The 2019 season

Typhoon Bulbul:Matmo (2019)

Typhoon Bulbul:Matmo reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 28, 2019 and November 11, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Bulbul:Matmo, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 28, 2019 to November 11, 2019
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
9.7
Identifier
WP232019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 28, 12:0010.6N 118.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 28, 18:0010.7N 117.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 29, 00:0011.2N 116.3E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 29, 06:0011.6N 115.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 29, 12:0012.1N 114.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 29, 18:0012.7N 113.1E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Oct 30, 00:0013.0N 112.0E40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0013.1N 110.8E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:0013.3N 110.0E50 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0013.5N 108.5E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0013.6N 107.2E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0013.7N 105.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0013.8N 104.6E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 31, 18:0014.0N 103.4E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 1, 00:0014.3N 102.2E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 1, 06:0014.5N 101.4E15 kt1008 mbTropical wave
Nov 1, 12:0014.4N 100.7E15 kt1007 mbTropical wave
Nov 1, 18:0014.2N 100.0E15 kt1008 mbTropical wave
Nov 2, 00:0014.0N 99.3E15 kt1008 mbTropical wave
Nov 2, 06:0013.8N 98.8E15 kt1010 mbTropical wave
Nov 2, 12:0013.6N 98.3E15 kt1006 mbTropical wave
Nov 2, 18:0013.4N 97.6E15 kt1006 mbTropical wave
Nov 3, 00:0013.3N 96.7E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 3, 06:0013.3N 96.0E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 3, 12:0013.3N 95.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 3, 18:0013.2N 94.8E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 4, 00:0013.0N 94.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 4, 06:0012.8N 93.2E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 12:0012.8N 92.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 18:0012.8N 91.6E25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 00:0012.8N 91.0E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 06:0012.8N 90.6E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 12:0012.9N 90.1E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0012.9N 89.7E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 00:0013.2N 89.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 06:0013.1N 90.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:0013.3N 90.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0013.9N 89.8E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0014.5N 89.2E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0015.1N 88.7E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0015.6N 88.3E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0016.2N 87.8E65 kt984 mbTyphoon
Nov 8, 00:0017.0N 87.8E70 kt983 mbTyphoon
Nov 8, 06:0017.8N 87.9E80 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 8, 12:0018.7N 87.9E80 kt975 mbTyphoon
Nov 8, 18:0019.3N 87.8E75 kt979 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 00:0020.0N 87.7E75 kt979 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 06:0020.6N 87.7E85 kt972 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 12:0021.1N 88.0E100 kt959 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 18:0021.6N 88.6E95 kt964 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 00:0021.9N 89.4E70 kt983 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 06:0022.3N 90.2E55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0022.6N 90.7E40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 18:0022.8N 91.0E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 00:0023.1N 91.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.