1948 Pacific typhoon season explained
Basin: | WPac |
Year: | 1948 |
First Storm Formed: | January 11, 1948 |
Last Storm Dissipated: | December 16, 1948 |
Track: | 1948 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg |
Strongest Storm Name: | Libby |
Strongest Storm Pressure: | 924 |
Strongest Storm Winds: | 125 |
Average Wind Speed: | 1 |
Total Storms: | 26 |
Total Hurricanes: | 15 |
Total Intense: | 1 (unofficial) |
Fatalities: | Unknown |
Damagespre: | > |
Atlantic Season: | 1948 Atlantic hurricane season |
East Pacific Season: | 1942–48 Pacific hurricane seasons |
North Indian Season: | 1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons |
The 1948 Pacific typhoon season was an average season. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1948, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. 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 1948 Pacific hurricane season. At the time, tropical storms that formed within this region of the western Pacific were identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.[1] [2] __TOC__
Season summary
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Storms
Typhoon Karen
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Track: | Karen 1948 track.png |
Formed: | January 11 |
Dissipated: | January 19 |
1-Min Winds: | 130 |
Pressure: | 936hPa |
Typhoon Karen, one of the earliest recorded super typhoons, developed on January 11, well west of the Philippines. It curved westward while slowly intensifying. After a prolonged period of 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.
It struck Yap on January 14, damaging and destroying establishments and houses on the island.[3] It also wrecked the roofs of some U.S. warehouses and buildings, and downed power lines. A food warehouse were washed out; however, some food supplies survived.
After the typhoon, the navy transported some relief supplies to the populated island. No deaths were reported.
Typhoon Lana
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Track: | Lana 1948 track.png |
Formed: | May 16 |
Dissipated: | May 20 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
Pressure: | 971 |
Typhoon Lana, the second system of the season, formed on May 16, west of the Philippines. It moved to the north-northeast while intensifying, reaching its peak intensity somewhere on May 18 and 19. It then weakened, until it was last noted on May 20 as it merged with a cold front.
Warnings were issued for Yap, Palau, Guam and Ulithi in preparations for the storm.[4] All ships in these islands were instructed to escape to Sangley Point due to the approaching typhoon.[5]
A plane in Guam encountered the strength of the typhoon; however, it escaped its fury. Eighteen individuals were reported dead in Yap when their canoe sank during the storm. The damage, however, was minimal.
Typhoon Mabel
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Track: | Mabel 1948 track.png |
Formed: | May 29 |
Dissipated: | June 2 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
Pressure: | 964 |
Typhoon Nadine
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | June 9 |
Dissipated: | June 11 |
1-Min Winds: | 60 |
Pressure: | 986 |
Tropical Storm Ophelia
Basin: | WPac |
Formed: | June 10 |
Dissipated: | June 11 |
1-Min Winds: | 40 |
Pressure: | 991 |
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 45mph.
Typhoon Pearl
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | July 1 |
Dissipated: | July 8 |
1-Min Winds: | 90 |
Pressure: | 960 |
Typhoon Rose
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | July 23 |
Dissipated: | July 28 |
1-Min Winds: | 70 |
Pressure: | 981 |
Typhoon Bertha
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | August 4 |
Dissipated: | August 6 |
1-Min Winds: | 70 |
Pressure: | 976 |
Tropical Storm Chris
Basin: | WPac |
Formed: | August 8 |
Dissipated: | August 14 |
1-Min Winds: | 50 |
Pressure: | 988 |
Typhoon Dolores–Eunice
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | August 10 |
Dissipated: | August 14 |
1-Min Winds: | 45 |
Pressure: | 990 |
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 was synonymous with the system assigned Eunice.[6]
Typhoon Flo
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | August 20 |
Dissipated: | August 23 |
1-Min Winds: | 50 |
Pressure: | 990 |
Typhoon Gertrude
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | August 27 |
Dissipated: | September 4 |
1-Min Winds: | 85 |
Pressure: | 976 |
Typhoon Hazel
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | September 2 |
Dissipated: | September 7 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
Pressure: | 966 |
Typhoon Ione
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | September 11 |
Dissipated: | September 17 |
1-Min Winds: | 120 |
Pressure: | 925 |
See main article: Typhoon Ione. 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.[7] Ione further weakened and became a Tropical Storm on the 17th. Ione then dissipated.
Typhoon Jackie
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | September 11 |
Dissipated: | September 18 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
Pressure: | 962 |
Typhoon Kit
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | September 24 |
Dissipated: | September 28 |
1-Min Winds: | 60 |
Pressure: | 989 |
Typhoon Libby
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | September 29 |
Dissipated: | October 7 |
1-Min Winds: | 125 |
Pressure: | 924 |
Typhoon Martha
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | October 4 |
Dissipated: | October 8 |
1-Min Winds: | 100 |
Pressure: | 943 |
Typhoon Norma
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | October 11 |
Dissipated: | October 12 |
1-Min Winds: | 50 |
Pressure: | 992 |
Tropical Storm Olga
Basin: | WPac |
Formed: | October 16 |
Dissipated: | October 19 |
1-Min Winds: | 55 |
Pressure: | 994 |
Typhoon Pat
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | October 27 |
Dissipated: | October 31 |
1-Min Winds: | 60 |
Pressure: | 987 |
Typhoon Rita
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | November 4 |
Dissipated: | November 11 |
1-Min Winds: | 100 |
Pressure: | 957 |
Typhoon Agnes
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | November 13 |
Dissipated: | November 20 |
1-Min Winds: | 95 |
Pressure: | 939 |
Tropical Storm 24W
Basin: | WPac |
Formed: | November 29 |
Dissipated: | December 2 |
1-Min Winds: | 45 |
Pressure: | 997 |
Typhoon Beverly
Basin: | WPac |
Type1: | typhoon |
Formed: | December 2 |
Dissipated: | December 10 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
Pressure: | 947 |
Tropical Storm 26W
Basin: | WPac |
Formed: | December 12 |
Dissipated: | December 16 |
1-Min Winds: | 40 |
Pressure: | 997 |
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 | Gertrude | Hazel | Ione | Jackie | Kit |
Libby | Martha | Norma | Olga | Pat | Rita | Agnes | Beverly | |
See also
References
- Book: Landsea, Christopher W. Dorst, Neal M. June 1, 2014. Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Question. Subject: Tropical Cyclone Names: B1) How are tropical cyclones named?. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210075835/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B1.html. December 10, 2018. live.
- 109. July 1958. Mariners Weather Log. 2. 4. 648466886. 0025-3367. Bristow, Gerald C. Naming hurricanes and typhoons. Cry, George. 2027/uc1.b3876059.
- News: 1948-01-16. Yap Typhoon Veers North. 5. The Lincoln Star. 2021-04-14.
- News: 1948-05-17. Typhoon Named Lana Moves Towards Guam And The Philippines. 3. Rushville Republican. 2021-04-14.
- News: 1948-05-17. 18 Islanders Die As Typhoon Roars. 1. The Tampa Times. 2021-04-14.
- Air Weather Service "Report on the Typhoon Post-Analysis Program (1948-1949) of the North Pacific Typhoon Warning System"
- https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.adrc.or.jp/management/JPN/Disaster%2520Prevention%2520in%2520Japan.html%3FFrame%3Dyes%3FFrame%3D&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtyphoon%252Bdella%2B1949%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26pwst%3D1 Translate.google.com
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