Typhoon Mekkhala (2020)
Typhoon Mekkhala reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 8, 2020 and August 12, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Mekkhala, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- August 8, 2020 to August 12, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- WP072020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 14.9N 117.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 15.0N 117.8E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 15.3N 118.0E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 15.9N 118.3E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 17.0N 118.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 18.2N 118.6E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 19.3N 118.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 20.4N 118.6E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 21.6N 118.5E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 22.9N 118.2E | 65 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 24.2N 117.7E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 25.5N 117.3E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 27.4N 116.8E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 28.3N 115.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 28.7N 114.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2020
- Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2020 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm NuriWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2020
- Super Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm DolphinWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon KujiraWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm LinfaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NangkaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon SaudelWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MolaveWestern Pacific · 2020
- Super Typhoon GoniWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm AtsaniWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon VamcoWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Depression KrovanhWestern Pacific · 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.