Tropical Storm Mekkhala (2008)
Tropical Storm Mekkhala peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between September 27, 2008 and September 30, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Mekkhala, 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
- September 27, 2008 to September 30, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- WP202008
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 27, 18:00 | 15.4N 112.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 14.8N 112.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 14.5N 112.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 15.9N 113.0E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 16.2N 112.1E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 16.4N 111.2E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 16.7N 110.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 17.2N 109.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 17.4N 108.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 17.6N 106.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 17.8N 105.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 19.0N 102.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 19.5N 100.9E | Tropical storm |
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
- 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.