Super Typhoon Bualoi (2019)
Super Typhoon Bualoi reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 17, 2019 and October 26, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Bualoi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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
- October 17, 2019 to October 26, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 616 km (383 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 64 nmi (119 km, 74 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- WP222019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 7.9N 168.6E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 7.9N 166.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical wave |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 7.9N 165.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical wave |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 8.2N 163.6E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 8.8N 161.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 9.1N 160.1E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 9.6N 158.4E | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 10.1N 156.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 10.6N 154.9E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 11.0N 153.7E | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 11.3N 152.3E | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 11.7N 151.3E | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 12.2N 150.4E | 65 kt | 988 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 12.7N 149.7E | 70 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 13.2N 149.1E | 75 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 14.0N 148.2E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 14.7N 147.6E | 100 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 15.4N 146.8E | 110 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 16.3N 146.0E | 115 kt | 947 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 17.1N 145.0E | 120 kt | 946 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 18.2N 144.4E | 130 kt | 933 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 19.2N 143.5E | 135 kt | 929 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 20.4N 143.1E | 125 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 21.7N 142.3E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 22.8N 142.0E | 105 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 24.0N 141.9E | 105 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 25.4N 141.9E | 105 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 26.8N 142.1E | 95 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 28.1N 142.7E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 29.3N 143.5E | 90 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 30.7N 144.7E | 80 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 32.2N 146.3E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 33.8N 148.1E | 60 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 35.0N 149.8E | 55 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 36.6N 149.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 38.5N 149.4E | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm MunWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm DanasWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm NariWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm WiphaWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm BailuWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm PodulWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon LinglingWestern Pacific · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2019
- Tropical Storm PeipahWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon TapahWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon Bulbul:MatmoWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon NakriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon KammuriWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2019
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.