Typhoon Phanfone (2019)
Typhoon Phanfone reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between December 19, 2019 and December 29, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 19, 2019 to December 29, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 958 mb (28.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 37 nmi (69 km, 43 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- WP302019
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 5.2N 151.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 4.9N 150.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 4.8N 148.9E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 4.9N 147.5E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 5.0N 145.9E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 4.9N 144.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 4.8N 143.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 5.3N 142.5E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 5.9N 141.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 6.4N 139.9E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 7.0N 139.1E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 7.4N 138.1E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 8.3N 136.8E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 8.9N 135.3E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 9.5N 133.7E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 10.0N 132.0E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 10.5N 130.9E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 10.8N 129.2E | 65 kt | 989 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 10.8N 127.7E | 75 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 11.0N 126.3E | 85 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 11.4N 124.9E | 90 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 11.7N 123.4E | 95 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 11.8N 122.4E | 105 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 12.1N 121.4E | 105 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 12.6N 120.2E | 100 kt | 964 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 12.8N 119.3E | 90 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 13.1N 118.6E | 85 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 13.4N 118.1E | 85 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 13.9N 117.7E | 80 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 14.4N 117.3E | 75 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 14.6N 117.1E | 65 kt | 988 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 14.7N 116.8E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 14.8N 116.5E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 14.8N 116.0E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 14.4N 115.2E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 14.4N 113.9E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 14.4N 113.0E | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 14.6N 112.1E | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 14.6N 111.7E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 14.5N 111.2E | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
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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.