The 2018 season

Typhoon Jongdari (2018)

Typhoon Jongdari reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 23, 2018 and August 4, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Jongdari, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
July 23, 2018 to August 4, 2018
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
54 nmi (100 km, 62 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
75 kt (86 mph)
Fastest the center moved
25 kt (29 mph)
Identifier
WP152018

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 2, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 23, 00:0015.2N 137.4E15 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 23, 06:0015.7N 137.0E20 kt1007 mbLow
Jul 23, 12:0016.2N 136.5E20 kt1007 mbLow
Jul 23, 18:0017.2N 136.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 00:0018.1N 136.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 24, 06:0018.7N 136.6E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0019.3N 136.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0020.2N 136.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0020.8N 136.7E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0021.5N 137.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0021.9N 137.3E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0022.1N 137.6E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0022.5N 138.5E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0023.0N 139.3E60 kt981 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0023.5N 140.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 26, 18:0024.0N 141.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 00:0025.0N 142.5E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 06:0026.5N 143.8E90 kt952 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 12:0028.3N 144.6E90 kt952 mbTyphoon
Jul 27, 18:0030.5N 144.2E90 kt950 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 00:0032.3N 142.8E85 kt955 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 06:0033.8N 140.5E80 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 12:0034.2N 138.3E70 kt966 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 18:0034.8N 135.9E60 kt973 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0034.6N 133.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0034.0N 131.6E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0033.2N 130.3E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 18:0032.0N 129.4E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 30, 00:0031.1N 129.3E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 30, 06:0030.3N 129.3E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 30, 12:0029.2N 129.7E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 30, 18:0028.9N 130.7E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 00:0029.5N 131.8E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0030.5N 131.7E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0031.0N 130.4E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0030.8N 128.7E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0030.2N 128.0E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 06:0029.6N 127.0E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 12:0028.8N 126.8E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 18:0028.5N 126.6E30 kt995 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 00:0028.6N 127.0E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 06:0029.3N 126.7E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0030.5N 125.0E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 18:0030.8N 122.7E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 00:0030.5N 121.6E25 kt995 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 06:0030.9N 121.2E25 kt995 mbTropical depression
Aug 3, 12:0032.0N 120.6E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 3, 18:0033.3N 119.2E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 00:0033.9N 118.2E20 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 06:0034.1N 117.3E15 kt998 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 12:0034.1N 116.0E1002 mbMixed
Aug 4, 18:0034.3N 114.8EDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2018

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.