1998 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Track=1998 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
Basin=WPac
Year=1998
First storm formed=July 6, 1998
Last storm dissipated=December 22, 1998
Strongest storm name=Zeb
Strongest storm pressure=872
Strongest storm winds=155
Total storms=18
Total hurricanes=9
Total intense=3
Fatalities=459+
Damagespre=≤
Da

Inflated=1
five seasons=1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

The 1998 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1998 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

The 1998 Pacifc Typhoon season was inactive with only 18 storms, but was very damaging with up to 1 billion dollars in damage and hundreds of deaths. Typhoon Zeb was the most notable storm of this season with up to 100 deaths and 834 million dollars of damage. Zeb was also one of the strongest typhoons in the West Pacific; its lowest measured pressure was 872 milibars, making it one of 6 typhoons with a pressure reading this low.

torms

Tropical Depression 01W (Akang)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 6
Dissipated=July 11
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=1-W 1998 track.pngWhen the first tropical depression of the season developed on July 6, it became the latest start in Western Pacific history. The late start can be attributed to the La Niña of 1998.

Tropical Storm Nichole

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 7
Dissipated=July 12
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987
Track=Nichole 1998 track.png

Tropical Storm 03W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 22
Dissipated=July 26
1-min winds=45
Pressure=991
Track=3-W 1998 track.png

Typhoon Otto (Bising)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Track=Otto 1998 track.pngFormed=August 1
Dissipated=August 5
1-min winds=100
Pressure=944When Tropical Storm Otto reached typhoon strength on August 2, it became the latest date for the first typhoon in history. Otto later hit Taiwan as a Category 3 typhoon.

Tropical Storm Penny (Klaring)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 5
Dissipated=August 12
1-min winds=60
Pressure=980
Track=Penny 1998 track.png

Typhoon Rex (Deling)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Track=rex 1998 track.pngFormed=August 22
Dissipated=September 9
1-min winds=115
Pressure=927An active Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough allowed for the development of Tropical Depression 6W on August 22, east of Luzon. It moved westward initially, but as the trough weakened a ridge to the east, it moved northeastward where it became a tropical storm on the 23rd. Rex slowly intensified to become a typhoon on the 26th, followed by reaching a peak of 135 mph winds on the 28th south of Japan. As it moved northward, it brought heavy flooding to Honshū, Japan, amounting to 13 deaths and moderate damage from mudslides across the island. Another trough pulled the storm eastward, saving Japan from a direct hit, and Rex continued northeastward to an unusually high latitude near 50º, when it became extratropical on the 9th near the Aleutian Islands, east of the International Date Line.

Tropical Depression 07W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=August 31
Dissipated=September 6
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=7-W 1998 track.png

Typhoon Stella

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac


Formed=September 10
Dissipated=September 16
1-min winds=65
Pressure=976
Track=Stella 1998 track.png

Tropical Depression 09W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 12
Dissipated=September 14
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1002
Track=9-W 1998 track.png

uper Typhoon Todd (Emang)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=September 14
Dissipated=September 20
1-min winds=130
Pressure=910
Track=Todd 1998 track.png

Typhoon Vicki (Gading)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=vicki 1998 track.pngFormed=September 16
Dissipated=September 23
1-min winds=90
Pressure=954100 mph Typhoon Vicki, while moving eastward through northern Luzon, dropped torrential rainfall, killing 9 people and affecting more than 300,000 people. The ferry "Princess of the Orient" sunk during the storm's onslaught, killing dozens. Vicki continued northeastward, and hit southern Japan, disrupting train and passenger service and canceling over 60 domestic flights in the country.

Tropical Depression 12W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 16
Dissipated=September 19
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=12-W 1998 track.png

Tropical Storm Waldo

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 18
Dissipated=September 21
1-min winds=45
Pressure=991
Track=Waldo 1998 track.png

Typhoon Yanni (Heling)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Track=Yanni 1998 track.pngBasin=WPac
Formed=September 24
Dissipated=October 2
1-min winds=80
Pressure=963

Tropical Depression 15W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 2
Dissipated=October 5
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=15-W 1998 track.png

Tropical Depression 16W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 4
Dissipated=October 7
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=16-W 1998 track.png

Tropical Depression 17W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 5
Dissipated=October 7
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=17-W 1998 track.png

uper Typhoon Zeb (Iliang)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Track=Zeb 1998 track.pngFormed=October 7
Dissipated=October 18
1-min winds=155
Pressure=872The monsoon trough near Guam developed a tropical depression on October 7. It moved westward, strengthening to a tropical storm on the 10th. The large inflow of the storm developed another tropical storm on the 10th; Tropical Storm Alex. The two moved westward, and as Zeb strengthened to a typhoon on the 11th, it absorbed the short-lived Tropical Storm Alex. It continued west-northwestward, rapidly intensifying to a 180 mph super typhoon on the 13th with a minimum central pressure of 872 millibars; tied for the second lowest on record. Zeb maintained this intensity until hitting Luzon in the Philippines on the 14th. After weakening over the archipelago Zeb moved northward to hit Taiwan as a minimal typhoon on the 15th. It maintained this intensity until hitting Japan on the 17th, after which it became extratropical on the 18th. Zeb was responsible for 99 casualties in its path. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1998atcr/pdf/18w.pdf Super Typhoon Zeb.] Retrieved on 2007-01-07.]

Tropical Storm Alex

Infobox Hurricane Small
Track=Alex 1998 track.pngBasin=WPac
Formed=October 10
Dissipated=October 12
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987

uper Typhoon Babs (Loleng)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Track=Babs 1998 track.pngFormed=October 11
Dissipated=October 17
1-min winds=135
Pressure=904A tropical disturbance in association with the TUTT (Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough) formed into a tropical depression on October 11 near Guam. It moved westward under the influence of the Subtropical Ridge, and became a tropical storm on the 15th. Babs slowly intensified due to little upper level outflow, but when the outflow became more pronounced, it strengthened to a typhoon on the 19th and a super typhoon with a peak of 155 mph winds on the 20th. Babs hit the central Philippines as a Category 4, and flooded an area just hit by another super typhoon, Zeb, only 7 days before. Babs weakened over the islands, and turned north where upper level shear caused it to dissipate on the 27th. Super Typhoon Babs caused heavy mudslides in the Philippines, resulting in 156 deaths and heavy flooding.

Tropical Storm Chip

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=November 10
Dissipated=November 15
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987
Track=Chip 1998 track.png

Tropical Storm Dawn

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=November 16
Dissipated=November 20
Track=Dawn 1998 track.png1-min winds=45
Pressure=991

Tropical Storm Elvis (Miding)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=November 23
Dissipated=November 26
1-min winds=45
Pressure=991
Track=Elvis 1998 track.png

Typhoon Faith (Norming)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Faith 1998 track.pngFormed=December 7
Dissipated=December 14
1-min winds=90
Pressure=954Tropical Storm Faith moved westward across the northwestern Pacific. It strengthened to a typhoon just as it crossed over the Philippines, an area hit by several typhoons this season. After reaching a peak of 100 mph winds over the South China Sea, Faith weakened to a tropical storm on December 14 just before making landfall on eastern Vietnam. It dissipated later that day, after causing a total of 57 deaths and $33 million in damage (1998 dollars) in its path.

Tropical Storm Gil

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=December 8
Dissipated=December 13
1-min winds=35
Pressure=997
Track=Gil 1998 track.png

Tropical Depression 26W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=December 17
Dissipated=December 19
1-min winds=25
Pressure=1002
Track=26-W 1998 track.png

Tropical Depression 27W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=December 18
Dissipated=December 22
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1000
Track=27-W 1998 track.png

torm names

In 1998, western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1998 was named Nichole and the final one was named Gil. Basin suffix included to show for example Tropical Storm 04W Otto and Bising are the same storm.

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists are recycled every four years. This is the same list used for the 1994 season.

References

ee also

*1998 Pacific hurricane season
*1998 Atlantic hurricane season
*1998-99 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

External links

* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website] .
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/plotting/PhilippineTyphoonChart.gifPhilippine Area of Responsibility] .
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center] .
* [http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/sound/tc_pronunciatione.htm Meaning of Tokyo Typhoon Centre names] .