Tropical Storm Matmo (2008)
Tropical Storm Matmo peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between May 13, 2008 and May 17, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Matmo, 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
- May 13, 2008 to May 17, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 128 km (80 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 32 kt (37 mph)
- Identifier
- WP042008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 18:00 | 16.2N 125.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 14, 00:00 | 16.1N 124.5E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| May 14, 06:00 | 16.3N 123.9E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 12:00 | 16.6N 123.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 18:00 | 17.3N 123.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 00:00 | 18.3N 124.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 06:00 | 19.5N 125.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 12:00 | 20.7N 126.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 15, 18:00 | 22.2N 128.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 00:00 | 23.7N 130.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 06:00 | 25.3N 132.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 12:00 | 26.5N 135.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| May 16, 18:00 | 26.9N 138.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 27.2N 141.0E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2008 · 26 deaths
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern 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
- 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.