Tropical Storm Vongfong (2008)
Tropical Storm Vongfong peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 12, 2008 and August 18, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Vongfong, 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 12, 2008 to August 18, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 247 km (153 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Identifier
- WP122008
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 12, 18:00 | 22.4N 134.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 22.6N 133.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 23.1N 132.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 23.7N 132.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 24.3N 132.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 25.1N 133.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 26.2N 133.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 27.2N 133.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 28.2N 134.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 29.2N 134.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 30.1N 135.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 30.9N 136.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 31.8N 138.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 32.7N 140.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 33.8N 143.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 34.7N 145.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 36.1N 148.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 37.7N 151.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 39.0N 154.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 40.5N 158.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 42.1N 163.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 44.1N 168.5E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 46.1N 172.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 47.5N 176.5E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 48.1N 181.5E | Extratropical |
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
- Typhoon NuriWestern 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.