Typhoon Fung-Wong (2008)
Typhoon Fung-Wong reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 23, 2008 and July 31, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Fung-Wong, 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
- July 23, 2008 to July 31, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb (28.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- WP092008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 21.5N 133.4E | 15 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 21.4N 133.2E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 21.5N 132.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 21.7N 132.5E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 21.6N 132.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 21.6N 131.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 21.8N 130.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 22.0N 129.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 21.7N 128.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 21.5N 127.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 21.2N 126.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 21.1N 126.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 21.1N 125.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 21.7N 124.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 22.1N 124.0E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 22.6N 123.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 23.1N 122.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 23.5N 121.4E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 24.1N 120.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 25.2N 119.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 25.9N 118.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 26.3N 118.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 26.9N 117.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 27.7N 117.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 28.4N 118.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 29.2N 116.4E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 29.8N 116.1E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 31.0N 116.1E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 31.8N 116.1E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 32.7N 116.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 33.3N 116.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 33.7N 116.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 34.2N 116.5E | 1002 mb | Mixed |
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
- 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
- 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.