The 2016 season

Typhoon Omais (2016)

Typhoon Omais reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 2, 2016 and August 12, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Omais, 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 2, 2016 to August 12, 2016
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 165 km (103 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.1
Identifier
WP072016

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 2, 12:0016.7N 148.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0016.7N 148.2E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0016.9N 147.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0017.3N 148.1E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0017.3N 148.2E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0017.6N 148.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0018.1N 148.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0018.7N 147.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0018.8N 145.7E35 kt996 mbMD
Aug 4, 18:0019.5N 146.2E35 kt996 mbMD
Aug 5, 00:0020.3N 146.5E40 kt993 mbMD
Aug 5, 06:0021.0N 146.8E45 kt989 mbMD
Aug 5, 12:0022.1N 147.2E50 kt985 mbMD
Aug 5, 18:0023.1N 147.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0024.2N 147.7E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0025.3N 147.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 12:0026.5N 147.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 18:0027.7N 147.3E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0028.8N 146.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0029.9N 146.4E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0030.9N 145.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0032.3N 144.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0033.7N 144.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0034.6N 144.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0035.7N 144.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0037.2N 144.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0038.7N 145.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0040.2N 146.9E45 kt989 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 12:0042.5N 147.9E40 kt993 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 18:0044.2N 151.3E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0046.3N 152.9E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0048.4N 156.3E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0050.2N 159.8E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0052.0N 162.8E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0053.5N 165.5E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0054.9N 169.1E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 12:0055.6N 172.5E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0056.1N 174.6E984 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0056.3N 177.1E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0056.4N 181.8EExtratropical

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.