Tropical Storm Sonca (2017)
Tropical Storm Sonca peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between July 20, 2017 and July 29, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sonca, 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
- July 20, 2017 to July 29, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- WP082017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 16.1N 116.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 16.9N 115.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 17.4N 114.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 17.5N 114.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 17.6N 113.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 17.7N 113.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 17.9N 112.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 17.9N 112.3E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 17.7N 112.1E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 17.6N 111.8E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 17.6N 111.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 17.5N 111.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 17.3N 111.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 17.2N 111.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 17.0N 111.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 16.9N 110.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 16.9N 110.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 17.0N 109.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 17.0N 108.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 17.0N 107.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 16.8N 106.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 16.6N 104.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 16.4N 104.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 16.1N 103.7E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 16.2N 103.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 16.2N 103.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 16.5N 103.2E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 16.7N 103.5E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 16.9N 103.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 17.2N 104.1E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 17.4N 104.1E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 17.6N 104.1E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 17.6N 103.8E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 17.7N 103.6E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 17.7N 103.6E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 17.9N 103.8E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 18.0N 103.6E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2017
- 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 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.