Typhoon Sinlaku (2008)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 7, 2008 to September 23, 2008

Peak strength

Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)

Lowest pressure

929 mb (27.43 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

30.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

195 nmi (361 km, 224 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

65 kt (75 mph)

Fastest the center moved

23 kt (26 mph)

Identifier

WP152008

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 17, 06:00 UTC

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

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• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2008Tropical Storm35 kt · 1000 mb
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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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Sinlaku