Typhoon Mekkhala (2015)
Typhoon Mekkhala reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between January 12, 2015 and January 20, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall. It killed 3 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Mekkhala, 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
- January 12, 2015 to January 20, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- WP012015
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
3 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 8.6N 145.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 8.7N 144.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 8.8N 143.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 8.7N 142.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 8.5N 142.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 8.8N 141.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 9.3N 140.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 10.0N 139.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 10.4N 138.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 10.9N 137.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 11.3N 135.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 11.6N 134.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 11.7N 133.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 11.6N 132.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 11.5N 131.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 11.4N 130.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 11.4N 129.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 11.3N 128.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 11.3N 127.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 11.5N 126.8E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 11.9N 125.9E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 12.3N 125.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 12.7N 124.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 13.5N 123.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 14.1N 123.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 14.9N 123.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 15.7N 123.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 16.4N 122.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 16.9N 123.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 16.8N 123.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 16.8N 123.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 16.8N 124.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 16.9N 124.7E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 17.0N 125.0E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 17.3N 125.2E | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2015
- 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
- Tropical Storm KujiraWestern 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.