Tropical Storm Pakhar (2017)
Tropical Storm Pakhar peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between August 24, 2017 and August 28, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 983 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
- August 24, 2017 to August 28, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 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
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- WP162017
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 24, 00:00 | 15.7N 128.9E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 15.3N 127.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 15.2N 126.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 15.0N 124.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 15.2N 124.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 15.6N 123.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 16.1N 122.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 121.0E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 17.8N 119.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 18.5N 118.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 19.5N 116.2E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 20.7N 114.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 21.9N 113.4E | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 23.2N 111.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 24.0N 110.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 24.1N 108.6E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 23.9N 107.4E | 1004 mb | Mixed |
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- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm MuifaWestern 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
- 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.