Forum:2013 Pacific typhoon season

Future start
Yep.-- Isaac829 E-Mail  02:18, September 16, 2012 (UTC)

Yep. A. Massive. Catty. 5. Typhoon. In. Typhoon. Land. I. Think. Will. Hit. Japan. In. August. 2013. Whilst. We. Are. Having. Humberto. And. Ingrid. Agreed. People. 188.223.248.201 00:10, November 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * JTWC Best Track for last year is out. Isaac829 E-Mail  20:54, April 26, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Depression 01W (Auring)
Now monitored by JMA (since January 1) and PAGASA (since today, January 3). Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 10:50, January 3, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Sonamu
Now upgraded to a tropical storm by JMA. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 15:23, January 3, 2013 (UTC)

Wow that was fast. I haven't started some new betting pools yet D:  Isaac829 E-Mail  03:16, January 4, 2013 (UTC)

Really fast start for the WPAC may be an indication of an active season? maybe but with an indication of La Niña developing it may affect later on.Allanjeffs 07:57, January 4, 2013 (UTC)

Severe Tropical Storm Sonamu
Sonamu has strengthened..... STO12 (talk) 17:03, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

I believe this is going to become the first typhoon of the year (never mind, Sonamu's dying). And Allan, just because we got a storm almost right away does not mean this year's typhoon season will be extremely active. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  18:05, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I know this is slightly off-topic, but with Sonamu,  the 2013 typhoon season has gotten its first storm faster than any season since 1979 (which kicked off with Typhoon Alice). This is also off-topic, but in the Atlantic, a freak January hurricane was found in 1938 via the Atlantic reanalysis project. This means it was 1938, not 1978, that had the fastest start to an Atlantic hurricane season. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  18:17, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

This is a rather odd, and also fast, start to the WPac typhoon season. This also marks the first time since 2001 that a storm existed in January here, when Vaemi crossed over from December, as did Soulik the year before that. But this is the first time in more than 30 years that the WPac had a storm form this early. It's not going to do much though. Ryan1000 20:53, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Sonamu (2nd time)
50 mph/994 mb. Andrew  Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  18:13, January 6, 2013 (UTC)

Remnants of Sonamu
Long gone. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  14:24, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

JMA Tropical Depression (Bising)
We are not even two weeks in to the new year, and our second PAGASA depression is among us!!! Bising currently has winds of 30 mph (10-min sustained) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1002 mb. By the way, does anyone know how to handle a storm monitored (and named) by PAGASA but not the JTWC at the same time? Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  14:24, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

We don't name them by their PAGASA names, but by their JMA names. This one probrably won't do much, might not even become named. Ryan1000 19:46, January 12, 2013 (UTC

What is the difference between a Pagasa and a Jma? Lemme guess.... Japan Meteoroligical Agency? Phillipine Agency Geology Administration (don't know the other two?) Anyway... why are typhoons named after Jma names and not PaGaSa names though? Just wondering.... BTW, I kinda see Bising become a category 2  Raraah, Awesome Pony 18:11, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Liz, the JMA Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) monitors the entire Pacific Ocean between the equator and 100 degrees east to the International Date Line, while the PAGASA area of responsibility encompasses a box enclosing the Philippines between 5 to 15 degrees north and 115 to 135 degrees east. Also, typhoons are named after JMA names because that agency is the RSMC, or "manager", of the Western Pacific basin, not PAGASA. And yes, you got the JMA part right (Japan Meteorological Agency, to be precise), but the PAGASA portion is officially called the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Anyway, PAGASA has dropped responsibility of this depression, so I removed the "Bising" part from the active storms template. However, the JMA still considers it active. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  18:35, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Remnants of JMA Tropical Depression
And...gone. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  00:54, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Depression 02W (Crising)
Made this a bit late. Isaac829 E-Mail  21:02, February 20, 2013 (UTC)

Actually it has been upgrade to ts Shanshan by JMA. I actually thought it was dead as the JTWC stop issuing advisories in this system.Allanjeffs 03:34, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Shanshan
Strange... Isaac829 E-Mail  15:25, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah. You have no idea how strange it is.Allanjeffs 00:58, February 23, 2013 (UTC)

95W.INVEST
Never has this basin been so dead up to now... By June there should be already a couple of typhoons. MJO for some reason didn't bother at all with the WPac. Regardless, 95W is already quite well defined and Yagi should form soon. (I have trouble comprehending WPac names, for some reason XD) Expected to recurve north. - HurricaneSpin (Talk)  20:56, June 2, 2013 (UTC)

This invest is very organized on satellite imagery. I think we will see a tropical depression in the next couple of days. Also, I agree the activity we have seen this year in the Western Pacific is indeed unusually low, but it is not that extreme (1998 did not even get a tropical depression until July 6!). Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  22:59, June 2, 2013 (UTC)


 * I doubt we'll get anywhere near 2010's record-low this year, but I'm surprised how quiet WPac has been thus far this year. We haven't had a named storm since the year begun in January, and aside from this, the rest of the basin seems dead. Ryan1000 00:11, June 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Even the Indian Ocean has been more active than the Wpac.The Wpac has start its quiet era I believe. I might be wrong but by this time compare to previous years there has been a typhoon already.Allanjeffs 04:54, June 4, 2013 (UTC)

JMA Tropical Depression (Dante)
As everyone tracks Tropical Storm Andrea in the Atlantic, this little depression has come together here in the West Pacific. Hopefully, it can become a tropical storm by JMA standards (we have not had one since Shanshan all the way back in March (and even that was not considered a tropical storm by the JTWC)!). Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  10:37, June 7, 2013 (UTC)

It would be a shame if it only becomes a TS in JMA standards, not just JTWC's.-- Isaac829 E-Mail  14:41, June 7, 2013 (UTC)

PAGASA has named this depression   Dante   (The last storm with that name was Kujira in 2009). Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me    22:18, June 7, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Yagi (Dante)

 * Now named by JMA. Still a Tropical Depression in JTWC standards (SSHS). Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:35, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yagi is expected to reach 45 knots in about 48 hours, as forecasted by the JMA. I believe we might see a severe tropical storm from this system. Also, just in case anyone is wondering, the name Yagi is Japanese for "goat". Andrew  Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  15:04, June 8, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yagi has some extremely cold cloud tops near 100C! I have simply never seen such an extreme example before. In fact, this might beat Hilda for a new record! - HurricaneSpin (Talk)  20:26, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * I wonder what it would be like to be in those clouds... Anyway, the JTWC now considers Yagi a tropical storm. Andrew  Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  21:03, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Could become a typhoon soon, but Yagi will likely dissipate off of Southern Japan and not cause significant damage on land. WPac's been rather quiet this year; only two other named storms so far this season (Sonamu and Shanshan). 2010 had only one storm at this time of year but would later get two typhoons in July. Ryan1000 02:20, June 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yagi kind of reminds me of Rammusun as the beginning. Rammusun was originally predicted to peak solidly as a 90kts typhoon by the JTWC. Well, it RI'd and nearly got upgraded into a cat-5. Yagi could strengthen a little bit more but I strongly doubt extreme intensity fluctuations. Weakening should kick in soon. - HurricaneSpin (Talk)  03:20, June 11, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yagi has start to weaken.Allanjeffs 04:10, June 11, 2013 (UTC)

Post-tropical cyclone Yagi
Died yesterday without becoming a typhoon. Ryan1000 21:48, June 13, 2013 (UTC)


 * Seems like a fail. Isaac829 E-Mail  04:10, June 14, 2013 (UTC)

99W.INVEST
Tropical depression could form. - HurricaneSpin (Talk)

Made landfall in China. - HurricaneSpin (Talk)  20:01, June 15, 2013 (UTC)

91W.INVEST
Similar to Yagi. - HurricaneSpin (Talk)  20:01, June 15, 2013 (UTC)

JMA Tropical Depression (Emong)
Its here the fourth of the season I believe.Allanjeffs 01:45, June 18, 2013 (UTC)


 * Not yet Allan, it's only a TD as of now. It's PAGASA name is Emong, but it could become Leepi later today or tomorrow while it heads north, then east staying south of Japan and out to sea (aside from the Riryoku Islands). That would also mark the first usage of the name (following Xangsane's retirement in 2006). Ryan1000 01:51, June 18, 2013 (UTC)


 * Weird as JMA already have it as leepi.<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Japan Meteorological Agency <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Tropical Cyclone Advisory #11 <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">TROPICAL STORM LEEPI (T1304) <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">9:00 AM JST June 18 2013.Allanjeffs 01:54, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Leepi (Emong)
Guess Wikipedia's not updated to it yet, but...that says it all. Anyways, a re-Yagi, won't do much. Ryan1000 01:59, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Heavy flooding from Leepi has already occured in the Philippines. Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  20:38, June 18, 2013 (UTC)


 * There's another invest west of the Philipines that's causing a lot of damage and flooding there; that system merged with Leepi and it's still causing lots of rainfall over the islands. However, Leepi itself is moving away from the Philipine islands and towards Japan. Ryan1000 21:05, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * They didn`t merge is now td 5 and expect to become Bebinca has this name used before? anyways Bebinca is also not expect to become a typhoon what is happenning to this basin?Allanjeffs 00:34, June 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * They didn`t merge is now td 5 and expect to become Bebinca has this name used before? anyways Bebinca is also not expect to become a typhoon what is happenning to this basin?Allanjeffs 00:34, June 21, 2013 (UTC)

Tropical Depression 05W (Fabian)
This depression snuck upon us! Anyway, it's expected to become a tropical storm. By the way, does anyone know what happened to Feria (the original "F" name on the PAGASA list)? Andrew Talk To Me  Contribs  Mail Me  00:58, June 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Last used in 2009 (Nangka), not retired. 05W is moving pretty fast.-- Isaac829 E-Mail  01:53, June 21, 2013 (UTC)