The 2018 season

Typhoon Man-Yi (2018)

Typhoon Man-Yi reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between November 19, 2018 and November 30, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Man-Yi, 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
November 19, 2018 to November 30, 2018
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
959 mb (28.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 479 km (298 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.5
Identifier
WP342018

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 19, 18:004.3N 156.2ETropical storm
Nov 20, 00:004.3N 155.4ETropical storm
Nov 20, 06:004.5N 154.9E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 12:004.7N 154.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:005.8N 152.7E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:006.8N 150.8E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:008.2N 149.1E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:009.0N 146.2E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:009.5N 143.8E70 kt987 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 00:0010.6N 141.8E80 kt980 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 06:0011.8N 139.8E85 kt975 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 12:0012.7N 138.3E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 18:0013.6N 137.2E95 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 00:0014.5N 136.2E90 kt971 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 06:0015.5N 135.7E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 12:0016.5N 135.4E90 kt971 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 18:0017.4N 135.4E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 00:0017.9N 135.5E85 kt959 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 06:0018.3N 135.9E80 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 12:0018.5N 136.2E80 kt977 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 18:0018.5N 136.1E85 kt973 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 00:0018.3N 136.0E95 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 06:0018.3N 135.8E85 kt971 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 12:0018.5N 135.0E80 kt977 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 18:0019.0N 133.8E65 kt989 mbTyphoon
Nov 26, 00:0019.6N 133.0E45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0020.3N 132.3E40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0020.8N 132.0E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 18:0021.7N 131.9E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 00:0022.6N 132.3E30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 06:0023.2N 132.7E30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 12:0023.7N 133.3E30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 18:0024.5N 134.5E30 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Nov 28, 00:0025.9N 135.6E30 kt1010 mbExtratropical
Nov 28, 06:0027.9N 137.9E1010 mbExtratropical
Nov 28, 12:0030.3N 141.2E1008 mbExtratropical
Nov 28, 18:0032.2N 144.8E1006 mbExtratropical
Nov 29, 00:0033.7N 149.4E1002 mbExtratropical
Nov 29, 06:0035.1N 154.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Nov 29, 12:0036.7N 159.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Nov 29, 18:0037.7N 164.2E998 mbExtratropical
Nov 30, 00:0039.2N 169.4E1000 mbExtratropical
Nov 30, 06:0040.8N 174.6E1000 mbExtratropical
Nov 30, 12:0042.5N 180.2EExtratropical

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.