Tropical Storm Chanthu (2016)
Tropical Storm Chanthu peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between August 11, 2016 and August 18, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 978 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
- August 11, 2016 to August 18, 2016
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 978 mb (28.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Identifier
- WP092016
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 15.6N 138.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 15.8N 138.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 16.2N 138.1E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 16.5N 138.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 16.1N 138.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 16.6N 138.8E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 17.3N 139.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 18.1N 140.2E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 19.0N 141.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 19.8N 142.1E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 21.1N 143.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 22.6N 144.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 23.9N 144.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 25.2N 144.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 26.6N 144.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 27.7N 144.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 29.3N 143.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 30.3N 142.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 31.5N 141.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 32.8N 141.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 34.2N 140.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 35.9N 141.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 37.9N 141.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 40.7N 142.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 44.2N 143.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 47.8N 144.6E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 51.5N 145.4E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 54.6N 146.6E | 980 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 58.0N 147.6E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 60.6N 149.1E | 986 mb | Extratropical |
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- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm LupitWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MirinaeWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon NidaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon OmaisWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm ConsonWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm DianmuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon LionrockWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm KompasuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2016 · 30 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Depression RaiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MalakasWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm AereWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon SarikaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon HaimaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MeariWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon TokageWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon Nock-TenWestern Pacific · 2016
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.