Typhoon Vicente (2012)
Typhoon Vicente reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 18, 2012 and July 25, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 937 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
- July 18, 2012 to July 25, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 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
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP092012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 14.9N 128.6E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 15.0N 127.6E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 15.1N 126.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 15.3N 126.3E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 15.6N 125.7E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 16.1N 125.2E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 16.7N 124.6E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 18.0N 123.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 19.0N 122.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 19.8N 121.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 19.9N 120.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 19.5N 118.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 19.3N 116.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 19.2N 116.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 19.0N 115.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 19.0N 115.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 19.1N 115.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 19.3N 115.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 19.7N 115.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 20.5N 114.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 21.1N 114.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 21.7N 113.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 22.3N 112.3E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 23.0N 110.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 23.4N 108.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 23.7N 107.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 23.8N 105.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 22.4N 104.7E | 996 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm TalimWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern 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.