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1960 Typhoon KAREN (1960112N09127)


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Summary Information

Storm ID 1960112N09127
Start Apr 21 06Z
Landfall Apr 21 09Z, Apr 22 03Z, Apr 22 15Z
Max Intensity 77 kt (Apr 25 00Z), 984 mb (Apr 25 12Z)
End Apr 27 00Z
ATCF IDs ,WP011960
Track status Best track data.

Storm track plot

Map of storm track

Intensity plots

Map of storm track

Radial wind information

Map of storm track

Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES USA WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES
degrees north degrees east mb kts mb kts mb kts kts kts mb
WP 1960-04-21 06:00:00 TS 9.00 126.60 1004 1004 23 1002
WP 09:00:00 TS 9.00 126.00 1004 23 1003
WP 12:00:00 TS 9.00 125.50 1004 1004 23 1004
WP 15:00:00 TS 9.00 125.00 1004 23 1004
WP 18:00:00 TS 9.20 124.60 1004 1004 23 1004
WP 21:00:00 TS 9.30 124.00 1004 23 1004
WP 1960-04-22 00:00:00 TS 9.70 123.70 1004 25 1004 23 1004 25 25 25 1007
WP 03:00:00 TS 9.90 123.40 25 1004 23 1004 25 26 25 1007
WP 06:00:00 TS 10.10 123.20 1004 25 1004 23 1004 25 27 25 1006
WP 09:00:00 TS 10.40 122.80 28 1004 23 1004 28 27 27 1005
WP 12:00:00 TS 10.60 122.50 1004 30 1004 23 1004 30 28 28 1004
WP 15:00:00 TS 10.80 122.10 30 1004 23 1004 30 29 29 1004
WP 18:00:00 TS 11.10 121.80 1004 30 1004 23 1004 30 29 30 1003
WP 21:00:00 TS 11.30 121.50 30 1004 23 1004 30 30 30 1003
WP 1960-04-23 00:00:00 TS 11.60 121.30 1004 30 1004 23 1004 30 30 30 1002
WP 03:00:00 TS 11.90 121.00 30 1004 23 1004 30 31 30 1001
WP 06:00:00 TS 12.20 120.70 1004 30 1004 23 1004 30 31 30 1000
WP 09:00:00 TS 12.50 120.40 30 1004 23 1004 30 32 31 1000
WP 12:00:00 TS 12.80 120.20 1004 30 1004 23 1004 30 32 32 999
WP 15:00:00 TS 13.10 119.90 35 1002 31 1001 35 35 36 999
WP 18:00:00 TS 13.40 119.70 1000 40 1000 38 998 40 37 40 998
WP 21:00:00 TS 13.70 119.30 40 1000 34 998 40 40 41 997
WP 1960-04-24 00:00:00 TS 14.10 119.00 1000 40 1000 29 998 40 42 42 996
WP 03:00:00 TS 14.30 118.70 43 999 44 997 43 44 44 996
WP 06:00:00 TS 14.70 118.50 998 45 998 58 996 45 46 45 995
WP 09:00:00 TS 15.00 118.50 48 998 58 996 48 48 48 994
WP 12:00:00 TS 15.40 118.50 998 50 998 58 995 50 50 50 993
WP 15:00:00 TS 15.70 118.50 58 998 58 995 58 58 58 993
WP 18:00:00 TS 16.10 118.60 998 65 998 58 994 65 65 65 992
WP 21:00:00 TS 16.50 118.70 68 997 68 993 68 69 69 991
WP 1960-04-25 00:00:00 TS 16.90 118.80 995 70 995 77 992 70 72 72 990
WP 03:00:00 TS 17.30 119.00 73 993 77 991 73 71 74 988
WP 06:00:00 TS 17.80 119.20 990 75 990 77 990 75 70 75 986
WP 09:00:00 TS 18.30 119.50 73 993 68 993 73 69 72 985
WP 12:00:00 TS 18.80 119.90 995 70 995 58 995 70 68 68 984
WP 15:00:00 TS 19.50 120.40 65 995 48 997 65 64 986
WP 18:00:00 TS 20.10 120.80 995 60 995 38 998 60 60 988
WP 21:00:00 TS 20.60 121.10 48 998 34 999 48
WP 1960-04-26 00:00:00 TS 20.90 121.30 1000 35 1000 29 1000 35
WP 03:00:00 TS 21.30 121.60 30 1002 26 1001 30
WP 06:00:00 TS 21.60 121.90 1004 25 1004 23 1002 25
WP 09:00:00 TS 22.00 122.30 23 1004 23 1002 23
WP 12:00:00 TS 22.30 122.80 1004 20 1004 23 1002 20
WP 15:00:00 TS 22.50 123.30 1004 23 1002
WP 18:00:00 TS 22.70 124.10 1004 1004 23 1002
WP 21:00:00 TS 22.80 124.90 1003 21 1003
WP 1960-04-27 00:00:00 MX 22.90 125.80 1002 1002 19 1004

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp011960.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=7524:KAREN:6001
CMA CH1960BST.txt:Storm=3:Karen
HKO
KMA
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 w_npac.dat:329:KAREN
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-003:Line=18500
TD9635 typhoons-analogs_19450101-19761231.corrected:Line=917
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA WIND USA SSHS TOKYO LAT TOKYO LON TOKYO GRADE TOKYO PRES TOKYO R50_DIR TOKYO R30_DIR TOKYO LAND CMA LAT CMA LON CMA CAT CMA WIND CMA PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND TD9635 LAT TD9635 LON TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES TD9635 ROCI STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year degrees north degrees east mb km km degrees north degrees east kts 1 degrees north degrees east 1 mb 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb degrees north degrees east kts degrees north degrees east kts degrees north degrees east kts mb nmile kts degrees
1960 WP MM 1960-04-21 06:00:00 TS 9.00 126.60 1004 tokyo 39 0 _OO____________ -5 9.00 126.00 2 1004 0 0 0 9.00 127.20 1 23 1002 11 270
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 9.00 126.00 0 0 _PP____________ -5 9.00 125.50 2 1004 0 0 9.00 126.60 1 23 1003 11 270
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 9.00 125.50 1004 tokyo 0 0 _OO____________ -5 9.00 125.00 2 1004 0 0 0 9.00 126.00 1 23 1004 10 275
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 9.00 125.00 11 11 _PP____________ -5 9.10 124.60 2 1004 0 0 9.00 125.40 1 23 1004 10 280
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 9.20 124.60 1004 tokyo 40 33 _OO____________ -5 9.20 124.30 2 1004 0 0 0 9.10 124.80 1 23 1004 10 290
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 9.30 124.00 33 10 _PP____________ -5 9.40 123.90 2 1004 0 0 9.30 124.10 1 23 1004 10 300
1960 WP MM 1960-04-22 00:00:00 TS 9.70 123.70 1004 tokyo 15 0 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 9.80 123.80 25 -1 9.60 123.60 2 1004 0 0 0 9.60 123.60 1 23 1004 9.80 123.80 TC 25 9.80 123.80 1 25 9.80 123.80 25 1007 120 8 315
1960 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 9.90 123.40 0 0 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 9.90 123.50 25 -1 9.70 123.40 2 1004 0 0 10.00 123.30 1 23 1004 9.90 123.50 TC 25 10.00 123.40 1 26 9.90 123.50 25 1007 150 7 315
1960 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 10.10 123.20 1004 tokyo 0 0 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 10.10 123.20 25 -1 9.90 123.20 2 1004 0 0 0 10.40 123.10 1 23 1004 10.10 123.20 TC 25 10.10 123.10 1 27 10.10 123.20 25 1006 180 7 305
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 10.40 122.80 10 10 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 10.30 122.80 28 -1 10.30 122.90 2 1004 0 0 10.60 122.80 1 23 1004 10.30 122.80 TC 28 10.30 122.70 1 27 10.30 122.80 27 1005 150 8 305
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 10.60 122.50 1004 tokyo 11 0 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 10.50 122.40 30 -1 10.80 122.70 2 1004 0 0 0 10.80 122.50 1 23 1004 10.50 122.40 TC 30 10.50 122.40 1 28 10.50 122.40 28 1004 120 8 305
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 10.80 122.10 0 0 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 10.70 122.10 30 -1 11.20 122.50 2 1004 0 0 10.90 122.00 1 23 1004 10.70 122.10 TC 30 10.70 122.10 1 29 10.70 122.10 29 1004 150 8 310
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 11.10 121.80 1004 tokyo 31 31 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 11.00 121.80 30 -1 11.50 122.40 2 1004 0 0 0 11.00 121.50 1 23 1004 11.00 121.80 TC 30 11.00 121.70 1 29 11.00 121.80 30 1003 180 8 310
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 11.30 121.50 64 55 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 11.20 121.50 30 -1 11.80 122.30 2 1004 0 0 11.20 121.10 1 23 1004 11.20 121.50 TC 30 11.20 121.40 1 30 11.20 121.50 30 1003 150 8 310
1960 WP MM 1960-04-23 00:00:00 TS 11.60 121.30 1004 tokyo 58 35 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 11.50 121.10 30 -1 12.10 122.30 2 1004 0 0 0 11.50 120.80 1 23 1004 11.50 121.10 TC 30 11.50 121.10 1 30 11.50 121.10 30 1002 120 8 315
1960 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 11.90 121.00 35 31 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 11.80 120.70 30 -1 12.40 122.30 2 1004 0 0 11.70 120.60 1 23 1004 11.80 120.70 TC 30 11.80 120.70 1 31 11.80 120.70 30 1001 120 8 320
1960 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 12.20 120.70 1004 tokyo 39 39 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 12.10 120.40 30 -1 12.70 122.20 2 1004 0 0 0 12.00 120.50 1 23 1004 12.10 120.40 TC 30 12.10 120.40 1 31 12.10 120.40 30 1000 120 8 315
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 12.50 120.40 48 48 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 12.40 120.00 30 -1 12.90 122.00 2 1004 0 0 12.30 120.50 1 23 1004 12.40 120.00 TC 30 12.40 120.00 1 32 12.40 120.00 31 1000 120 8 315
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 12.80 120.20 1004 tokyo 55 46 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 12.70 119.70 30 -1 13.10 121.80 2 1004 0 0 0 12.60 120.40 1 23 1004 12.70 119.70 TC 30 12.70 119.70 1 32 12.70 119.70 32 999 120 8 325
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 13.10 119.90 54 48 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 13.00 119.40 35 0 13.40 121.70 2 1002 0 0 12.90 120.30 1 31 1001 13.00 119.40 TC 35 13.00 119.40 1 35 13.00 119.40 36 999 120 8 325
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 13.40 119.70 1000 tokyo 64 64 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 13.40 119.20 40 0 13.70 121.40 2 1000 0 0 0 13.30 120.00 2 38 998 13.40 119.20 TC 40 13.40 119.20 1 37 13.40 119.20 40 998 120 9 315
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 13.70 119.30 113 113 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 13.80 119.00 40 0 13.90 120.40 2 1000 0 0 13.60 119.60 2 34 998 13.80 119.00 TC 40 13.70 119.00 1 40 13.80 119.00 41 997 120 10 310
1960 WP MM 1960-04-24 00:00:00 TS 14.10 119.00 1000 tokyo 142 142 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 14.10 118.80 40 0 14.00 119.30 9 1000 0 0 0 13.90 119.20 1 29 998 14.10 118.80 TC 40 14.10 118.80 2 42 14.10 118.80 42 996 120 9 315
1960 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.30 118.70 160 157 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 14.40 118.70 43 0 14.30 118.70 9 999 0 0 14.20 118.70 1 44 997 14.40 118.70 TC 43 14.40 118.70 2 44 14.40 118.70 44 996 150 7 325
1960 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.70 118.50 998 tokyo 169 156 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 14.70 118.60 45 0 14.60 118.40 9 998 0 0 0 14.50 118.40 3 58 996 14.70 118.60 TC 45 14.70 118.60 2 46 14.70 118.60 45 995 180 7 340
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.00 118.50 156 144 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 15.00 118.50 48 0 15.00 118.30 9 998 0 0 14.90 118.30 3 58 996 15.00 118.50 TC 48 15.10 118.50 2 48 15.00 118.50 48 994 180 7 355
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.40 118.50 998 tokyo 144 132 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 15.40 118.50 50 0 15.40 118.40 9 998 0 0 0 15.40 118.40 3 58 995 15.40 118.50 TC 50 15.40 118.50 2 50 15.40 118.50 50 993 180 7 5
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.70 118.50 132 117 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 15.70 118.50 58 0 15.80 118.50 9 998 0 0 15.80 118.50 3 58 995 15.70 118.50 TC 58 15.70 118.50 2 58 15.70 118.50 58 993 180 7 10
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.10 118.60 998 tokyo 118 115 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 16.10 118.60 65 1 16.10 118.60 9 998 0 0 0 16.10 118.60 3 58 994 16.10 118.60 TC 65 16.10 118.60 3 65 16.10 118.60 65 992 180 8 10
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 16.50 118.70 119 119 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 16.50 118.70 68 1 16.50 118.70 9 997 0 0 16.50 118.70 3 68 993 16.50 118.70 TC 68 16.50 118.70 3 69 16.50 118.70 69 991 150 8 15
1960 WP MM 1960-04-25 00:00:00 TS 16.90 118.80 995 tokyo 125 125 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 16.90 118.80 70 1 16.90 118.80 9 995 0 0 0 16.90 118.80 4 77 992 16.90 118.80 TC 70 16.90 118.80 4 72 16.90 118.80 72 990 120 9 20
1960 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.30 119.00 140 117 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 17.30 119.00 73 1 17.30 119.00 9 993 0 0 17.30 119.00 4 77 991 17.30 119.00 TC 73 17.30 119.00 4 71 17.30 119.00 74 988 120 9 25
1960 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 17.80 119.20 990 tokyo 118 101 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 17.70 119.20 75 1 17.80 119.20 9 990 0 0 0 17.80 119.20 4 77 990 17.70 119.20 TC 75 17.80 119.30 4 70 17.70 119.20 75 986 120 11 30
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 18.30 119.50 107 81 PPP_______PPP__ WP011960 18.20 119.50 73 1 18.30 119.60 9 993 0 0 18.30 119.60 4 68 993 18.20 119.50 TC 73 18.30 119.60 4 69 18.20 119.50 72 985 120 13 35
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.80 119.90 995 tokyo 86 84 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP011960 18.80 119.90 70 1 18.90 120.00 9 995 0 0 0 18.90 120.00 3 58 995 18.80 119.90 TC 70 18.80 119.90 4 68 18.80 119.90 68 984 120 15 35
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 19.50 120.40 109 109 PPP_______P_P__ WP011960 19.40 120.50 65 1 19.50 120.30 9 995 0 0 19.60 120.40 3 48 997 19.40 120.50 TC 65 4 19.40 120.40 64 986 120 15 35
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 20.10 120.80 995 tokyo 167 156 OOO_______O_O__ jtwc_wp WP011960 20.00 121.00 60 0 20.20 120.50 9 995 0 0 0 20.20 120.80 2 38 998 20.00 121.00 TC 60 4 20.00 121.00 60 988 120 13 30
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 20.60 121.10 146 119 PPP_______P____ WP011960 20.30 121.30 48 0 20.90 120.80 9 998 0 0 20.70 121.00 2 34 999 20.30 121.30 TC 48 4 9 30
1960 WP MM 1960-04-26 00:00:00 TS 20.90 121.30 1000 tokyo 119 99 OOO_______O____ jtwc_wp WP011960 20.50 121.50 35 0 21.50 121.00 9 1000 0 0 0 21.20 121.20 1 29 1000 20.50 121.50 TC 35 9 35
1960 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 21.30 121.60 98 93 PPP_______P____ WP011960 20.80 121.90 30 -1 21.80 120.90 9 1002 0 0 21.60 121.60 1 26 1001 20.80 121.90 TC 30 9 40
1960 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 21.60 121.90 1004 tokyo 108 105 OOO_______O____ jtwc_wp WP011960 21.20 122.40 25 -1 22.00 121.00 2 1004 0 0 0 21.90 122.00 1 23 1002 21.20 122.40 TC 25 10 40
1960 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 22.00 122.30 144 144 PPP_______P____ WP011960 21.60 122.70 23 -1 22.30 121.80 2 1004 0 0 22.10 122.30 1 23 1002 21.60 122.70 TC 23 10 50
1960 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 22.30 122.80 1004 tokyo 169 169 OOO_______O____ jtwc_wp WP011960 22.00 123.00 20 -1 22.50 122.90 2 1004 0 0 0 22.20 122.50 1 23 1002 22.00 123.00 TC 20 11 60
1960 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 22.50 123.30 205 205 _PP____________ WP011960 -5 22.70 123.90 2 1004 0 0 22.30 122.70 1 23 1002 TC 13 70
1960 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 22.70 124.10 1004 tokyo 280 280 _OO____________ -5 22.90 125.10 2 1004 0 0 0 22.50 123.00 1 23 1002 15 80
1960 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 22.80 124.90 359 359 _PP____________ -5 23.00 126.50 2 1003 0 0 22.70 123.30 1 21 1003 16 85
1960 WP MM 1960-04-27 00:00:00 MX 22.90 125.80 1002 tokyo 435 _OO____________ -5 23.00 128.00 2 1002 0 0 0 22.80 123.60 0 19 1004 17 85