Typhoon Soulik (2018)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

August 15, 2018 to August 30, 2018

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

942 mb (27.82 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

22.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

58 nmi (107 km, 67 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

390 nmi (722 km, 449 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

43 kt (49 mph)

Identifier

WP222018

Radar at RKJK as it neared land, Aug 23, 18:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deathsTropical Storm40 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm60 kt · 974 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deathsCat 180 kt · 960 mb
• Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5145 kt · 910 mb
• Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm50 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 165 kt · 974 mb
• Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 285 kt · 953 mb
• Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 983 mb
• Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm60 kt · 979 mb
• Typhoon LeepiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 165 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deathsTropical Storm50 kt · 978 mb
• Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 4115 kt · 936 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 997 mb
• Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5155 kt · 907 mb
• Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deathsCat 5155 kt · 896 mb
• Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 996 mb
• Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5140 kt · 914 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1001 mb
• Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5150 kt · 906 mb
• Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 5150 kt · 904 mb
• Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deathsCat 290 kt · 971 mb
• Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018Cat 295 kt · 959 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm50 kt · 996 mb

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.

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 Soulik