Super Typhoon Nalgae (2011)
Super Typhoon Nalgae reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 26, 2011 and October 5, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Nalgae, 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 26, 2011 to October 5, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 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
- Peak gust in the best track
- 160 kt (184 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP222011
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 26, 12:00 | 18.1N 138.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 18.4N 138.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 18.7N 137.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 18.9N 137.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 19.0N 137.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 19.0N 136.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 19.0N 136.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 18.9N 136.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 18.6N 135.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 18.4N 135.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 18.2N 134.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 18.0N 133.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 17.8N 131.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 17.7N 130.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 17.7N 128.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 17.7N 127.4E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 17.5N 125.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 16.9N 124.1E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 16.6N 122.7E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 16.5N 121.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 16.3N 119.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 16.4N 119.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 17.0N 118.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 17.3N 117.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 17.6N 116.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 17.7N 115.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 17.7N 114.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 17.7N 113.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 17.7N 113.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 18.1N 112.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 18.2N 111.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 18.7N 110.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 18.8N 109.0E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 18.6N 108.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 18.3N 108.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 18.0N 108.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 18.0N 107.5E | 1008 mb | Mixed |
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
- Tropical Storm KulapWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon RokeWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon SoncaWestern Pacific · 2011
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm HaitangWestern 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.