The 2009 season

Super Typhoon Nida (2009)

Super Typhoon Nida reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between November 21, 2009 and December 3, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 907 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Nida, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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 21, 2009 to December 3, 2009
Peak strength
Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
Lowest pressure
907 mb (26.78 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 864 km (537 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
44.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier
WP262009

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Nov 25, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 21, 06:005.6N 147.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:005.8N 148.3E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:006.1N 148.6E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:006.5N 148.8E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 06:007.0N 148.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 22, 12:007.4N 148.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 22, 18:007.8N 148.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 00:008.2N 148.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 06:008.5N 147.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:008.6N 147.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:008.6N 146.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:008.6N 146.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:008.8N 145.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 12:009.4N 145.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 18:0010.0N 144.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 00:0010.7N 143.8E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 06:0011.6N 143.0E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 12:0012.5N 142.3E155 kt907 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 25, 18:0013.6N 141.5E155 kt907 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 26, 00:0014.6N 140.7E150 kt911 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 26, 06:0015.2N 140.0E145 kt914 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 26, 12:0015.8N 139.7E140 kt918 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 26, 18:0016.3N 139.3E135 kt922 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 27, 00:0016.9N 139.2E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 27, 06:0017.8N 139.1E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Nov 27, 12:0018.3N 139.0E135 kt922 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 27, 18:0018.7N 139.0E150 kt911 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 28, 00:0018.9N 139.1E145 kt914 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 28, 06:0019.0N 139.2E135 kt922 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 28, 12:0019.0N 139.4E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Nov 28, 18:0019.1N 139.5E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Nov 29, 00:0019.2N 139.4E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Nov 29, 06:0019.3N 139.4E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Nov 29, 12:0019.3N 139.3E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Nov 29, 18:0019.4N 139.3E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 30, 00:0019.5N 139.3E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 30, 06:0019.7N 139.2E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 30, 12:0020.0N 138.8E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 30, 18:0020.0N 138.4E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Dec 1, 00:0020.3N 138.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Dec 1, 06:0020.5N 137.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Dec 1, 12:0020.6N 137.2E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Dec 1, 18:0021.0N 136.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Dec 2, 00:0021.0N 136.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Dec 2, 06:0020.8N 135.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 12:0021.2N 135.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 18:0021.4N 134.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 3, 00:0021.7N 134.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 3, 06:0022.1N 134.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Dec 3, 12:0022.4N 135.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2009

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.