149.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 2, 12:0027.0N 148.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 2, 18:0026.9N 147.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 3, 00:0026.9N 147.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 3, 06:0027.0N 146.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 3, 12:0027.2N 145.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 3, 18:0027.4N 144.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 4, 00:0027.6N 143.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 4, 06:0027.9N 142.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 4, 12:0028.1N 141.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 4, 18:0028.6N 140.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 5, 00:0029.3N 139.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 5, 06:0029.8N 139.3E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 5, 12:0030.4N 139.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 5, 18:0031.0N 138.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 6, 00:0032.0N 138.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 6, 06:0033.0N 138.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Sep 6, 12:0034.1N 138.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 6, 18:0035.6N 139.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 7, 00:0037.2N 139.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0039.9N 140.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0041.9N 140.0E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 18:0042.7N 140.9E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 8, 00:0043.4N 141.3E998 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.