The 2020 season

Typhoon Bavi (2020)

Typhoon Bavi reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between August 20, 2020 and August 29, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 942 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Bavi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 20, 2020 to August 29, 2020
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
942 mb (27.82 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.2
Identifier
WP092020

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 24, 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 20, 18:0018.7N 122.8E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0020.4N 122.5E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Aug 21, 06:0021.1N 122.2E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Aug 21, 12:0022.0N 122.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 18:0022.9N 122.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 00:0023.3N 122.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0024.3N 123.3E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0025.3N 123.9E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0025.8N 123.7E50 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0026.4N 123.9E55 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0026.8N 124.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0027.0N 125.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0027.1N 125.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 00:0027.4N 126.3E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 06:0027.9N 126.5E75 kt964 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 12:0028.2N 126.2E85 kt957 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 18:0028.6N 126.1E85 kt957 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 00:0029.2N 125.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 06:0029.8N 125.4E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 12:0030.6N 125.1E95 kt948 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 18:0031.4N 124.7E100 kt943 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 00:0032.3N 124.5E100 kt942 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 06:0033.6N 124.4E95 kt945 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 12:0035.0N 124.2E90 kt949 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 18:0036.9N 124.4E80 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 00:0039.3N 124.5E65 kt966 mbTyphoon
Aug 27, 06:0041.6N 125.8E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0044.0N 127.0E20 kt989 mbDisturbance
Aug 27, 18:0045.4N 127.0E998 mbMixed
Aug 28, 00:0045.2N 126.3E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 06:0044.7N 125.6E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 12:0044.6N 125.9E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 28, 18:0045.3N 125.2E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 00:0046.4N 124.6E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 06:0046.8N 123.6E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 12:0046.6N 123.8E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 29, 18:0046.6N 124.4E1012 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2020

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.