The 2012 season

Tropical Storm Pakhar (2012)

Tropical Storm Pakhar peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between March 26, 2012 and April 2, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Pakhar, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
March 26, 2012 to April 2, 2012
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.3
Identifier
WP022012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 26, 00:009.7N 115.6E1010 mbMixed
Mar 26, 06:009.6N 115.3E1008 mbMixed
Mar 26, 12:009.6N 115.0E1008 mbMixed
Mar 26, 18:009.4N 114.8E1010 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:009.4N 114.5E1010 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:009.4N 114.3E1008 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:009.4N 114.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 18:009.2N 113.4E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 28, 00:009.4N 113.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 28, 06:009.6N 113.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 28, 12:009.7N 112.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 28, 18:009.6N 112.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 29, 00:009.6N 112.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 29, 06:009.7N 112.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:009.8N 111.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:009.7N 111.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:009.6N 111.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:009.6N 111.1E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:009.7N 110.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:009.6N 110.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:009.5N 110.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:009.5N 109.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:009.3N 109.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:009.4N 108.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:009.8N 108.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0010.3N 107.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0011.0N 107.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0011.8N 106.8E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 00:0011.7N 106.5E1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0012.2N 106.1E1008 mbMixed

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.