Typhoon Saudel (2020)

Typhoon Saudel reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 16, 2020 and October 26, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Saudel, 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: October 16, 2020 to October 26, 2020
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.2
Identifier: WP192020

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Oct 16, 12:00	6.0N 140.9E	15 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Oct 16, 18:00	7.1N 141.4E	15 kt	1002 mb	Disturbance
Oct 17, 00:00	8.2N 141.6E	15 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Oct 17, 06:00	8.7N 139.9E	15 kt	1003 mb	Disturbance
Oct 17, 12:00	9.6N 138.6E	15 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Oct 17, 18:00	10.2N 137.6E	15 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 18, 00:00	10.6N 136.4E	15 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 18, 06:00	11.4N 133.9E	15 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Oct 18, 12:00	12.2N 133.2E	15 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Oct 18, 18:00	13.4N 131.1E	20 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Oct 19, 00:00	13.7N 129.4E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 19, 06:00	13.9N 128.3E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 19, 12:00	14.2N 126.8E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 19, 18:00	15.0N 125.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 20, 00:00	15.7N 124.7E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 20, 06:00	16.1N 123.7E	45 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 20, 12:00	15.9N 122.2E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 20, 18:00	16.2N 120.0E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 21, 00:00	15.8N 119.3E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 21, 06:00	16.0N 118.5E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 21, 12:00	15.9N 117.5E	45 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 21, 18:00	16.2N 116.8E	60 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 22, 00:00	16.7N 116.5E	60 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 22, 06:00	17.0N 116.4E	65 kt	980 mb	Typhoon
Oct 22, 12:00	17.5N 116.1E	60 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 22, 18:00	17.8N 115.8E	70 kt	979 mb	Typhoon
Oct 23, 00:00	17.9N 115.5E	75 kt	975 mb	Typhoon
Oct 23, 06:00	18.0N 115.2E	70 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Oct 23, 12:00	17.8N 114.8E	70 kt	977 mb	Typhoon
Oct 23, 18:00	17.6N 114.3E	55 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 00:00	17.6N 113.5E	50 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 06:00	17.5N 112.7E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 12:00	17.5N 111.6E	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 24, 18:00	17.6N 110.3E	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 00:00	17.6N 109.2E	40 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 06:00	17.5N 108.3E	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 25, 12:00	17.6N 107.8E	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 25, 18:00	17.9N 107.3E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 26, 00:00	18.0N 106.7E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 26, 06:00	18.1N 106.3E	15 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance

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.