Tropical Storm Bavi (2008)
Tropical Storm Bavi peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between October 17, 2008 and October 22, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bavi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- October 17, 2008 to October 22, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 589 km (366 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- WP232008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 20.3N 152.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 21.3N 151.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 22.2N 150.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 23.7N 149.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 24.6N 148.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 25.8N 148.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 26.9N 148.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 28.6N 149.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 30.5N 150.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 33.1N 152.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 35.6N 153.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 38.0N 154.0E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 40.1N 155.7E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 40.9N 157.7E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 42.6N 162.5E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 44.8N 166.4E | 976 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 46.6N 170.8E | 966 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 48.5N 175.4E | 956 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 49.8N 178.9E | 948 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 50.9N 183.1E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2008 · 26 deaths
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MatmoWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2008
- Super Typhoon JangmiWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MaysakWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon DolphinWestern Pacific · 2008
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.