Tropical Storm Malou (2016)
Tropical Storm Malou peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between September 5, 2016 and September 7, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Malou, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 5, 2016 to September 7, 2016
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 134 km (83 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- 2016250N25125
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 24.7N 124.7E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 25.3N 125.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 26.2N 125.8E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 27.1N 127.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 28.2N 128.2E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 29.1N 129.2E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 29.5N 130.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 30.3N 132.1E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 31.5N 134.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 32.3N 136.4E | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon NepartakWestern Pacific · 2016
- 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 ChanthuWestern 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
- 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.