Super Typhoon Wipha (2007)
Super Typhoon Wipha reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 14, 2007 and September 20, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Wipha, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 14, 2007 to September 20, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 29 kt (33 mph)
- Identifier
- WP132007
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 14, 06:00 | 16.3N 134.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 17.1N 134.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 18.2N 134.5E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 19.3N 133.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 19.8N 133.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 20.0N 132.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 20.1N 131.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 20.3N 131.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.6N 130.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.2N 129.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 22.0N 128.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 22.5N 127.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 22.9N 126.7E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 23.3N 125.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 23.9N 124.6E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 24.4N 123.7E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 25.6N 122.5E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 26.2N 121.4E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 27.1N 120.7E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 27.7N 119.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 29.0N 118.9E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 30.5N 119.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 32.6N 119.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 35.1N 120.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 36.3N 121.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 37.9N 123.9E | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2007
- Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2007 · 16 deaths
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Depression WutipWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon SepatWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm PodulWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon KajikiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PeipahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TapahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.