2013 WPAC Season

[dexterlabio]

Look at the 00z GFS run. Crazier than ever. There is an addition; a TS forming just east of Samar then affecting Bicol and Northern Visayas. The same system CMC has been showing. Take note this is near-term.

[hurricanes1234]

Welcome back everyone, we just had Krosa which peaked recently as a 100-knot major typhoon. It has since weakened, but will be heading towards China.

[euro6208]

WOW! i found some interesting facts and a record!

Typhoon krosa at 100 knots makes her the 6th straight storm to intensity into a major typhoon.

2013 Typhoon Season just accomplished a very rare feat. The only other two tropical cyclone seasons worldwide that had six straight tropical storms reach major hurricane intensity were the 1950 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the 1993 East Pacific Hurricane Season


2013 Typhoon Season- Danas, Nari, Wipha, Francisco, Lekima, Krosa

1950 AHS- Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, and Fox

1993 EPS- Dora, Eugene, Keoni, Fernanda, Greg, and Hilary

[xtyphooncyclonex]

WOW! i found some interesting facts and a record!

Typhoon krosa at 100 knots makes her the 6th straight storm to intensity into a major typhoon.

2013 Typhoon Season just accomplished a very rare feat. The only other two tropical cyclone seasons worldwide that had six straight tropical storms reach major hurricane intensity were the 1950 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the 1993 East Pacific Hurricane Season


2013 Typhoon Season- Danas, Nari, Wipha, Francisco, Lekima, Krosa

1950 AHS- Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, and Fox

1993 EPS- Dora, Eugene, Keoni, Fernanda, Greg, and Hilary

Do you mean consecutive?

I am really surprised how this season would turn out. We have a late booming one! A season with 3 CATEGORY 5's, same as 2012-last year.

Our ACE is higher than it was predicted! Standing at 232.59, the number is expected to increase, as 2 more typhoons will develop!

Krosa contributed 11.7825 of our yearly ACE, which is 89% of YTD normal, 77% of our ANNUAL NORMAL!

[xtyphooncyclonex]

Welcome back everyone, we just had Krosa which peaked recently as a 100-knot major typhoon. It has since weakened, but will be heading towards China.

Nope. Heading towards VIETNAM. It is moving SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD and will weaken.

[xtyphooncyclonex]

OUR ''MAJOR'' TYPHOONS [177 kph and above]: Soulik, Utor, Usagi, Danas, Nari, Wipha, Francisco, Lekima, Krosa [and probably Haiyan/Podul]!!!

[xtyphooncyclonex]

TALLY:
29 tropical storms [may become 31]
12 typhoons [may become 14]
9 major typhoons [may become 10]
4 super typhoons [may become 5]

ACE:
232 units ACE [may become 250+]

This is a fast booming season, with 20 tropical storms forming from August 1-October 31!

[euro6208]

WOW! i found some interesting facts and a record!

Typhoon krosa at 100 knots makes her the 6th straight storm to intensity into a major typhoon.

2013 Typhoon Season just accomplished a very rare feat. The only other two tropical cyclone seasons worldwide that had six straight tropical storms reach major hurricane intensity were the 1950 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the 1993 East Pacific Hurricane Season


2013 Typhoon Season- Danas, Nari, Wipha, Francisco, Lekima, Krosa

1950 AHS- Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, and Fox

1993 EPS- Dora, Eugene, Keoni, Fernanda, Greg, and Hilary

Do you mean consecutive?

I am really surprised how this season would turn out. We have a late booming one! A season with 3 CATEGORY 5's, same as 2012-last year.

Our ACE is higher than it was predicted! Standing at 232.59, the number is expected to increase, as 2 more typhoons will develop!

Krosa contributed 11.7825 of our yearly ACE, which is 89% of YTD normal, 77% of our ANNUAL NORMAL!

read above, yes 6th straight storm to reach major status of 100 knots...incredible...now if only 30W can intensify at a rapid pace like his brother so we can reach 8 storms reaching major status.

[Hurricane_Luis]

GFS has 30W making landfall in Vietnam, then crossing into the Indian ocean and regenerating there.

In the South China Sea



Landfall in Vietnam



In the Gulf of Thailand



Over the Andaman Islands



Landfall in India

[xtyphooncyclonex]

We now have our 30th tropical storm, Haiyan!

-Haiyan is very dangerous and a track towards Visayas AS A SUPER TYPHOON*
-We should stay safe against winds, rains and storm surge.

*The posts in this forum are NOT official forecast and should not be used as such. They are just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. They are NOT endorsed by any professional institution or storm2k.org. For official information, please refer to the NHC and NWS products.

[beoumont]

Catching a tropical cyclone this year:

W. Pac Basin is to the Atlantic Basin, as
Fish in a barrel is to a needle in a haystack.

English majors: is that a metaphor? an analogy? or some other figure of speech?
OR just a sad comparison.

[hurricanes1234]

Catching a tropical cyclone this year:

W. Pac Basin is to the Atlantic Basin, as
Fish in a barrel is to a needle in a haystack.

English majors: is that a metaphor? an analogy? or some other figure of speech?
OR just a sad comparison.

Or maybe this:
WPAC is to the Atlantic as everything is to nothing.


Very simple, yet very true!!!

[xtyphooncyclonex]

If Haiyan continues to move in its current direction and speed, Haiyan will hit my city directly!!! YIKES!

[xtyphooncyclonex]

Catching a tropical cyclone this year:

W. Pac Basin is to the Atlantic Basin, as
Fish in a barrel is to a needle in a haystack.

English majors: is that a metaphor? an analogy? or some other figure of speech?
OR just a sad comparison.

Or maybe this:
WPAC is to the Atlantic as everything is to nothing.


Very simple, yet very true!!!

Totally agree!

[xtyphooncyclonex]

Is this one of the most active typhoon seasons?

[euro6208]

very active season...

Season tally for November 05...

31 Tropical Depressions...
27 Tropical Storms...
14 Typhoons
8 Major Typhoon (+100 knots)
-One Category 3
-Four Category 4
-Three Category 5

[euro6208]

Is this one of the most active typhoon seasons?

According to Best Track by the JTWC, this is the first +30 storm season since 2004 if i'm reading it correctly...

tally for that year:

32 Tropical Cyclones
30 Tropical storms
21 Typhoons
12 Major Typhoons...

More active than this year...

[euro6208]

According to Jeff Masters...

We have a new record for the number of typhoons in any October as seven typhoons developed breaking the old record of six typhoons that was set in October 1989...

He thanks typhoon expert Mark Lander for this stat...

Record season that should have more if we had recon of course




http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2569

[hurricanes1234]

Is this one of the most active typhoon seasons?

According to Best Track by the JTWC, this is the first +30 storm season since 2004 if i'm reading it correctly...

tally for that year:

32 Tropical Cyclones
30 Tropical storms
21 Typhoons
12 Major Typhoons...

More active than this year...

Oh well we know we're exceeding 32 for sure! Which season had more than 2004? Have any of them produced 40 named storms or 40 tropical cyclones?

[Extratropical94]

Is this one of the most active typhoon seasons?

According to Best Track by the JTWC, this is the first +30 storm season since 2004 if i'm reading it correctly...

tally for that year:

32 Tropical Cyclones
30 Tropical storms
21 Typhoons
12 Major Typhoons...

More active than this year...

Oh well we know we're exceeding 32 for sure! Which season had more than 2004? Have any of them produced 40 named storms or 40 tropical cyclones?

In 1964, the JTWC tracked 52 depressions, 39 named storms, 26 typhoons, but "only" 7 super typhoons.
I am not aware of a year with 40 or more named storms, neither by JTWC's nor by JMA's classification standards.
A season with 40 JMA depressions is normal, one with 40 cyclones by JTWC is kind of rare.