1948 Pacific typhoon season

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1948 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 11, 1948
Last system dissipatedDecember 16, 1948
Strongest storm
NameLibby
 • Maximum winds270 km/h (165 mph)
 • Lowest pressure924 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms26
Typhoons15
Super typhoons1
Total fatalitiesUnknown
Total damageUnknown
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950

The 1948 Pacific typhoon season is an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 1948, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin, whilst the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N–25°N regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a number with a "W" suffix.

Season summary

Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

Storms

Super Typhoon Karen

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJanuary 11 – January 19
Peak intensity250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min);
936 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Karen, the strongest cyclone of the season and the one of the earliest recorded if not the earliest super typhoon, developed on January 11, well west of the Philippines. It curved westward while slowly intensifying. After a prolonged period of the slow intensification, the tropical cyclone began to rapidly strengthen. It became a super typhoon on January 16. Shortly after, it weakened and dissipated on January 19.

Typhoon Lana

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationMay 16 – May 20
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min);
971 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Mabel

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationMay 29 – June 2
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min);
964 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Nadine

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJune 9 – June 11
Peak intensity110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min);
986 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ophelia

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJune 10 – June 11
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min);
991 hPa (mbar)

Ophelia formed on June 10 in the South China Sea. It moved west and struck southern China. It dissipated the next day, without attaining maximum sustained winds any higher than 45 mph.

Typhoon Pearl

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 1 – July 8
Peak intensity165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min);
960 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Rose

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 23 – July 28
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min);
981 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Bertha

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 4 – August 6
Peak intensity140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min);
976 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Chris

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 8 – August 14
Peak intensity95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min);
988 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Dolores–Eunice

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 10 – August 14
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min);
990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Dolores was tracked by the Air Weather Service located on Guam. At one point, a tropical storm was identified and assigned the name Eunice. Post analysis showed that Tropical Storm Dolores was north of the forecast location and actually the system assigned the name Eunice.[1]

Tropical Storm Flo

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 20 – August 23
Peak intensity95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min);
990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Gestrude

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 26 – September 4
Peak intensity155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min);
976 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Hazel

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 2 – September 7
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min);
966 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Ione

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 11 – September 17
Peak intensity220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min);
925 hPa (mbar)

A Tropical Storm formed on September 11 and soon turned toward Japan as it gained strength. Ione soon reached category 4 intensity on September 14. Ione then began to lose strength and became a category 1 on September 16. Then, Ione struck Japan in that day killing 838 people.[2] Ione further weakened and became a Tropical Storm on the 17th. Ione then dissipated.

Typhoon Jackie

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 11 – September 18
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min);
962 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Kit

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 24 – September 28
Peak intensity110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min);
989 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Libby

Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 29 – October 7
Peak intensity230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min);
924 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Martha

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 4 – October 8
Peak intensity185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min);
943 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Norma

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 11 – October 12
Peak intensity95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min);
992 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Olga

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 15 – October 19
Peak intensity100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min);
994 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Pat

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 27 – October 31
Peak intensity110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min);
987 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Rita

Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 4 – November 11
Peak intensity185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min);
957 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Agnes

Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 13 – November 20
Peak intensity175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min);
939 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 24W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 29 – December 2
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min);
997 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Beverly

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationDecember 2 – December 10
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min);
947 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 26W

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationDecember 12 – December 16
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min);
997 hPa (mbar)

Other Systems

Between 23 July and 4 August, the name Annabell was assigned to a North West Pacific system. The Air Weather Service issued a bulletin issued and tropical cyclone named on what was later determined to be "trough activity"

Storm Names

Tropical storm names were assigned by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center since 1945.

  • Karen
  • Lana
  • Mabel
  • Nadine
  • Ophelia
  • Pearl
  • Rose
  • Annabell
  • Bertha
  • Chris
  • Dolores
  • Eunice
  • Flo
  • Gestrude
  • Hazel
  • Ione
  • Jackie
  • Kit
  • Libby
  • Martha
  • Norma
  • Olga
  • Pat
  • Rita
  • Agnes
  • Beverly

See also

References

  1. ^ Air Weather Service "Report on the Typhoon Post-Analysis Program (1948-1949) of the North Pacific Typhoon Warning System"
  2. ^ Translate.google.com

External links

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