The 2019 season

Typhoon Fengshen (2019)

Typhoon Fengshen reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 9, 2019 and November 18, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 946 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Fengshen, 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
November 9, 2019 to November 18, 2019
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
946 mb (27.94 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1196 km (743 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.2
Identifier
WP262019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 9, 18:0010.7N 171.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 00:0011.0N 170.6E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 06:0011.4N 170.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 12:0012.1N 169.5E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 18:0012.8N 168.9E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 00:0013.3N 168.0E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 06:0014.0N 166.6E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 12:0014.3N 165.0E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 18:0014.7N 163.6E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 00:0015.1N 162.4E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 06:0015.6N 160.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 12:0016.2N 159.3E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:0016.8N 157.7E35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:0017.2N 156.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 06:0017.0N 154.5E40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 12:0017.0N 153.0E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:0017.0N 151.4E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:0017.0N 149.6E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 06:0017.1N 148.0E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 12:0017.5N 146.5E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:0018.2N 145.0E70 kt985 mbTyphoon
Nov 15, 00:0019.0N 143.6E90 kt974 mbTyphoon
Nov 15, 06:0020.1N 142.6E105 kt958 mbTyphoon
Nov 15, 12:0021.2N 142.2E115 kt948 mbTyphoon
Nov 15, 18:0022.4N 142.5E115 kt946 mbTyphoon
Nov 16, 00:0023.8N 143.3E110 kt950 mbTyphoon
Nov 16, 06:0024.9N 144.8E110 kt949 mbTyphoon
Nov 16, 12:0025.9N 146.8E105 kt953 mbTyphoon
Nov 16, 18:0026.4N 149.3E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Nov 17, 00:0026.6N 152.2E75 kt982 mbTyphoon
Nov 17, 06:0026.7N 155.3E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0026.0N 156.4E40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0025.0N 157.8E30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 00:0023.8N 158.4E25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 06:0022.2N 157.7E20 kt1012 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 12:0020.8N 156.0E20 kt1012 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.