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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 10.7N 171.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 11.0N 170.6E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 11.4N 170.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 12.1N 169.5E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 12.8N 168.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 13.3N 168.0E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 14.0N 166.6E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 14.3N 165.0E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 14.7N 163.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 15.1N 162.4E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 15.6N 160.7E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 16.2N 159.3E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 16.8N 157.7E | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 17.2N 156.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 17.0N 154.5E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 17.0N 153.0E | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 17.0N 151.4E | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 17.0N 149.6E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 17.1N 148.0E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 17.5N 146.5E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 18.2N 145.0E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 19.0N 143.6E | 90 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 20.1N 142.6E | 105 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 21.2N 142.2E | 115 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 22.4N 142.5E | 115 kt | 946 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 23.8N 143.3E | 110 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 24.9N 144.8E | 110 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 25.9N 146.8E | 105 kt | 953 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 26.4N 149.3E | 90 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 26.6N 152.2E | 75 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 26.7N 155.3E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 26.0N 156.4E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 25.0N 157.8E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 23.8N 158.4E | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 06:00 | 22.2N 157.7E | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 20.8N 156.0E | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
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- 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
- Super Typhoon BualoiWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon Bulbul:MatmoWestern Pacific · 2019
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2019
- Typhoon NakriWestern 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.