Typhoon Cempaka (2021)
Typhoon Cempaka reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 17, 2021 and July 25, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 17, 2021 to July 25, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- WP102021
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 18.9N 117.1E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 18.9N 115.8E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 19.3N 115.7E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 19.6N 115.4E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 19.9N 115.0E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 20.2N 114.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 20.5N 113.8E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 20.7N 113.3E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 20.9N 113.1E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 21.0N 112.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 21.1N 112.8E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 21.2N 112.6E | 65 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 21.3N 112.4E | 65 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 21.5N 112.2E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 21.7N 111.9E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 21.8N 111.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 21.9N 111.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 22.2N 110.9E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 22.5N 110.5E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 22.7N 109.8E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 22.8N 109.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 22.7N 108.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 22.2N 108.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 21.7N 107.8E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 21.2N 107.7E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 20.7N 107.4E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 20.2N 107.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 19.9N 107.1E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 19.5N 107.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 18.9N 106.4E | 15 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 18.5N 106.6E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 18.2N 106.7E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 18.1N 107.1E | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
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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.