Typhoon Melor (2015)
Typhoon Melor reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between December 10, 2015 and December 17, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Melor, 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
- December 10, 2015 to December 17, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- WP282015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 7.1N 145.2E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 7.2N 143.9E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 7.6N 142.6E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 8.1N 140.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 8.4N 139.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 8.9N 138.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 9.4N 136.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 10.0N 135.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 10.3N 134.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 10.8N 133.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 11.2N 132.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 11.5N 131.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 11.9N 130.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 12.3N 129.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 12.3N 127.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 12.4N 126.9E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 12.5N 125.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 12.7N 124.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 12.8N 123.5E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 12.9N 122.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 13.0N 121.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 13.3N 121.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 13.7N 120.7E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 14.0N 120.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 14.3N 120.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 14.0N 120.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 13.6N 120.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 13.6N 119.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 13.1N 119.5E | 1008 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
- 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
- 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.