The 2012 season

Tropical Storm Gaemi (2012)

Tropical Storm Gaemi peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between September 29, 2012 and October 7, 2012, 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
September 29, 2012 to October 7, 2012
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.5
Identifier
WP212012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 29, 00:0013.1N 112.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0013.3N 112.7E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0013.5N 113.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0013.8N 113.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0014.3N 113.5E1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0015.4N 113.0E15 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 12:0015.6N 113.3E15 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 18:0016.1N 113.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 1, 00:0016.6N 114.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 1, 06:0017.0N 114.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 12:0017.3N 115.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 18:0016.9N 115.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0016.5N 115.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0015.8N 115.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0015.6N 116.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0015.4N 117.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0015.5N 117.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0015.4N 117.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0015.2N 118.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0015.0N 118.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0015.0N 118.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0014.7N 118.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0014.6N 118.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0014.6N 117.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0014.5N 116.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0014.5N 115.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0014.3N 114.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0013.9N 113.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0013.4N 111.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0013.3N 109.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0013.3N 108.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0013.2N 106.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 7, 00:0013.1N 105.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 7, 06:0012.6N 105.2E1006 mbMixed
Oct 7, 12:0012.9N 104.0E1006 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 2012

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.