2008 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=2008
First storm formed=April 13, 2008
Last storm dissipated=Season still active
Active systems=Hagupit
Strongest storm name=Jangmi
Strongest storm pressure=910
Strongest storm winds=115
Average wind speed=10
Total depressions=23
Total storms=17 official, 3 unofficial
Total hurricanes=10 official, 1 unofficial
Total intense=2
Fatalities=At least 1612
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The 2008 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2008, 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 2008 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storms formed in the entire Western North Pacific basin are assigned a name by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Tropical depressions formed in this basin are given a number with a "W" suffix by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center. In addition, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones (including tropical depressions) that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility. These names, however, are not in common use outside of the Philippines.

easonal forecasts

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. [cite web
url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/genmet/rpnames.html
title=Philippine Tropical Cyclone Names
publisher=PAGASA
date=2008-01-07
accessdate=2008-04-20
archivedate=2008-04-20
archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5XDefwm3z
last=
first=] The names Ulysses, Vicky, and Warren were added to the list this year, replacing Unding, Violeta, and Winnie, respectively.cite web|author=Typhoon 2000|year=2008|title=The Philippine Tropical Cyclone Names|accessdate=2008-06-05|url=http://www.typhoon2000.ph/names.htm]

Retirement

PAGASA announced on June 27th that they were retiring the name Frank from the seasonal lists, because of the severe destruction that it brought to the Philippines. cite web|author=ABS-CBN|title=PAGASA sees 16 more typhoons to hit RP till Dec|publisher=ABS-CBN| accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5ZMZEfGMs]

ee also

* List of Pacific typhoon seasons
* 2008 Pacific hurricane season
* 2008 Atlantic hurricane season
* 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
* South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2007-08, 2008-09
* Australian region cyclone seasons: 2007-08, 2008-09
* South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2007-08, 2008-09

References

External links

* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website]
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center]
* [http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/tyname.html Meaning of typhoon names (JMA)]
* [http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/ Japan Meteorological Agency - Tropical Cyclone Information] [http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/typh/ (日本語)]
* [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/ Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information]
* [http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ PAGASA - Tropical Cyclone Information for the Philippines]
* [http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/tc_pos.htm Tropical Cyclone Information issued by Hong Kong]
* [http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6e/typhoon/ty.htm Tropical Cyclone Information issued by Taiwan]