The 2015 season

Typhoon In-Fa (2015)

Typhoon In-Fa reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 16, 2015 and November 27, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon In-Fa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
November 16, 2015 to November 27, 2015
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 804 km (500 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.5
Identifier
WP272015

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Nov 20, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 16, 18:004.4N 164.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical wave
Nov 17, 00:004.2N 162.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 06:004.5N 161.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:004.9N 159.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:005.2N 158.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:005.5N 157.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:005.8N 155.8E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 12:006.4N 154.6E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 18, 18:007.3N 153.6E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:008.2N 152.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:008.8N 151.3E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:009.2N 150.3E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 19, 18:009.6N 149.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 00:0010.0N 148.6E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 06:0010.4N 147.3E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 12:0010.7N 145.9E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 20, 18:0010.9N 144.3E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 00:0011.3N 142.7E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 06:0011.9N 141.2E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 12:0012.4N 139.5E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 18:0012.8N 137.9E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 00:0013.5N 136.4E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 06:0014.1N 135.2E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 12:0014.6N 133.9E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 18:0015.2N 132.8E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 00:0015.8N 132.0E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 06:0016.5N 131.5E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 12:0017.1N 131.5E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 18:0017.8N 131.6E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 00:0018.4N 132.2E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 06:0018.8N 132.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 12:0019.0N 133.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 18:0019.1N 134.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0019.5N 135.0E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0020.1N 136.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0020.9N 136.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0021.7N 137.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0022.6N 138.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0023.9N 139.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0025.5N 141.8E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Nov 26, 18:0026.8N 144.5E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0028.1N 147.4E1008 mbExtratropical
Nov 27, 06:0029.6N 150.4E1012 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2015

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.