The 2016 season

Typhoon Mirinae (2016)

Typhoon Mirinae reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 25, 2016 and July 28, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Mirinae, 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
July 25, 2016 to July 28, 2016
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
22 nmi (41 km, 25 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
WP052016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 25, 06:0017.1N 115.9E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jul 25, 12:0017.2N 115.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 18:0017.4N 114.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 00:0018.0N 113.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 06:0018.5N 112.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0018.9N 110.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0019.2N 109.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0019.5N 108.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0019.9N 107.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0020.2N 106.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0020.3N 106.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 00:0020.9N 105.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0021.7N 105.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0022.4N 104.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 28, 18:0023.1N 104.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

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.