The 2011 season

Tropical Storm Talas (2011)

Tropical Storm Talas peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 23, 2011 and September 7, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 23, 2011 to September 7, 2011
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
340 nmi (630 km, 391 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
WP152011

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 23, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 23, 18:0015.3N 142.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0015.7N 141.8E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0016.2N 141.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 24, 12:0016.7N 141.2E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Aug 24, 18:0017.5N 141.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Aug 25, 00:0018.3N 141.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 06:0019.0N 140.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 12:0019.7N 140.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 18:0020.4N 140.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0021.0N 139.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0021.2N 138.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0022.2N 139.8E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0022.5N 139.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0022.7N 139.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0022.8N 139.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0022.8N 139.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0022.9N 139.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0023.1N 139.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0023.1N 140.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0023.2N 140.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0023.5N 140.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0023.8N 140.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0023.9N 140.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0024.2N 140.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0024.7N 140.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0025.2N 140.1E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0025.8N 139.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0026.2N 139.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0026.4N 138.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0026.7N 137.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0026.9N 137.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0027.2N 136.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0027.6N 136.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0028.0N 136.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0028.4N 135.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0028.9N 135.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0029.5N 135.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0030.4N 135.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0031.2N 134.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0032.1N 134.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0032.9N 133.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0033.6N 133.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:0034.2N 133.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0034.9N 134.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0035.4N 134.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0035.9N 134.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 06:0036.3N 134.2E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 12:0036.6N 134.4E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0037.3N 134.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0039.4N 136.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0041.4N 136.3E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0042.5N 136.5E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0043.6N 136.1E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 00:0044.7N 135.8E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0045.0N 135.6E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0045.0N 135.2E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0044.7N 136.5E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 00:0045.2N 137.4E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0045.8N 138.0E992 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.