The 2019 season

Typhoon Fung-Wong (2019)

Typhoon Fung-Wong reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 17, 2019 and November 25, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Fung-Wong, 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 17, 2019 to November 25, 2019
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
988 mb (29.18 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 38 km (24 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.7
Identifier
WP282019

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Nov 23, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 17, 12:0010.6N 143.6E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0011.0N 142.0E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0011.5N 140.4E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0012.0N 138.6E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0012.3N 136.9E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0012.6N 135.1E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:0012.9N 133.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 06:0014.0N 131.1E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:0014.7N 129.9E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:0015.2N 129.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 00:0016.1N 128.5E30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 06:0017.9N 127.8E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0018.5N 126.2E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0019.5N 125.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0019.9N 124.6E65 kt988 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 06:0020.5N 124.3E65 kt989 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 12:0021.3N 124.2E60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0022.1N 124.3E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0023.0N 124.9E55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0023.9N 125.2E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0024.6N 125.4E30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 22, 18:0025.0N 125.4E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 00:0025.1N 125.5E25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 06:0025.3N 125.7E20 kt1012 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 12:0025.9N 125.9E20 kt1012 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 18:0028.4N 125.7E1014 mbMixed
Nov 24, 00:0030.0N 126.3E1014 mbMixed
Nov 24, 06:0030.2N 127.7E1012 mbExtratropical
Nov 24, 12:0031.1N 131.6E1016 mbExtratropical
Nov 24, 18:0031.7N 134.1E1014 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 00:0032.8N 136.7E1014 mbExtratropical

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.