Typhoon Dolphin (2008)
Typhoon Dolphin reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between December 8, 2008 and December 18, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Dolphin, 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
- December 8, 2008 to December 18, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 553 km (344 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- WP272008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 15.5N 168.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 14.6N 166.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 14.0N 164.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 13.5N 162.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 13.2N 160.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 12.7N 158.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 12.3N 156.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 11.7N 154.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 11.9N 152.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 12.2N 150.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 12.5N 148.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 12.7N 146.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 12.8N 145.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 13.0N 143.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 13.2N 141.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 13.3N 141.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 13.6N 140.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 13.8N 139.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 14.0N 138.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 14.0N 137.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 13.9N 135.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 13.8N 134.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 13.6N 133.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 13.2N 132.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 13.3N 132.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 13.6N 131.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 13.7N 130.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 13.9N 130.3E | 65 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 14.3N 130.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 14.8N 130.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 15.4N 130.5E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 15.9N 130.6E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 16.4N 130.7E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 17.0N 130.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 17.7N 131.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 18.5N 132.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 19.3N 132.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 20.2N 133.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 21.2N 135.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 22.1N 137.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 23.7N 139.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 24.1N 141.3E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 24.8N 143.0E | 1010 mb | 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 BaviWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm MaysakWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern 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.