Tropical Storm Muifa (2017)
Tropical Storm Muifa peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between April 22, 2017 and April 29, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Muifa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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
- April 22, 2017 to April 29, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1000 km (621 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- WP032017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 18:00 | 8.8N 144.0E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 00:00 | 9.3N 143.2E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 06:00 | 10.0N 142.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 12:00 | 10.7N 141.8E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 23, 18:00 | 11.3N 140.8E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 24, 00:00 | 11.9N 139.8E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 24, 06:00 | 12.2N 138.8E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 24, 12:00 | 12.4N 138.2E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 24, 18:00 | 12.4N 136.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 25, 00:00 | 12.6N 136.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 06:00 | 12.7N 136.1E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 12:00 | 12.8N 135.9E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 12.9N 135.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 13.0N 134.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 13.3N 134.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 13.8N 134.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 14.6N 134.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 15.2N 134.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 15.9N 134.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 17.0N 134.6E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 17.9N 134.8E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 18.4N 135.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 18.9N 136.3E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 19.9N 137.7E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 20.8N 139.1E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 21.6N 140.3E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 22.8N 141.9E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm MerbokWestern Pacific · 2017
- Typhoon NanmadolWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm TalasWestern Pacific · 2017
- 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
- Typhoon TembinWestern Pacific · 2017
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.