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.
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
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 13.2N 146.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 13.2N 145.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 13.6N 143.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 14.2N 141.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 14.8N 140.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 16.0N 138.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 16.1N 136.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 16.0N 135.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 15.9N 133.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 16.1N 131.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 16.5N 129.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 16.9N 128.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 17.1N 126.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 17.7N 125.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 18.2N 124.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 18.4N 123.0E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 18.7N 122.0E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 18.9N 121.0E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 19.6N 120.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 19.8N 118.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 20.1N 118.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 20.4N 117.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 20.7N 116.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 21.1N 115.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 21.5N 115.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 22.0N 114.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 22.5N 113.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 22.8N 113.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 23.0N 112.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 23.3N 112.3E | 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
- 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.