The 2016 season

Typhoon Lionrock (2016)

Typhoon Lionrock reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 16, 2016 and August 30, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lionrock, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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
August 16, 2016 to August 30, 2016
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
28.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
66 nmi (122 km, 76 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
Overall size
240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
115 kt (132 mph)
Fastest the center moved
43 kt (49 mph)
Identifier
WP122016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 16, 18:0025.0N 160.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 17, 00:0025.9N 158.9E30 kt997 mbSubtropical depression
Aug 17, 06:0027.1N 157.0E35 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0027.8N 155.4E35 kt996 mbSubtropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0028.4N 153.8E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0029.1N 152.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0030.1N 150.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0030.9N 148.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0032.3N 146.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0032.8N 144.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0033.1N 142.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0032.6N 141.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0032.2N 139.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0031.5N 138.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0031.1N 137.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0030.5N 136.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0030.2N 135.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0029.9N 134.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0029.4N 133.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0029.0N 133.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0028.7N 133.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0028.7N 133.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0028.7N 133.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0028.5N 134.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0028.3N 134.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0027.7N 134.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0027.2N 134.3E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0026.5N 133.9E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0025.9N 133.3E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 00:0025.2N 132.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 06:0024.8N 132.3E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 12:0024.3N 131.8E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 18:0023.8N 131.4E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 00:0023.5N 131.1E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 06:0023.5N 131.0E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 12:0023.4N 130.9E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 18:0023.2N 130.9E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 00:0023.1N 131.1E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 06:0023.1N 131.4E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 12:0023.2N 132.2E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 18:0023.5N 132.7E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 00:0023.7N 133.1E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 06:0024.0N 133.8E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 12:0024.5N 134.7E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 18:0025.2N 135.6E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 00:0026.1N 136.7E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 06:0027.7N 137.9E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 12:0028.5N 138.9E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 18:0029.4N 140.6E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 00:0030.5N 141.7E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 06:0031.5N 142.7E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 12:0032.8N 143.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 18:0034.3N 143.1E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 00:0036.0N 142.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 06:0037.9N 141.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0041.3N 140.1E45 kt978 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0043.8N 135.9E980 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.