The 2008 season

Typhoon Nakri (2008)

Typhoon Nakri reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 26, 2008 and June 6, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nakri, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
May 26, 2008 to June 6, 2008
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
929 mb (27.43 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 324 km (201 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
160 nmi (296 km, 184 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
190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
49 kt (56 mph)
Identifier
WP062008

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 26, 00:009.9N 140.8E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
May 26, 06:0010.9N 139.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 26, 12:0011.9N 139.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 26, 18:0013.0N 138.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 27, 00:0013.8N 138.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
May 27, 06:0014.5N 137.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 27, 12:0014.5N 137.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 27, 18:0015.0N 137.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
May 28, 00:0015.4N 137.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
May 28, 06:0015.7N 136.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
May 28, 12:0015.9N 136.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
May 28, 18:0015.9N 136.6E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
May 29, 00:0016.0N 136.3E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
May 29, 06:0016.1N 135.9E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
May 29, 12:0016.1N 135.5E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
May 29, 18:0016.3N 135.1E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
May 30, 00:0016.6N 134.6E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
May 30, 06:0017.0N 134.1E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
May 30, 12:0017.3N 133.5E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
May 30, 18:0017.8N 133.1E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
May 31, 00:0018.4N 133.0E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
May 31, 06:0019.1N 132.9E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
May 31, 12:0019.7N 132.8E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
May 31, 18:0020.2N 132.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 00:0020.7N 132.9E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 06:0021.6N 133.1E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 12:0022.6N 133.3E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jun 1, 18:0023.7N 133.7E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 00:0025.2N 134.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 06:0026.9N 135.4E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 12:0028.6N 137.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jun 2, 18:0030.4N 138.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 00:0031.9N 140.5E45 kt989 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 06:0032.8N 142.4E990 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 12:0033.0N 144.4E994 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 18:0033.4N 146.8E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 00:0033.4N 149.4E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 06:0033.2N 151.7E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 12:0032.6N 154.4E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 4, 18:0031.7N 158.2E1006 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 00:0031.2N 163.9E1008 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 06:0030.9N 167.2E1008 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 12:0031.0N 172.9E1008 mbExtratropical
Jun 5, 18:0031.7N 176.8E1008 mbExtratropical
Jun 6, 00:0033.0N 181.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.