Typhoon Tembin (2017)

Typhoon Tembin reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between December 20, 2017 and December 26, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Tembin, 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.

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The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: December 20, 2017 to December 26, 2017
Peak strength: Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure: 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size: 195 nmi (361 km, 224 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 70 kt (81 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier: WP332017

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 20, 00:00	8.2N 134.0E		1006 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 06:00	8.5N 132.8E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 12:00	7.8N 132.4E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 20, 18:00	8.3N 131.0E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 21, 00:00	8.5N 129.8E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 06:00	8.4N 128.6E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 12:00	8.1N 127.6E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 18:00	7.9N 126.5E	50 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 00:00	7.8N 125.4E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 06:00	7.8N 124.0E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 12:00	7.8N 122.6E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 18:00	7.7N 121.5E	50 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 00:00	7.6N 120.3E	55 kt	981 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 06:00	7.6N 118.9E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 12:00	7.7N 117.4E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 23, 18:00	8.0N 115.8E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Dec 24, 00:00	8.1N 114.5E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Dec 24, 06:00	8.2N 113.2E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Dec 24, 12:00	8.3N 111.9E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Dec 24, 18:00	8.2N 110.9E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Dec 25, 00:00	7.9N 109.8E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 06:00	8.3N 108.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 12:00	8.5N 107.5E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 25, 18:00	8.4N 106.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 26, 00:00	8.4N 105.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 06:00	8.4N 104.4E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Dec 26, 12:00	8.5N 103.6E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.

Wikipedia article: Typhoon Tembin