Typhoon Vamco (2020)
Typhoon Vamco reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 8, 2020 and November 16, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Vamco, 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
- November 8, 2020 to November 16, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 290 nmi (537 km, 334 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- WP252020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 8.0N 134.9E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 8.9N 135.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 9.1N 134.1E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 10.3N 132.4E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 11.5N 131.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 12.0N 130.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 12.4N 129.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 12.9N 129.0E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 13.3N 128.3E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 13.6N 127.9E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 14.4N 126.6E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 14.5N 125.9E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 14.6N 124.6E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 14.5N 123.5E | 85 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 14.6N 122.9E | 100 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 15.0N 121.4E | 95 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 15.2N 119.5E | 80 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 15.2N 118.5E | 75 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 15.2N 117.4E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 15.3N 116.5E | 75 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 15.4N 115.5E | 75 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 15.5N 114.4E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 15.5N 113.4E | 110 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 15.5N 112.4E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 15.7N 111.3E | 105 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 15.9N 110.3E | 100 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 16.3N 109.4E | 95 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 17.1N 107.9E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 17.1N 107.6E | 75 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 17.7N 106.7E | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 18.4N 105.7E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 18.2N 104.1E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 19.1N 103.4E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 20.1N 103.0E | 1014 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- Typhoon MekkhalaWestern 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
- 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.