Tropical Storm Kujira (2015)
Tropical Storm Kujira peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between June 19, 2015 and June 25, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kujira, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 19, 2015 to June 25, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- WP082015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 15.0N 112.2E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 15.4N 112.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 15.3N 112.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 15.3N 111.8E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 15.4N 111.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 15.8N 111.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 16.4N 111.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 16.8N 111.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 17.4N 111.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 18.0N 111.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 18.6N 111.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 19.1N 110.5E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 19.3N 109.9E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 19.7N 109.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 19.9N 108.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 20.1N 107.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 20.3N 107.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 20.5N 107.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 20.7N 106.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 21.0N 106.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 21.6N 106.3E | 996 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 22.4N 105.9E | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2015
- Typhoon MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2015 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon HigosWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm BaviWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm HaishenWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon NoulWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon DolphinWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon LinfaWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon NangkaWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon SoudelorWestern Pacific · 2015 · 59 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm MolaveWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon GoniWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon AtsaniWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm VamcoWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon KrovanhWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon DujuanWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon MujigaeWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon Choi-WanWestern Pacific · 2015
- Super Typhoon KoppuWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon ChampiWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon In-FaWestern Pacific · 2015
- Typhoon MelorWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.