Typhoon Leepi (2018)
Typhoon Leepi reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 10, 2018 and August 15, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Leepi, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 10, 2018 to August 15, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- WP192018
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 10, 00:00 | 16.1N 146.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 16.9N 145.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 17.1N 145.2E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 17.9N 144.8E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 18.4N 144.5E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 19.1N 144.1E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 19.9N 143.6E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 20.6N 143.0E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 21.5N 142.6E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 22.8N 142.2E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 23.7N 141.5E | 65 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 24.7N 140.6E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 25.7N 139.5E | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 26.5N 138.6E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 27.3N 137.6E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 28.3N 137.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 29.4N 136.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 30.6N 134.7E | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 31.6N 133.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 32.6N 131.4E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 33.9N 130.0E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 34.9N 129.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 35.9N 129.5E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Post-tropical |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 36.6N 129.9E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Post-tropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm BolavenWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deaths
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2018 · 86 deaths
- Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 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.