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1988 Severe Tropical Storm VAL (1988356N05142)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1988356N05142
Start Dec 21 06Z
Landfall Dec 27 09Z
Max Intensity 55 kt (Dec 24 00Z), 987 mb (Dec 24 00Z)
End Dec 27 12Z
ATCF IDs ,WP261988
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 WIND WMO PRES USA WIND TOKYO WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO WIND HKO PRES TD9636 WIND
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east kts 1 kts 1 kts kts degrees north
WP 1988-12-21 06:00:00 TS 5.00 141.50 20 20
WP 09:00:00 TS 5.70 140.80 20 20
WP 12:00:00 TS 6.30 140.10 20 20
WP 15:00:00 TS 6.80 139.30 20 20
WP 18:00:00 TS 7.40 138.40 20 20
WP 21:00:00 TS 8.00 137.40 20 20
WP 1988-12-22 00:00:00 TS 8.60 136.30 20 20
WP 03:00:00 TS 9.30 135.30 23 21
WP 06:00:00 TS 10.00 134.10 1002 25 1002 23
WP 09:00:00 TS 10.50 132.80 25 1002 24
WP 12:00:00 MX 10.90 131.70 1002 25 1002 19 1002 25
WP 15:00:00 MX 11.40 130.60 28 1002 24 1002 26
WP 18:00:00 TS 11.80 129.60 1002 30 1002 29 1002 25 1000 28
WP 21:00:00 TS 12.20 128.70 30 1001 34 1001 28 999 29
WP 1988-12-23 00:00:00 TS 12.60 128.00 1000 30 1000 38 1000 30 997 30
WP 03:00:00 TS 13.00 127.30 33 999 38 999 30 997 33
WP 06:00:00 TS 13.40 126.70 998 35 998 38 998 30 997 35
WP 09:00:00 TS 13.70 126.20 38 998 38 998 33 996 38
WP 12:00:00 TS 13.90 125.90 998 40 998 38 998 35 995 40
WP 15:00:00 TS 14.20 125.50 43 998 38 998 38 993 44
WP 18:00:00 TS 14.40 125.20 998 45 998 38 998 40 990 48
WP 21:00:00 TS 14.60 124.90 50 997 38 997 43 989 51
WP 1988-12-24 00:00:00 TS 14.70 124.70 40 996 55 40 996 38 995 45 987 55
WP 03:00:00 TS 14.90 124.40 55 43 994 43 993 43 989 54
WP 06:00:00 TS 14.90 124.20 45 992 55 45 992 48 990 40 990 53
WP 09:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 53 45 992 48 990 40 990 51
WP 12:00:00 TS 15.10 123.90 45 992 50 45 992 48 990 40 990 50
WP 15:00:00 TS 15.20 123.80 48 45 993 48 990 38 991 48
WP 18:00:00 TS 15.40 123.80 45 994 45 45 994 48 990 35 992 45
WP 21:00:00 TS 15.50 123.80 43 43 995 43 993 35 992 43
WP 1988-12-25 00:00:00 TS 15.60 123.80 40 996 40 40 996 38 995 35 992 40
WP 03:00:00 TS 15.70 123.80 997 36 997 33 994
WP 06:00:00 TS 15.80 123.80 998 998 34 998 30 995
WP 09:00:00 TS 15.90 123.90 999 34 998 30 995
WP 12:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 1000 1000 34 998 30 995
WP 15:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 1001 34 998 30 995
WP 18:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 1002 1002 34 998 30 995
WP 21:00:00 TS 15.90 123.90 1003 34 998 30 995
WP 1988-12-26 00:00:00 TS 15.60 124.00 1004 1004 34 998 30 995
WP 03:00:00 TS 15.40 124.10 1004 32 1000 28 997
WP 06:00:00 TS 15.30 124.10 1004 1004 29 1002 25 998
WP 09:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1005
WP 12:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1006 1006
WP 15:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1006
WP 18:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1006 1006
WP 21:00:00 TS 15.00 124.10 1007
WP 1988-12-27 00:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1008 1008
WP 03:00:00 TS 14.80 123.60 1008
WP 06:00:00 TS 14.50 123.00 1008 1008
WP 09:00:00 TS 14.20 122.50 1009
WP 12:00:00 TS 14.00 122.00 1010 1010

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp261988.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=37553:VAL:8831
CMA CH1988BST.txt:Storm=35:Val
HKO tc-besttrack-data-current.txt:Line=19743:VAL
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-003:Line=31646
TD9635
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND 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 WIND TOKYO PRES TOKYO R50_DIR TOKYO R30_DIR TOKYO R30_LONG TOKYO R30_SHORT TOKYO LAND CMA LAT CMA LON CMA CAT CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO LAT HKO LON HKO CAT HKO WIND HKO PRES TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east kts mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb nmile nmile nmile 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb degrees north degrees east kts 1 kts mb degrees north degrees north degrees east
1988 WP MM 1988-12-21 06:00:00 TS 5.00 141.50 823 823 O__________O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 5.00 141.50 20 -1 5.00 141.50 1 20 19 315
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 5.70 140.80 867 863 P__________P___ WP261988 5.70 140.80 20 -1 5.70 140.80 1 20 19 315
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 6.30 140.10 910 910 O__________O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 6.30 140.10 20 -1 6.30 140.10 1 20 19 310
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 6.80 139.30 931 931 P__________P___ WP261988 6.80 139.40 20 -1 6.90 139.30 1 20 20 305
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 7.40 138.40 959 955 O__________P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 7.30 138.50 20 -1 7.50 138.30 1 20 22 300
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 8.00 137.40 995 992 P__________P___ WP261988 7.90 137.40 20 -1 8.00 137.30 1 20 24 300
1988 WP MM 1988-12-22 00:00:00 TS 8.60 136.30 1045 983 O__________O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 8.60 136.30 20 -1 8.60 136.30 1 20 25 305
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 9.30 135.30 974 863 P__________P___ WP261988 9.40 135.40 23 -1 9.20 135.20 1 21 26 300
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 10.00 134.10 1002 tokyo 863 748 OO_________P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 10.10 134.40 25 -1 10.00 132.50 2 1002 0 0 0 9.90 134.10 1 23 27 295
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 10.50 132.80 738 632 PP_________P___ WP261988 10.70 133.20 25 -1 10.20 131.80 2 1002 0 0 10.50 133.00 1 24 26 290
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 MX 10.90 131.70 1002 tokyo 632 536 OOO________O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 11.10 131.90 25 -1 10.50 131.20 2 1002 0 0 0 11.00 131.00 0 19 1002 11.10 131.90 1 25 24 290
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 MX 11.40 130.60 525 434 PPP________P___ WP261988 11.50 130.70 28 -1 10.90 130.60 2 1002 0 0 11.40 130.30 0 24 1002 11.60 130.70 1 26 22 295
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 11.80 129.60 1002 tokyo 424 353 OOOO_______P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 11.90 129.50 30 -1 11.40 130.00 2 1002 0 0 0 11.80 129.50 1 29 1002 12.00 129.30 TD 25 1000 12.10 129.60 1 28 20 295
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 12.20 128.70 343 275 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 12.40 128.50 30 -1 11.90 129.30 2 1001 0 0 12.20 128.70 1 34 1001 12.10 128.60 TD 28 999 12.60 128.50 1 29 18 295
1988 WP MM 1988-12-23 00:00:00 TS 12.60 128.00 1000 tokyo 275 215 OOOO_______O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 13.00 127.60 30 -1 12.30 128.70 2 1000 0 0 0 12.50 128.00 2 38 1000 12.30 127.90 TD 30 997 13.00 127.60 1 30 16 300
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 13.00 127.30 215 187 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 13.40 126.80 33 -1 12.70 128.10 2 999 0 0 12.90 127.30 2 38 999 12.70 127.30 TD 30 997 13.40 126.90 1 33 14 300
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 13.40 126.70 998 tokyo 187 171 OOOO_______P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 13.80 126.20 35 0 13.00 127.50 2 998 0 0 0 13.20 126.70 2 38 998 13.10 126.70 TD 30 997 13.80 126.40 1 35 12 305
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 13.70 126.20 172 161 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.10 125.90 38 0 13.30 126.90 2 998 0 0 13.50 126.30 2 38 998 13.40 126.20 TD 33 996 14.10 126.00 1 38 10 305
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 13.90 125.90 998 tokyo 161 120 OOOO_______O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.30 125.70 40 0 13.60 126.40 2 998 0 0 0 13.80 125.90 2 38 998 13.60 125.70 TS 35 995 14.30 125.70 2 40 9 305
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 14.20 125.50 123 97 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.50 125.50 43 0 13.90 125.90 2 998 0 0 14.00 125.50 2 38 998 13.90 125.10 TS 38 993 14.50 125.40 2 44 8 300
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 14.40 125.20 998 tokyo 102 85 OOOO_______P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.60 125.30 45 0 14.30 125.40 2 998 0 0 0 14.20 125.20 2 38 998 14.10 124.70 TS 40 990 14.60 125.20 2 48 7 305
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.60 124.90 93 86 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.70 125.10 50 0 14.70 124.80 2 997 0 0 14.50 124.80 2 38 997 14.30 124.60 TS 43 989 14.70 125.10 2 51 6 310
1988 WP MM 1988-12-24 00:00:00 TS 14.70 124.70 40 996 tokyo 89 84 OOOO_______O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.70 125.00 55 0 15.00 124.30 3 40 996 0 2 300 150 0 14.80 124.40 2 38 995 14.50 124.60 TS 45 987 14.70 125.00 2 55 6 300
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.90 124.40 101 100 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.80 124.80 55 0 15.20 123.80 3 43 994 0 2 250 175 15.00 124.00 2 43 993 14.50 124.40 TS 43 989 14.80 124.80 2 54 5 295
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.90 124.20 45 992 tokyo 100 100 OOOO_______P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.80 124.70 55 0 15.40 123.50 3 45 992 0 9 200 200 0 15.20 123.70 3 48 990 14.50 124.30 TS 40 990 14.80 124.70 2 53 4 295
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 112 112 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.90 124.60 53 0 15.50 123.20 3 45 992 0 9 188 188 15.40 123.40 3 48 990 14.50 124.20 TS 40 990 14.90 124.60 2 51 3 305
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.10 123.90 45 992 tokyo 125 125 OOOO_______O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.90 124.50 50 0 15.60 123.10 3 45 992 0 9 175 175 0 15.60 123.20 3 48 990 14.60 124.20 TS 40 990 14.90 124.50 2 50 3 320
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.20 123.80 138 138 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.90 124.40 48 0 15.80 123.10 3 45 993 0 9 163 163 15.90 123.10 3 48 990 14.60 124.10 TS 38 991 14.90 124.40 2 48 3 335
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 15.40 123.80 45 994 tokyo 160 160 OOOO_______P___ jtwc_wp WP261988 14.90 124.40 45 0 16.00 123.30 3 45 994 0 9 150 150 0 16.10 123.00 3 48 990 14.70 124.10 TS 35 992 15.00 124.40 2 45 3 345
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 15.50 123.80 170 170 PPPP_______P___ WP261988 14.90 124.40 43 0 15.90 123.70 3 43 995 0 9 138 138 16.30 123.00 3 43 993 14.80 124.10 TS 35 992 15.00 124.30 2 43 2 0
1988 WP MM 1988-12-25 00:00:00 TS 15.60 123.80 40 996 tokyo 181 180 OOOO_______O___ jtwc_wp WP261988 15.00 124.30 40 0 15.70 124.00 3 40 996 0 9 125 125 0 16.40 123.00 2 38 995 14.90 124.10 TS 35 992 15.00 124.30 2 40 3 360
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 15.70 123.80 180 176 _PPP___________ WP261988 -5 15.60 124.10 3 997 0 9 16.60 123.10 2 36 997 15.00 124.10 TS 33 994 2 2 0
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 15.80 123.80 998 tokyo 176 174 _OOO___________ -5 15.50 124.00 2 998 0 0 0 16.80 123.30 2 34 998 15.10 124.10 TD 30 995 2 2 35
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.90 123.90 184 180 _PPP___________ -5 15.50 124.00 2 999 0 0 17.00 123.50 2 34 998 15.20 124.10 TD 30 995 2 2 40
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 1000 tokyo 180 180 _OOO___________ -5 15.50 124.00 2 1000 0 0 0 17.10 123.70 2 34 998 15.30 124.10 TD 30 995 1 20
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 180 180 _PPP___________ -5 15.50 124.00 2 1001 0 0 17.10 123.90 2 34 998 15.40 124.00 TD 30 995 0 35
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.00 123.90 1002 tokyo 180 180 _OOO___________ -5 15.50 124.00 2 1002 0 0 0 17.10 124.00 2 34 998 15.40 123.80 TD 30 995 2 0
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 15.90 123.90 184 179 _PPP___________ -5 15.30 124.00 2 1003 0 0 17.10 124.10 2 34 998 15.30 123.70 TD 30 995 4 170
1988 WP MM 1988-12-26 00:00:00 TS 15.60 124.00 1004 tokyo 179 167 _OOO___________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1004 0 0 0 17.00 124.20 2 34 998 15.10 123.80 TD 30 995 4 160
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 15.40 124.10 156 145 _PPP___________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1004 0 0 16.80 124.30 2 32 1000 15.00 124.00 TD 28 997 4 160
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 15.30 124.10 1004 tokyo 145 112 _OOO___________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1004 0 0 0 16.60 124.50 1 29 1002 15.00 124.30 TD 25 998 5 190
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 112 112 _P_____________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1005 0 0 1 TD 3 205
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1006 tokyo 112 112 _O_____________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1006 0 0 0 0 0
1988 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 112 112 _P_____________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1006 0 0 0 0
1988 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1006 tokyo 112 111 _O_____________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1006 0 0 0 1 60
1988 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 15.00 124.10 111 111 _P_____________ -5 15.00 124.10 2 1007 0 0 0 0
1988 WP MM 1988-12-27 00:00:00 TS 15.00 124.00 1008 tokyo 112 95 _O_____________ -5 15.00 124.00 2 1008 0 0 0 5 245
1988 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.80 123.60 95 35 _P_____________ -5 14.80 123.60 2 1008 0 0 11 245
1988 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.50 123.00 1008 tokyo 35 11 _O_____________ -5 14.50 123.00 2 1008 0 0 0 12 245
1988 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 14.20 122.50 0 0 _P_____________ -5 14.20 122.50 2 1009 0 0 11 245
1988 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 14.00 122.00 1010 tokyo 10 _O_____________ -5 14.00 122.00 2 1010 0 0 0 10 245