1992 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=1992
Track=1992 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
First storm formed=January 5, 1992
Last storm dissipated=December 1, 1992
Strongest storm name=Gay
Strongest storm pressure=872
Strongest storm winds=160
Average wind speed=1
Total depressions=32
Total storms=32
Total hurricanes=21
Total intense=5
five seasons=1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994The 1992 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1992. Despite this, most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. [cite web| url=http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt| title=May 2003 Global Tropical Cyclone Summary| date=2003-08-17| author=Gary Padgett| accessdate=2006-08-26] 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 formed north of the equator and east of the Date Line in 1992 are part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. In the West Pacific basin, tropical depressions have the "W" suffix added to their number. Storms reaching tropical storm intensity of convert|34|kn|km/h|abbr=on sustained winds were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Storms with sustained winds exceeding convert|64|kn|km/h are called typhoons, while intense typhoons with sustained winds exceeding convert|130|kn|km/h are designated super typhoons by the JTWC (see tropical cyclone scales).

Furthermore, tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine Area of Responsibility are assigned an internal name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This can often result in the same storm having two names.

torms

There were a total of 33 tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 1994. 32 of these formed within the basin, and 1 storm, Tropical Storm Ekeka, formed in the Central Pacific basin, crossing the Date Line to enter the Western Pacific. Out of the 33, 32 became named tropical storms, 21 reached typhoon intensity, and 5 reached super typhoon strength. Storms are listed in numerical ascending order by their JTWC tropical depression numbers except for Ekeka, and not in alphabetical order of names. Thus, Tropical Storm Zack (22W) is listed before Super Typhoon Yvette (23W).

Typhoon Axel

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=January 5
Dissipated=January 15
1-min winds=70
Pressure=972

Typhoon Bobbie

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=June 22
Dissipated=June 30
1-min winds=120
Pressure=922

Typhoon Chuck

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=June 24
Dissipated=June 30
1-min winds=80
Pressure=964When convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on Typhoon Chuck hit southern Hainan Island and northern Vietnam on June 28 and 29, it brought heavy flooding amounting to 40 casualties.

Tropical Storm Deanna

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=June 26
Dissipated=July 3
1-min winds=40
Pressure=994

Typhoon Eli (Konsing)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 9
Dissipated=July 14
1-min winds=75
Pressure=968

Tropical Storm Faye

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 15
Dissipated=July 18
1-min winds=55
Pressure=984

Typhoon Gary

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 9
Dissipated=July 14
1-min winds=65
Pressure=97623 fatalities and $148 million (1992 USD) in damage can be attributed to Typhoon Gary hitting southern China on July 22.

Tropical Storm Helen

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 26
Dissipated=July 28
1-min winds=45
Pressure=991

Typhoon Irving

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=July 31
Dissipated=August 4
1-min winds=80
Pressure=975

Typhoon Janis

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 2
Dissipated=August 9
1-min winds=115
Pressure=927

uper Typhoon Kent

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 5
Dissipated=August 20
1-min winds=130
Pressure=910

Tropical Storm Lois

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 15
Dissipated=August 18
1-min winds=40
Pressure=994

Tropical Storm Mark

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 15
Dissipated=August 21
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987

Tropical Storm Nina

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 18
Dissipated=August 21
1-min winds=45
Pressure=992

uper Typhoon Omar (Lusing)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Track=Omar 1992 track.pngFormed=August 24
Dissipated=September 5
1-min winds=130
Pressure=910Typhoon Omar was a destructive storm to Guam, causing over a foot of rain to Guam, amounting to $457 million in damage (1992 USD) but no deaths. In Taiwan, the storm caused 2 deaths and heavy rainfall. The name Omar was retired after this season.

Tropical Storm Polly

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 25
Dissipated=September 1
1-min winds=50
Pressure=987Developing to Omar's west, Polly began its life on August 23 and reached tropical storm strength on the 26th. As a developing monsoon depression, it had a large outflow. Polly retained that throughout its lifetime, inhibiting intensification past convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds. On the 30th, the storm hit southeastern Taiwan, and on the 31st it hit China. Polly caused torrential rains resulting in 173 casualties.

Typhoon Ryan

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=August 31
Dissipated=September 11
1-min winds=115
Pressure=927

Typhoon Sibyl

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac


Formed=September 7
Dissipated=September 15
1-min winds=110
Pressure=933

Typhoon Ted

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=September 17
Dissipated=September 24
1-min winds=65
Pressure=976Tropical Storm Ted, having developed on September 14, stalled off northern Luzon on the 20th. It turned northward, and hit southern Taiwan on the 22nd as a minimal typhoon. Ted weakened to a tropical storm over the island, and hit eastern China on the 23rd. It turned to the northeast, hit South Korea, and became extratropical on the 24th. Ted brought heavy flooding, resulting in 71 fatalities.

Tropical Storm Val

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=September 22
Dissipated=September 27
1-min winds=55
Pressure=984

Typhoon Ward

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=September 26
Dissipated=October 6
1-min winds=95
Pressure=949

uper Typhoon Yvette

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 7
Dissipated=October 17
1-min winds=155
Pressure=878

Tropical Storm Zack

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 7
Dissipated=October 15
1-min winds=40
Pressure=993

Typhoon Angela

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 15
Dissipated=October 29
1-min winds=90
Pressure=954

Typhoon Brian

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 17
Dissipated=October 24
1-min winds=95
Pressure=949

Typhoon Colleen

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 17
Dissipated=October 28
1-min winds=80
Pressure=963

Typhoon Dan

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 24
Dissipated=November 3
1-min winds=110
Pressure=933

uper Typhoon Elsie

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 29
Dissipated=November 7
1-min winds=145
Pressure=892

Tropical Depression 29W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=October 31
Dissipated=November 2
1-min winds=25
Pressure=1002On October 30, a tropical disturbance began to form west of the International Date Line. The JTWC then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert late the next day as the system moved westward and started warnings on Tropical Depression 29W on November 1. However, intensification was severely inhibited by outflow from nearby Typhoon Dan, and the depression failed to develop. It passed within 30 nm (55 km) of Wake Island, causing a minor pressure dip and gusts to 32 kt (60 km/h). No damage was reported, due to the relative weakness of 29W as compared to Dan, which ravaged the island 3 days earlier. The depression dissipated on November 2 over open ocean. [cite web |url= https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1992atcr/pdf/wnp/29w.pdf |title=Tropical Depression 29W |author=Elizabeth B. Borelli |year=1993 |format=PDF |work=1992 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report |publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center ]

Tropical Storm Forrest

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=November 12
Dissipated=November 22
1-min winds=55
Pressure=984On November 8 a tropical depression formed from the monsoon trough east of the Philippines. It crossed the islands, and strengthened to a tropical storm in the South China Sea on the 12th. Forrest continued westward until hitting and crossing the Malay Peninsula on the 15th. It reached a peak of convert|145|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds in the Bay of Bengal before hitting Myanmar on the 21st. Its history in the Indian Ocean can be found in its seasonal article.

uper Typhoon Gay

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac


Track=Gay 1992 track.pngFormed=November 13
Dissipated=December 1
1-min winds=160
Pressure=872Typhoon Gay was the strongest typhoon of the season (indeed there appears to be some debate as to whether it surpassed the record intensity of Super Typhoon Tip [ Karl Hoarau, Gary Padgett, and Jean-Paul Hoarau (2004). Have there been any typhoons stronger than Super Typhoon Tip?. American Meteorological Society. Retrieved on 2007-01-24. .] ), Gay reached peak winds of convert|185|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds over the open Western Pacific in mid-November, and went on to threaten the Marina islands at peak strength, but weakened greatly due to interaction with Typhoon Hunt thus causing a surprisingly low death toll over the Marianas Islands with moderate damage. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1992atcr/pdf/wnp/31w.pdf Super Typhoon Gay.] Retrieved on 2007-01-10.]

Typhoon Hunt

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

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Formed=November 16
Dissipated=November 21
1-min winds=125
Pressure=916The last storm of the year formed on November 16 and dissipated on November 21.

torm names

Tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific were named by the JTWC. The first storm of 1992 was named "Axel" and the final one was named "Hunt". The name "Omar" was retired after this season and replaced by "Oscar".

One storm which formed in the Central Pacific basin, Hurricane Ekeka (01C), crossed into the Western Pacific basin as a tropical storm, keeping its original name and "C" suffix.

Philippines

The , except for Ulpiang, which replaced Unsang.

References

ee also

*1992 Pacific hurricane season
*1992 Atlantic hurricane season
*1992 North Indian cyclone season
*1992-93 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

External links

* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website]
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center]