Tropical Storm Kulap (2011)
Tropical Storm Kulap peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between September 5, 2011 and September 11, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kulap, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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
- September 5, 2011 to September 11, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- WP172011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 18.2N 133.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 18.7N 134.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 19.4N 134.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 20.3N 134.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 21.0N 135.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 21.5N 135.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 22.2N 135.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 23.1N 135.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 24.0N 135.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 24.7N 134.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 25.5N 133.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 26.3N 132.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 27.1N 131.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 28.2N 130.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 29.2N 130.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 29.6N 128.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 30.3N 128.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 30.9N 127.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 31.6N 127.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 32.2N 126.7E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 32.8N 126.6E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 33.4N 126.5E | 1014 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm AereWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon SongdaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression SarikaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm HaimaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm MeariWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression TokageWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon MuifaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon MerbokWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon NanmadolWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm TalasWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm NoruWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm HaitangWestern Pacific · 2011
- Super Typhoon NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Depression BanyanWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm WashiWestern Pacific · 2011
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.