The 2016 season

Typhoon Meari (2016)

Typhoon Meari reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 30, 2016 and November 9, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Meari. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 30, 2016 to November 9, 2016
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 996 km (619 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Identifier
WP262016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 30, 18:0010.1N 146.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0010.5N 146.2E1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0010.5N 145.2E1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0010.4N 144.2E1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0010.5N 143.4E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0010.7N 142.5E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0011.1N 141.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0011.6N 140.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0011.9N 139.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0012.9N 139.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical wave
Nov 2, 06:0012.8N 138.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 2, 12:0012.7N 137.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 2, 18:0013.0N 137.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 00:0013.2N 137.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 06:0013.3N 138.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 12:0013.8N 138.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 18:0014.3N 138.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 00:0014.8N 138.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 06:0015.5N 139.1E50 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0016.2N 139.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0016.8N 139.9E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 5, 00:0017.2N 139.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 5, 06:0017.5N 140.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 5, 12:0018.2N 141.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 5, 18:0018.7N 141.8E85 kt966 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 00:0019.5N 142.7E90 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 06:0020.8N 143.7E90 kt962 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 12:0022.3N 144.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 6, 18:0024.3N 146.1E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 7, 00:0027.0N 147.0E60 kt978 mbExtratropical
Nov 7, 06:0028.6N 147.8E55 kt982 mbExtratropical
Nov 7, 12:0028.8N 148.0E55 kt982 mbExtratropical
Nov 7, 18:0029.4N 149.2E984 mbExtratropical
Nov 8, 00:0030.7N 150.5E988 mbExtratropical
Nov 8, 06:0031.9N 152.2E992 mbExtratropical
Nov 8, 12:0033.3N 154.6E996 mbExtratropical
Nov 8, 18:0034.9N 157.1E998 mbExtratropical
Nov 9, 00:0036.5N 161.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Nov 9, 06:0037.7N 163.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Nov 9, 12:0038.4N 164.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Nov 9, 18:0039.0N 165.5E1004 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.