Tropical Storm Merbok (2017)
Tropical Storm Merbok peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between June 10, 2017 and June 13, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 10, 2017 to June 13, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP042017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 00:00 | 13.4N 119.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 13.8N 118.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 14.7N 118.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 15.6N 117.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 16.5N 117.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 17.6N 116.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 18.3N 116.1E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 19.5N 115.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 20.2N 115.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 21.3N 114.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 22.1N 114.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 23.0N 114.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 23.8N 114.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 25.2N 115.5E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 26.2N 116.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 27.5N 117.3E | Disturbance |
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- Super Typhoon NoruWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm KulapWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm SoncaWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm RokeWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon NesatWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm HaitangWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm NalgaeWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon BanyanWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon HatoWestern Pacific · 2017 · 26 deaths
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm MawarWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Depression GucholWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon KhanunWestern Pacific · 2017
- Super Typhoon LanWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm KirogiWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2017
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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.