The 2009 pacific typhoon season was a below average season that spawned only 22 named storms, typhoons, and five super typhoons. It officially started on may 15, 2010 for the eastern pacific, and june 1 for the central pacific, and officially ended on november 30. Only the quintessential 2005 season saw more activity. During the year, a total of 104 tropical cyclones had formed this year to date. The season ran throughout 2011, though most tropical cyclone tend to develop between may and october. With the addition of warm water, light winds, and humidity, a thunderstorm can grow in intensity to become a typhoon. Dec 22, 2010 the 2010 hurricane season in the atlantic was notable for its aboveaverage activity and negligible impact on reinsurers bottom lines, while typhoon development in the west pacific was the lowest on record. Both low activity during the typhoon season juneoctober. The ace index for the season was 66 x10 4 knots 2, which is below the 1981 2010 average of 2 x10 4 knots 2.
On june 30, the central weather bureau of taiwan predicted that the 2010 season would be below its normal climatic average of 26. The 2010 atlantic hurricane season was the first in a group of three very active atlantic hurricane seasons. Satellite animations west pacific typhoon tracking. Nov 08, 20 when typhoon haiyan known in the philippines as yolanda pounded into the islands of samar and leyte at 4. Elsewhere, a tropical depression, as recognized by the japan meteorological agency, is about 665 miles west of wake island. Hurricanes and tropical storms annual 20 state of the. The season ran throughout 2011 with most tropical cyclagency orming between may and november. Dec 26, 2017 the relatively inactive 2017 northwest pacific typhoon season saved its worst for last, as the final storm of the year, typhoon tembin, was also the deadliest. A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 111 mph 96 knots or higher, corresponding to a category 3, 4 or 5 on the saffirsimpson hurricane wind scale. Dec 03, 2010 2010 northwest pacific typhoon season. The typhoon season ended on 22 october as typhoon megi moved away from hong kong and all tropical cyclone warning signals were cancelled. Aug 21, 2018 to explore the relationship between atlantic hurricanes and pacific typhoons, we looked at the 10 most active hurricane seasons or typhoon seasons in the atlantic and western pacific to see how. Five tropical cyclones affected hong kong during 2010 figure 2. This is the forum page for the 2011 pacific typhoon season please sign your comments using four tildes.
It was also recognized as the deadliest season in the philippines for decades. Place comments that start a new topic at the bottom of the page and give them a descriptive header please keep offtopic and political discussion to a minimum, and respect the guidelines listed to the right. The scope of this article is limited to the pacific ocean to the north of the equator between 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian. The 2010 hurricane season in the atlantic was notable for its aboveaverage activity and negligible impact on reinsurers bottom lines, while typhoon development in the west pacific was the lowest on record. The 2017 pacific typhoon season saves its worst for last. The least active year of the western pacific leads in with storms that dont do much. The 2011 pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average season that produced a total of 21 named storms, 8 typhoons, and four super typhoons. September 28 the wind field that reached 300 kph when typhoon jelawat jumped over okinawa decreased to 120 kph when it reached tokyo. The 2010 pacific hurricane season is the least active pacific hurricane season, alongside 1977, since reliable records began in 1971. The 1981 2010 average number of named storms in the east pacific is 16. Infobox hurricane season basinwpac year2006 track2006 pacific typhoon season summary. May 06, 2020 the 20 east pacific hurricane season had 18 named storms, seven hurricanes, one of which was a major hurricane. The relatively inactive 2017 northwest pacific typhoon season saved its worst for last, as the final storm of the year, typhoon tembin, was also the deadliest. Category 5 super typhoon maysak sets record in western pacific.
It continued to the northeast, and vertical shear caused it to dissipate on the 12th. This season was much more active than the previous season, although both seasons were below the pacific typhoon average of 26. The typhoon is the third of the year so far, which sets a record for the most typhoons so early in the western pacific typhoon season, according to meteorologist jeff masters of weather underground. The 2010 pacific typhoon season was the least active pacific typhoon season on record, featuring only 14 named storms. Tropical cyclone climatology national hurricane center. The total number of 21 is the fourth least since 1951 because only two named tcs formed from october to december, which is the recordtying. During 2010, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the atlantic, pacific and indian oceans. Very likely to be the least active season since reliable records began in the mid 1960s. Sep 14, 2016 meranti packed sustained wind speeds of 180mph on tuesday and a central pressure reading of 890mb the lowest for a typhoon since the reading for the supertyphoon megi in 2010, one of the most. Conversely, both the west pacific typhoon and east pacific hurricane seasons experienced the least number of cyclones reaching tropical storm intensity in recorded history. Summary of 2011 nw pacific typhoon season and verification of. That is my prediction at the moment for this coming up typhoon season 2010. Edt on march 23, tropical storm 02w was about 75 nautical miles northnorthwest of yap, near 11. Fourteen named tropical cyclones tcs formed in the western north pacific wnp in 2010, representing the lowest count since 1951.
No tropical cyclones formed during april 2020 may is usually when tropical cyclone activity begins to pick up as the rainy season begins in the subtropics and the southwest monsoon or habagat gradually becomes established near the philippines toward the end of the month. Review of the 2011 typhoon season provided by rsmctokyo in the western north pacific, 21 named tropical cyclones tcs formed in 2011 and eight reached typhoon ty intensity see table 1. West pacific infrared aviation color enhancement west pacific water vapor. The 2011 nw pacific typhoon season saw typhoon and tropical storm numbers well below the 19652010 norm although intense typhoon numbers were only slightly belownorm. This is the first known planet x typhoon on record. Northern pacific typhoon season 2010 weatherzone forums. In 2004, the western north pacific ocean wnp experienced a very busy typhoon season with 29 named tropical cyclones tcs, while in 2010 the wnp was unusually quiet with only 14 tcs forming. Is there a link between fewer atlantic hurricanes and more. Media in category 2010 pacific typhoon season the following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. On october 18, 2010, typhoon megi approached and made landfall in the northeastern isabela province of the philippines. Typhoon conson weakened to a tropical storm before it made landfall in northern vietnam late saturday, july 17, where it caused flash flooding and landslides that caused fatalities. These names were contributed to a list of a 140 names submitted by the fourteen members nations and territories of the escapwmo typhoon committee. The sst gradient between the southwestern pacific and the. It is tied alongside 1887, 1995, 2011, and 2012 with 19 tropical storms, the third highest count in recorded history.
The 2011 pacific typhoon season was an event in which tropical cyclones formed in the western pacific ocean. To explore the relationship between atlantic hurricanes and pacific typhoons, we looked at the 10 most active hurricane seasons or typhoon seasons in the atlantic and western pacific to see how. When typhoon haiyan known in the philippines as yolanda pounded into the islands of samar and leyte at 4. The seasons had no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern pacific ocean between june and december. The national weather service has issued a typhoon watch for saipan and tinian, meaning typhoonforce winds of 74 mph or greater are possible within 48 hours. Last typhoon season 2009 was a very busy one and a early typhoon season we had a few big supper typhoon.
Home earth digital typhoon past typhoons japanese number name basin birth utc death utc duration min. No storms were reported this season due to the lack of technology. The second tropical depression of the northwestern pacific tropical cyclone season has formed and is currently located about 235. It was the most intense tropical cyclone of the year to date. It featured 12 hurricanes, tied with 1969 for the second highest total. Abstractfourteen named tropical cyclones tcs formed in the western north pacific wnp in 2010, representing the lowest count since 1951. The trmm satellite got a good view of tropical storm conson known as basyang in the philippines in the west pacific ocean as it passed directly overhead on july 12 at 1550 utc 1. This indicates strong interannual variability in tc genesis frequency over the wnp landsea 2000. This coming up typhoon season 2010 we can see the same things happen again. The 2010s, for planet x, featured the 20102019 pacific typhoon seasons. The pacific typhoon season during 2010 was in fact less active than the 2010 atlantic hurricane season, the only such occurrence other than 2005. Hurricane celia became the first hurricane of the 2010 eastern pacific season in late june 2010. Aug 14, 2015 the national weather service has issued a typhoon watch for saipan and tinian, meaning typhoon force winds of 74 mph or greater are possible within 48 hours. Number name basin birth utc death utc duration min.
Spanning more than 600 kilometers 370 miles across, megi was the 15th tropical storm and 7th typhoon of the season in the western pacific ocean. The most active basin in 2010 was the north atlantic, which documented 19 named systems, while the north indian ocean, despite only amounting to five named systems, was its basins most active since 1998. Lingling will approach western north korea late saturday as a typhoon, before most likely moving across north korea, while weakening and accelerating northeastward saturday night and sunday. Both low activity during the typhoon season juneoctober and quiescence during the pre and posttyphoon seasons were major contributing factors.
During the season 26 named tropical cyclones developed in the western pacific and were named by the japan meteorological agency, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. The names lionrock and fanapi were used for the first time. National hurricane center reported that celia was a category 2 hurricane, and that the storm could be expected to strengthen over the next 48 hours. The depression moved northwestward and was upgraded to tropical storm 04w by the jtwc on june 30. The first half of the season was very quiet whereas the second half of the season was extremely active. Supertyphoon meranti whips up wind speeds in pacific to. On average, about one tropical storm forms each may. Meranti packed sustained wind speeds of 180mph on tuesday and a central pressure reading of 890mb the lowest for a typhoon since the reading for the supertyphoon megi in 2010, one of the most. The typhoons that regularly lash southeast asia during monsoon season originate in the pacific ocean before moving west. Tropical storm risk on remarkable 2010 hurricane, typhoon. Typhoon haiyan the biggest yet as worlds tropical storms. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias. In the western north pacific, hurricanes are called typhoons. Media in category 2011 pacific typhoon season the following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total.