The 2008 season

Tropical Storm Noul (2008)

Tropical Storm Noul peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between November 14, 2008 and November 17, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Noul, 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
November 14, 2008 to November 17, 2008
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Identifier
WP262008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 14, 18:007.7N 122.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 15, 00:008.3N 120.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 15, 06:009.0N 119.3E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 15, 12:009.6N 118.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 15, 18:0010.0N 117.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 00:0010.3N 116.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 06:0010.6N 114.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0011.1N 113.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0011.1N 112.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0011.6N 111.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0011.9N 109.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0012.3N 107.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 18:0012.6N 105.7ETropical storm

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.