The 2012 season

Tropical Storm Talim (2012)

Tropical Storm Talim peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between June 16, 2012 and June 21, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Talim, 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
June 16, 2012 to June 21, 2012
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 30 km (19 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.8
Identifier
WP062012

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 16, 06:0019.1N 112.1E996 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:0019.3N 112.0E996 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 18:0019.5N 111.8E996 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 00:0019.6N 111.1E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jun 17, 06:0019.0N 111.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jun 17, 12:0018.6N 111.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jun 17, 18:0018.8N 111.9E30 kt995 mbDisturbance
Jun 18, 00:0019.0N 112.4E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jun 18, 06:0019.2N 112.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:0019.2N 113.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0019.3N 114.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:0019.7N 114.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0020.2N 115.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0020.8N 116.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0021.6N 117.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0022.7N 117.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0023.8N 118.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0024.2N 120.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0025.7N 121.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jun 21, 00:0027.2N 124.2ETropical 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.