The 2008 season

Typhoon Nuri (2008)

Typhoon Nuri reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 16, 2008 and August 23, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nuri, 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
August 16, 2008 to August 23, 2008
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
948 mb (27.99 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
135 nmi (250 km, 155 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
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP132008

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 16, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 16, 00:0013.2N 146.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 16, 06:0013.2N 145.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 16, 12:0013.6N 143.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 16, 18:0014.2N 141.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 00:0014.8N 140.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 06:0016.0N 138.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:0016.1N 136.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0016.0N 135.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0015.9N 133.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0016.1N 131.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0016.5N 129.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 18, 18:0016.9N 128.3E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 00:0017.1N 126.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 06:0017.7N 125.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 12:0018.2N 124.3E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 19, 18:0018.4N 123.0E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 00:0018.7N 122.0E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 06:0018.9N 121.0E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 12:0019.6N 120.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 20, 18:0019.8N 118.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 00:0020.1N 118.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 06:0020.4N 117.3E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 12:0020.7N 116.6E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 18:0021.1N 115.9E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 00:0021.5N 115.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0022.0N 114.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0022.5N 113.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0022.8N 113.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 00:0023.0N 112.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 23, 06:0023.3N 112.3ETropical 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.