Typhoon Mawar (2012)
Typhoon Mawar reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between May 31, 2012 and June 13, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Mawar, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 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
- May 31, 2012 to June 13, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 163 km (101 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 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
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Identifier
- WP042012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 00:00 | 12.4N 129.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 31, 06:00 | 12.2N 128.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 31, 12:00 | 12.5N 127.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 31, 18:00 | 13.4N 126.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 14.3N 126.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 14.9N 125.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 15.7N 125.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 16.2N 124.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 16.7N 124.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 17.1N 124.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 17.6N 124.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 18.1N 124.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 18.7N 125.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 19.3N 125.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 20.1N 125.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 18:00 | 20.9N 125.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 00:00 | 21.6N 126.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 06:00 | 22.6N 126.7E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 12:00 | 23.5N 127.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 18:00 | 24.6N 128.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 5, 00:00 | 26.2N 130.2E | 75 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 5, 06:00 | 27.5N 132.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 5, 12:00 | 28.7N 134.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 5, 18:00 | 29.9N 137.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 00:00 | 31.3N 141.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 06:00 | 34.3N 145.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 6, 12:00 | 35.6N 147.5E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 6, 18:00 | 37.6N 149.8E | 964 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 7, 00:00 | 38.9N 151.3E | 968 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 7, 06:00 | 40.1N 152.4E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 7, 12:00 | 40.8N 153.5E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 7, 18:00 | 41.3N 155.5E | 972 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 8, 00:00 | 41.5N 157.4E | 976 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 8, 06:00 | 42.0N 159.9E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 8, 12:00 | 42.7N 161.9E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 8, 18:00 | 43.7N 164.2E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 9, 00:00 | 44.2N 166.3E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 9, 06:00 | 45.8N 168.2E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 9, 12:00 | 47.4N 169.5E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 9, 18:00 | 48.6N 170.1E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 10, 00:00 | 49.9N 170.9E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 51.5N 170.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 52.0N 169.4E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 52.3N 168.8E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 52.2N 168.9E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 52.9N 170.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 53.3N 171.4E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 53.5N 170.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 54.0N 169.8E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 54.2N 170.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 53.7N 168.6E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 53.9N 168.2E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 55.1N 168.2E | 1008 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm TalimWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon VicenteWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KirogiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon TembinWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon SanbaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon BophaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 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.