Typhoon Namtheun (2016)
Typhoon Namtheun reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 30, 2016 and September 5, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Namtheun, 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
- August 30, 2016 to September 5, 2016
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.4
- 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP152016
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 30, 18:00 | 20.8N 123.0E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 21.2N 124.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 21.5N 124.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 22.4N 126.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 23.2N 127.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 23.8N 128.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 24.4N 129.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 25.0N 130.2E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 25.8N 130.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 26.4N 130.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 27.2N 130.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 27.8N 130.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 28.5N 130.6E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 29.3N 130.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 29.9N 130.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 30.5N 130.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 31.0N 129.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 31.4N 129.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 32.0N 129.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 32.5N 129.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 33.2N 129.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 34.1N 130.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 35.4N 131.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 35.9N 132.3E | 1008 mb | 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
- 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.