The 2019 season

Typhoon Krosa (2019)

Typhoon Krosa reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 4, 2019 and August 17, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Krosa, 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
August 4, 2019 to August 17, 2019
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
290 nmi (537 km, 334 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
93 nmi (172 km, 107 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
Overall size
425 nmi (787 km, 489 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
105 kt (121 mph)
Fastest the center moved
25 kt (29 mph)
Identifier
WP112019

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 4, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 4, 00:0015.5N 146.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 06:0016.1N 146.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 12:0016.7N 146.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 4, 18:0016.9N 146.3E20 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 00:0016.8N 145.7E20 kt1001 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 06:0016.8N 145.1E20 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Aug 5, 12:0017.1N 144.8E25 kt999 mbMD
Aug 5, 18:0017.3N 144.4E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Aug 6, 00:0017.7N 143.8E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0018.4N 143.0E40 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0018.9N 142.4E50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0019.7N 142.0E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0020.6N 141.7E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 06:0021.1N 141.4E75 kt969 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 12:0021.5N 141.0E75 kt968 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 18:0021.7N 140.8E80 kt962 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 00:0022.0N 140.6E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 06:0022.0N 140.5E100 kt946 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 12:0022.0N 140.8E100 kt945 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 18:0022.0N 141.0E95 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 00:0022.0N 141.1E95 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 06:0022.0N 141.2E90 kt953 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 12:0022.2N 141.4E85 kt957 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 18:0022.4N 141.5E75 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 00:0022.7N 141.5E70 kt966 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 06:0022.8N 141.1E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 12:0022.8N 140.7E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0022.8N 140.6E60 kt974 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0023.0N 140.2E60 kt972 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0023.3N 139.7E60 kt973 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0023.6N 139.1E55 kt976 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0023.9N 138.6E50 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0024.4N 137.9E50 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0025.0N 137.8E50 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0025.9N 137.2E50 kt978 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0027.0N 136.5E50 kt976 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0027.3N 135.2E50 kt974 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0027.6N 134.6E50 kt972 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0027.9N 134.1E50 kt974 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0028.3N 133.6E50 kt974 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0028.7N 133.2E55 kt969 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0029.4N 133.1E55 kt969 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0030.4N 132.8E55 kt968 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0031.4N 132.7E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0032.5N 132.6E55 kt967 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0034.1N 132.6E50 kt977 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0035.9N 132.8E40 kt979 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0037.6N 133.7E35 kt976 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 00:0039.6N 134.7E35 kt976 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 06:0041.0N 136.2E30 kt974 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 12:0042.9N 137.9E984 mbMixed
Aug 16, 18:0043.7N 138.6E986 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 00:0044.4N 139.9E990 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 06:0044.7N 140.7E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 12:0045.1N 141.0E1000 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.