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1961 Typhoon KATHY (1961225N14143)


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Summary Information

Storm ID 1961225N14143
Start Aug 13 00Z
Landfall Aug 17 21Z, Aug 19 06Z
Max Intensity 80 kt (Aug 17 00Z), 975 mb (Aug 16 12Z)
End Aug 19 06Z
ATCF IDs ,WP151961,WP381961
Track status Best track data.

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Radial wind information

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Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES USA WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO WIND HKO PRES TD9636 WIND TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts kts 1 kts kts degrees north degrees north degrees east
WP 1961-08-13 00:00:00 DS 13.80 142.90 1005
WP 03:00:00 DS 14.20 143.00 1005
WP 06:00:00 DS 14.60 143.10 1004
WP 09:00:00 DS 14.90 143.20 1004
WP 12:00:00 DS 15.30 143.20 1003
WP 15:00:00 DS 15.80 143.20 1002
WP 18:00:00 MX 16.30 142.80 1002 1002 1000 25 1003
WP 21:00:00 MX 16.60 142.50 1002 1000 25 1003
WP 1961-08-14 00:00:00 TS 16.90 142.20 1002 1002 29 1000 25 1002
WP 03:00:00 TS 17.30 142.00 1001 29 1000 25 1002
WP 06:00:00 TS 17.80 141.70 1000 1000 29 1000 25 1001
WP 09:00:00 TS 18.20 141.50 1000 29 1000 25 1001
WP 12:00:00 TS 18.60 141.40 1000 1000 29 1000 25 1000
WP 15:00:00 TS 19.00 141.30 1000 29 1000 28 999
WP 18:00:00 TS 19.50 141.20 1000 1000 29 1000 30 998
WP 21:00:00 TS 20.00 141.10 999 29 1000 30 997
WP 1961-08-15 00:00:00 TS 20.50 141.00 998 998 29 1000 30 995
WP 03:00:00 TS 21.10 140.80 997 29 998 35 993
WP 06:00:00 TS 22.30 140.60 996 996 29 996 40 990 55 989
WP 09:00:00 TS 23.30 140.40 995 34 996 45 988 55 989
WP 12:00:00 TS 24.20 140.10 994 994 38 996 50 986 55 55 988
WP 15:00:00 TS 25.20 139.60 994 43 996 58 986 59 58 988
WP 18:00:00 TS 25.80 139.00 994 60 994 48 996 65 986 63 60 987
WP 21:00:00 TS 26.40 138.50 65 995 53 996 65 986 66 65 987
WP 1961-08-16 00:00:00 TS 27.10 138.00 995 70 995 58 995 65 986 70 70 986
WP 03:00:00 TS 27.70 137.50 70 995 58 994 65 986 71 70 986
WP 06:00:00 TS 28.30 137.00 995 70 995 58 993 65 986 71 70 986
WP 09:00:00 TS 28.90 136.30 70 993 63 992 65 981 72 71 985
WP 12:00:00 TS 29.40 135.70 990 70 990 68 991 65 975 72 72 984
WP 15:00:00 TS 29.80 135.00 70 990 68 991 68 975 74 72 983
WP 18:00:00 TS 30.20 134.50 990 70 990 68 991 70 975 76 72 981
WP 21:00:00 TS 30.70 134.00 75 990 73 990 70 975 78 76 983
WP 1961-08-17 00:00:00 TS 31.10 133.70 990 80 990 77 989 70 975 80 80 985
WP 03:00:00 TS 31.40 133.20 75 989 77 989 68 978 73 75 988
WP 06:00:00 TS 31.50 132.80 988 70 988 77 988 65 980 65 70 990
WP 09:00:00 TS 31.70 132.50 60 989 63 989 53 983 58 60 992
WP 12:00:00 TS 31.80 132.10 990 50 990 48 990 40 985 50 50 993
WP 15:00:00 TS 32.00 131.80 40 995 39 995 35 990 42 41 995
WP 18:00:00 TS 32.20 131.60 1000 30 1000 29 1000 30 995 34 32 996
WP 21:00:00 TS 32.30 131.30 25 1003 1003 28 1000 26 25 997
WP 1961-08-18 00:00:00 MX 32.40 131.00 1006 20 1006 1005 25 1005 18 18 998
WP 03:00:00 MX 32.50 130.70 15 1006 1005 25 1006 14 1000
WP 06:00:00 MX 32.70 130.40 1006 10 1006 1005 25 1006 10 1001
WP 09:00:00 MX 32.80 130.00 1006 1006
WP 12:00:00 MX 32.90 129.60 1006 1006 1007
WP 15:00:00 MX 33.10 129.40 1007 1007
WP 18:00:00 MX 33.40 129.40 1008 1008 1007
WP 21:00:00 DS 33.80 129.70 1007
WP 1961-08-19 00:00:00 DS 34.10 130.10 1007
WP 03:00:00 DS 34.40 130.90 1008
WP 06:00:00 DS 34.70 132.00 1008

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp381961.txt::bwp151961.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=9049:KATHY:6115
CMA CH1961BST.txt:Storm=21:Kathy
HKO tc-besttrack-data-current.txt:Line=366:KATHY
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 w_npac.dat:377:20W
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-003:Line=19116
TD9635 typhoons-analogs_19450101-19761231.corrected:Line=6448
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 HKO LAT HKO LON HKO CAT HKO WIND HKO PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND TD9635 LAT TD9635 LON TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES TD9635 ROCI STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north degrees east kts mb nmile nmile 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb degrees north degrees east kts nmile 1 kts mb degrees north kts mb degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees east
1961 WP MM 1961-08-13 00:00:00 DS 13.80 142.90 1801 1801 __O____________ -5 13.80 142.90 0 1005 9 15
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 DS 14.20 143.00 1847 1847 __P____________ -5 14.20 143.00 0 1005 8 15
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 DS 14.60 143.10 1893 1893 __O____________ -5 14.60 143.10 0 1004 7 10
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 DS 14.90 143.20 1928 1928 __P____________ -5 14.90 143.20 0 1004 7 10
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 DS 15.30 143.20 1943 1943 __O____________ -5 15.30 143.20 0 1003 9 5
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 DS 15.80 143.20 1951 1917 __P____________ -5 15.80 143.20 0 1002 10 335
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 MX 16.30 142.80 1002 tokyo 1920 1893 _OOO___________ -5 16.30 141.80 2 1002 0 0 0 16.30 143.20 0 1000 16.00 142.10 TD 25 1003 10 320
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 MX 16.60 142.50 1895 1880 _PPP___________ -5 16.50 141.50 2 1002 0 0 16.60 143.20 0 1000 16.40 142.10 TD 25 1003 8 320
1961 WP MM 1961-08-14 00:00:00 TS 16.90 142.20 1002 tokyo 1872 1860 _OOO___________ -5 16.80 141.10 2 1002 0 0 0 17.00 143.20 1 29 1000 16.90 142.10 TD 25 1002 9 325
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.30 142.00 1863 1845 _PPP___________ -5 17.10 140.80 2 1001 0 0 17.50 143.10 1 29 1000 17.40 142.10 TD 25 1002 10 330
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 17.80 141.70 1000 tokyo 1839 1790 OOOO______O____ jtwc_wp WP381961 17.60 141.10 -5 17.50 140.50 2 1000 0 0 0 18.00 143.00 1 29 1000 17.90 142.00 TD 25 1001 17.60 141.10 TC 10 335
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 18.20 141.50 1790 1744 PPPP______P____ WP381961 17.90 140.90 -5 18.00 140.40 2 1000 0 0 18.50 142.80 1 29 1000 18.40 142.00 TD 25 1001 17.90 140.90 TC 9 340
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.60 141.40 1000 tokyo 1744 1698 OOOO______O____ jtwc_wp WP381961 18.20 140.80 -5 18.50 140.40 2 1000 0 0 0 19.00 142.70 1 29 1000 19.00 141.90 TD 25 1000 18.20 140.80 TC 9 345
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 19.00 141.30 1698 1641 PPPP______P____ WP381961 18.50 140.70 -5 19.10 140.40 2 1000 0 0 19.60 142.60 1 29 1000 19.50 141.80 TD 28 999 18.50 140.70 TC 9 350
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 19.50 141.20 1000 tokyo 1641 1585 OOOO______O____ jtwc_wp WP381961 18.80 140.70 -5 19.70 140.50 2 1000 0 0 0 20.30 142.50 1 29 1000 20.10 141.70 TD 30 998 18.80 140.70 TC 10 350
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 20.00 141.10 1585 1529 PPPP______P____ WP381961 19.00 140.60 -5 20.30 140.70 2 999 0 0 21.10 142.30 1 29 1000 20.70 141.40 TD 30 997 19.00 140.60 TC 10 350
1961 WP MM 1961-08-15 00:00:00 TS 20.50 141.00 998 tokyo 1529 1458 OOOO______O____ jtwc_wp WP381961 19.20 140.50 -5 21.00 140.90 2 998 0 0 0 22.00 142.00 1 29 1000 21.30 141.10 TD 30 995 19.20 140.50 TC 11 345
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 21.10 140.80 1458 1339 PPPP______P____ WP381961 19.40 140.40 -5 21.90 140.90 2 997 0 0 22.80 141.60 1 29 998 22.00 140.80 TD 35 993 19.40 140.40 TC 18 350
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 22.30 140.60 996 tokyo 1325 1223 OOOO______O_O__ jtwc_wp WP381961 19.70 140.30 -5 22.80 140.80 2 996 0 0 0 23.50 141.10 1 29 996 22.80 140.50 TS 40 990 19.70 140.30 TC 24.60 140.70 55 989 240 22 350
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 23.30 140.40 1213 1108 PPPP______P_P__ WP381961 19.50 140.20 -5 23.80 140.60 2 995 0 0 24.10 140.60 1 34 996 23.40 140.20 TS 45 988 19.90 140.20 TC 24.60 140.50 55 989 240 20 345
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 24.20 140.10 994 tokyo 1108 996 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP381961 20.10 140.00 -5 24.70 140.20 9 994 0 0 0 24.60 140.00 2 38 996 24.00 139.80 STS 50 986 20.10 140.00 TC 24.80 140.20 2 55 24.80 140.20 55 988 240 20 340
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 25.20 139.60 986 902 PPPP_______PP__ WP381961 22.90 139.60 -5 25.30 139.40 9 994 0 0 25.10 139.40 2 43 996 24.70 139.40 STS 58 986 TC 25.40 139.70 2 59 25.30 139.70 58 988 210 19 330
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 25.80 139.00 994 tokyo 902 823 OOOO_______PO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 25.90 139.10 60 0 25.80 138.60 9 994 0 0 0 25.60 138.90 3 48 996 25.50 139.00 T 65 986 26.00 139.20 2 63 25.90 139.10 60 987 180 16 325
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 26.40 138.50 823 736 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 26.90 138.60 65 1 26.40 138.20 9 995 0 0 26.20 138.40 3 53 996 26.30 138.50 T 65 986 26.60 138.70 2 66 26.50 138.60 65 987 180 16 325
1961 WP MM 1961-08-16 00:00:00 TS 27.10 138.00 995 tokyo 733 656 OOOO_______OO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 27.20 138.10 70 1 27.00 137.90 9 995 0 0 0 26.90 137.90 3 58 995 27.00 138.00 T 65 986 27.20 138.10 3 70 27.20 138.10 70 986 180 15 325
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 27.70 137.50 656 580 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 27.80 137.50 70 1 27.50 137.60 9 995 0 0 27.60 137.50 3 58 994 27.60 137.50 T 65 986 27.80 137.50 3 71 27.80 137.50 70 986 180 15 320
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 28.30 137.00 995 tokyo 580 516 OOOO_______PO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 28.40 136.90 70 1 28.10 137.20 9 995 0 0 0 28.20 137.10 3 58 993 28.20 136.90 T 65 986 28.40 136.80 3 71 28.40 136.90 70 986 180 16 320
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 28.90 136.30 504 446 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 28.90 136.30 70 1 28.80 136.50 9 993 0 0 28.80 136.50 3 63 992 28.80 136.40 T 65 981 28.90 136.20 3 72 28.90 136.30 71 985 180 16 315
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 29.40 135.70 990 tokyo 446 379 OOOO_______OO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 29.40 135.60 70 1 29.40 135.70 9 990 0 0 0 29.40 135.80 4 68 991 29.30 135.80 T 65 975 29.40 135.60 4 72 29.40 135.60 72 984 180 15 310
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 29.80 135.00 375 312 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 29.80 134.90 70 1 29.70 135.10 9 990 0 0 29.90 135.20 4 68 991 29.80 135.20 T 68 975 29.90 135.10 4 74 29.80 134.90 72 983 150 13 310
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 30.20 134.50 990 tokyo 312 252 OOOO_______PO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 30.20 134.30 70 1 30.00 134.50 9 990 0 0 0 30.30 134.60 4 68 991 30.30 134.60 T 70 975 30.40 134.60 4 76 30.20 134.30 72 981 120 12 315
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 30.70 134.00 242 190 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 30.70 134.00 75 1 30.50 134.00 9 990 0 0 30.70 134.10 4 73 990 30.70 134.10 T 70 975 30.80 134.10 4 78 30.70 134.00 76 983 90 11 320
1961 WP MM 1961-08-17 00:00:00 TS 31.10 133.70 990 tokyo 190 158 OOOO_______OO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 31.10 133.70 80 1 31.00 133.50 9 990 0 0 0 31.00 133.70 4 77 989 31.10 133.60 T 70 975 31.10 133.70 4 80 31.10 133.70 80 985 60 10 315
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 31.40 133.20 146 133 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 31.30 133.20 75 1 31.40 133.20 9 989 0 0 31.30 133.30 4 77 989 31.40 133.20 T 68 978 31.40 133.30 4 73 31.30 133.20 75 988 60 8 305
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 31.50 132.80 988 tokyo 127 95 OOOO_______PO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 31.50 132.80 70 1 31.60 132.90 9 988 0 0 0 31.50 132.90 4 77 988 31.70 132.80 T 65 980 31.50 132.90 4 65 31.50 132.80 70 990 60 8 295
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 31.70 132.50 95 56 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 31.60 132.50 60 0 31.60 132.40 9 989 0 0 31.70 132.50 4 63 989 31.90 132.30 T 53 983 31.70 132.50 4 58 31.60 132.50 60 992 60 7 295
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 31.80 132.10 990 tokyo 56 37 OOOO_______OO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 31.80 132.20 50 0 31.60 131.90 9 990 0 0 0 31.90 132.20 3 48 990 32.10 131.90 TS 40 985 31.80 132.20 2 50 31.80 132.20 50 993 60 6 300
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 32.00 131.80 28 9 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 32.00 132.00 40 0 31.80 131.70 9 995 0 0 32.00 131.90 3 39 995 32.30 131.60 TS 35 990 31.90 131.90 2 42 32.00 132.00 41 995 60 6 310
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 32.20 131.60 1000 tokyo 9 0 OOOO_______PO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 32.20 131.70 30 -1 32.10 131.60 2 1000 0 0 0 32.10 131.60 1 29 1000 32.50 131.30 TD 30 995 32.10 131.60 2 34 32.20 131.70 32 996 60 5 305
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 32.30 131.30 0 0 PPPP_______PP__ WP151961 32.30 131.40 25 -1 32.20 131.40 2 1003 0 0 32.10 131.40 1 1003 32.70 131.00 TD 28 1000 32.20 131.30 2 26 32.30 131.40 25 997 90 5 290
1961 WP MM 1961-08-18 00:00:00 MX 32.40 131.00 1006 tokyo 0 0 OOOO_______OO__ jtwc_wp WP151961 32.40 131.00 20 -1 32.20 131.20 2 1006 0 0 0 32.20 131.20 0 1005 32.90 130.60 TD 25 1005 32.40 131.00 1 18 32.40 131.00 18 998 120 5 295
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 MX 32.50 130.70 0 0 PPPP________P__ WP151961 32.50 130.60 15 -1 32.40 130.90 2 1006 0 0 32.40 130.90 0 1005 33.10 130.20 TD 25 1006 1 32.50 130.60 14 1000 120 6 300
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 MX 32.70 130.40 1006 tokyo 0 0 OOOO________O__ jtwc_wp WP151961 32.70 130.30 10 -1 32.60 130.50 2 1006 0 0 0 32.60 130.50 0 1005 33.20 129.90 TD 25 1006 1 32.70 130.30 10 1001 120 6 290
1961 WP MM 09:00:00 MX 32.80 130.00 0 0 _PP____________ WP151961 -5 32.80 130.00 2 1006 0 0 32.70 130.00 0 1006 TD 1 7 290
1961 WP MM 12:00:00 MX 32.90 129.60 1006 tokyo 0 0 _OO____________ -5 32.90 129.60 2 1006 0 0 0 32.90 129.60 0 1007 6 305
1961 WP MM 15:00:00 MX 33.10 129.40 21 18 _PP____________ -5 33.00 129.30 2 1007 0 0 33.20 129.40 0 1007 5 340
1961 WP MM 18:00:00 MX 33.40 129.40 1008 tokyo 21 21 _OO____________ -5 33.00 129.00 2 1008 0 0 0 33.50 129.50 0 1007 7 20
1961 WP MM 21:00:00 DS 33.80 129.70 38 38 __P____________ -5 2 0 0 33.80 129.70 0 1007 9 40
1961 WP MM 1961-08-19 00:00:00 DS 34.10 130.10 49 11 __O____________ -5 34.10 130.10 0 1007 12 60
1961 WP MM 03:00:00 DS 34.40 130.90 11 0 __P____________ -5 34.40 130.90 0 1008 17 70
1961 WP MM 06:00:00 DS 34.70 132.00 0 __O____________ -5 34.70 132.00 0 1008 18 70