1985 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=1985
Track=1985 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
First storm formed=January 6
Last storm dissipated=December 24
Strongest storm name=Dot
Strongest storm winds=150
Strongest storm pressure=897
Total storms=26
Total hurricanes=17
Total intense=1
Fatalities=1255
five seasons=1983 1984 1985 1986 1987The 1985 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1985, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. [Gary Padgett. [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt May 2003 Tropical Cyclone Summary.] Retrieved 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 form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1985 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

torms

27 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 26 became tropical storms. 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 1 reached super typhoon strength.

Tropical Storm Elsie

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Elsie
category=storm
type=tropical storm


track=Elsie 1985 track.pngformed=January 6
dissipated=January 9
highest winds=40 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=995 mbarThis was the first tropical cyclone to form in the northwest Pacific basin in January in six years. Forming along the near equatorial trough, two circulations formed on either side of Guam. Elsie formed from the eastern circulation, appearing southwest of Pohnpei on January 4. On January 5, further convective development occurred which formed a low level circulation on January 6. Becoming a tropical depression late that day and a tropical storm on January 7, the system moved northwest, reaching its peak intensity late in the day. Thereafter, strong southerly winds aloft arrested development, and weakening began. Tropical depression status was regained on January 8, and its circulation dissipated early January 9. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/01w.pdf Tropical Storm Elsie.] Retrieved on 2007-02-04.]

Tropical Storm Fabian

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Fabian
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Fabian Pacific 1985 track.png formed=January 09
dissipated= January 13, 1985
highest winds=65 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=989 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Gay

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Gay
category=cat3
type=TY
track=Gay 1985 track.pngformed=May 20
dissipated=May 26
highest winds=100 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=951 mbarGay was the third tropical cyclone and first typhoon of the 1985 Pacific typhoon season. After over four months of inactivity, on May 16, a strong atmospheric circulation formed 380 nautical miles (700 km) west of Koror, now part of Palau. The circulation began to develop convection and by May 20 had organized into a depression. Heading north, the storm took two days to gain tropical storm strength, likely because a TUTT (Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough) was so close to the north, restricting outflow. However, the trough soon weakened and outflow improved and the storm began to intensify faster. Gay became a typhoon early on May 23, continuing to intensify, Gay came under influence of a frontal boundary to the northwest and began to recurve to the northeast, through a weakness in the subtropical ridge created by the trough associated with the frontal boundary. This trough began to build and dig southeastward, pouring fuel into Gay's engine. Typhoon Gay reached its peak intensity of 100 knots (115 mph, 185 km/h) on May 24. As Gay started to suck in cool air, it began to weaken. Gay underwent extratropical transition as it interacted with the frontal boundary. Gay became extratropical shortly after weakening to a tropical storm early on May 26.

Typhoon Hal

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Hal
category=cat3
type=typhoon
track=Hal 1985 track.png

formed=June 19
dissipated=June 25
highest winds=100 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=942 mbarTyphoon Hal, which formed on June 19 east of the Philippines, passed just north of Luzon on the 22nd as a convert|95|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon. After briefly weakening Hal restrengthened to a peak of convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on before weakening back to a minimal typhoon. The convert|75|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon hit convert|75|nmi|km east-southeast of Hong Kong in southeastern China on the 24th, and dissipated the next day. Heavy rain associated with the typhoon caused 38 deaths (with 14 missing) and widespread crop and structural damage. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/05w.pdf Typhoon Hal.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Irma

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Irma
category=cat2
type=typhoon
track=Irma 1985 track.png

formed=June 25
dissipated=July 1
highest winds=90 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=957 mbarFirst noted southwest of Ponape on June 17, the tropical disturbance moved westward for the next several days without significant development. As it turned northwest on June 25, the system strengthened rapidly into a tropical storm, reaching typhoon intensity on June 27 as it turned more poleward. The system recurved just offshore the southern islands of Japan before striking southwest of Tokyo, Japan as a typhoon on July 1. Weakening as it acclerated northeast, Irma regained tropical storm intensity later that day and became an extratropical cyclone that night. As Irma passed to the east of the Philippines the system enhanced the Monsoon Trough causing heavy rains over Luzon Island. 46 people were killed and 1,500 homes were destroyed. In Japan Irma killed 3 people and left 5 missing. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/06w.pdf Typhoon Irma.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Jeff

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Jeff
category=cat1
type=typhoon
track=Jeff 1985 track.png

formed=July 22
dissipated=August 2
highest winds=75 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=967 mbarThe monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression in northwest of Guam on July 21. It tracked northward, becoming a tropical storm on the 22nd and reaching its first peak of convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds on the 23rd. An upper level trough outran the system, forcing Jeff westward into a shearing environment and weakening it to a depression on the 26th. The shear abated, and Jeff was able to restrengthen, becoming a storm on the 27th and a typhoon on the 29th. The convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon hit eastern China on the 30th. Jeff weakened rapidly to a depression, but upon reaching the Yellow Sea, it again restrengthened to a tropical storm on the 1st. Jeff reached a third peak of convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds before becoming extratropical on the 2nd. 180 people were killed from this storm, with moderate to heavy damage to crops. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/07w.pdf Typhoon Jeff.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Kit

infobox hurricane small
category=cat2
type=typhoon
name=Typhoon Kit
track=Kit 1985 track.pngformed=August 2
dissipated=August 11
highest winds=85 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure= 959 mbarTyphoon Kit was the first of seven tropical cyclones to form in the West Pacific in August. It formed from a disturbance at the north end of a monsoon trough. The disturbance quickly gained organization and formed into a tropical depression on August 2. The storm continued its steady northwest motion and its steady intensification. The depression became Tropical Storm Kit on August 4 and didn't slow. The storm became a typhoon as it made a temporary jog to the north before continuing its northwest motion. The typhoon, small in size, reached its peak intensity of 85 knots (90 mph, 157 km/h) while south of Kyūshū on August 8. Kit recurved in the East China Sea in the face of an approaching trough through a weakness in the subtropical ridge. Kit made landfall on the southwestern tip of South Korea as a borderline typhoon. Despite its weakened state, it killed ten people and caused significant property damage in the area of landfall. Kit dropped heavy rains on Cheju Island and the southern coast of South Korea. Flooding killed 10 people. Kit continued to weaken and became extratropical in the Sea of Japan.

Tropical Storm Lee

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Lee
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Lee 1985 track.png

formed=August 11
dissipated=August 14
highest winds=60 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=980 mbarLee formed within the monsoon trough, and was initially influenced by Kit to its north. Kit's movement to the north reoriented the trough into a more north-south orientation, and a broad circulation formed 890 km south of Okinawa. Moving north-northeast, convection around the system began to organize into a more consolidated tropical storm. The system turned northwest, but development was halted by northerly vertical wind shear. Its circulation center remained fairly broad while it continued to deepen, more like a monsoon depression than a tropical cyclone. As the system passed close to Okinawa, winds remained fairly light. However, winds increased as it pulled away, due to the pressure gradient/strongest winds being well removed from the center. Continuing to move north into a break in the subtropical ridge, Lee moved through the East China Sea to about 445 km west of Kyūshū and stayed about 220 km offshore the western Korean peninsula. By this time, the system was evolving into a more typical tropical cyclone, with stronger winds closer to the center. Accelerating across the Yellow Sea on August 14, Lee began to recurve across North Korea and subsequently weakened rapidly across the mountainous terrain. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/09w.pdf Tropical Storm Lee.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Mamie

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Mamie
category=cat1
type=typhoon
track=Mamie 1985 track.png

formed=August 16
dissipated=August 20
highest winds=70 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=975 mbarOn August 15 a tropical depression formed from the monsoon trough a short distance of northern Taiwan. It headed northeastward, becoming a tropical storm later that day. The building of the subtropical ridge to its east forced Mamie northwestward, where it became a typhoon on the 17th. On the 18th, the typhoon hit near Shanghai, China, and paralleled the east coast of China. The storm turned to the northeast, hit near Dairen, China, and dissipated on the 20th. Mamie was responsible for 35 fatalities and heavy crop damage. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/10w.pdf Typhoon Mamie.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Nelson

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Nelson
category=cat2
type=typhoon
track=Nelson 1985 track.png

formed=August 17
dissipated=August 24
highest winds=95 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=961 mbarTyphoon Nelson, which developed on August 16, brushed northern Taiwan on the 23rd as a convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon. Later that day, it made landfall on eastern China, and it dissipated on the 24th. Nelson caused 52 deaths and heavy damage across eastern China. In addition, the remnants of the storm stalled over the area, killing an additional 147 people. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/11w.pdf Typhoon Nelson.] Retrieved on 2007-01-19.]

Typhoon Odessa

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Odessa
category=cat2
type=typhoon
track=Odessa 1985 track.png

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formed=August 23
dissipated=September 1
highest winds=90 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=957 mbarTyphoon Odessa was a tropical system that was active from August 23 through the 1st of September in the Western Pacific Ocean.Odessa was one of three tropical cyclones to exist in the area of Japan at around the same time. Odessa and Pat would pass very close together with Ruby impacting Tokyo. Odessa formed from an area of disturbed weather that persisted on the eastern end of a monsoon trough. The disturbance organized into a depression on August 23 and continued to develop and it was a tropical storm before the day was over. Odessa assumed a northerly track as it continued to strengthen, reaching typhoon intensity late on October 24. Odessa had become a compact storm with a very symmetrical structure. Its eye was very well defined, despite its peak intensity of 90 knots (100 mph, 165 km/h). Odessa was observed by STS 51 as they passed overhead. Odessa was one of the most powerful, circular tropical cyclone patterns ever seen by spacecraft crew. After moving westward and stalling southwest of Japan, it turned the northeast, travelling along the southwestern coast of Japan, weakening along the way, before becoming extratropical on September 1. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/12w.pdf Typhoon Odessa.] Retrieved on 2007-01-10.]

Typhoon Pat

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Pat
category=cat2
type=TY
track=Pat 1985 track.png formed=August 27
dissipated= September 01, 1985
highest winds=110 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=961 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Pat developed from the Monsoon Trough situated to the east of Taiwan on August 27. Pat quickly was upgraded to tropical storm status and was named. Due to a probable Fujiwara Interaction between Pat and Typhoon Odessa, Pat moved toward the northeast. Just before making a turn towards the northwest Pat was upgraded to a typhoon on the 28th. Typhoon Pat began to accelerate in the direction of Japan. Pat made landfall on southern Kyūshū Island on the 30th before accelerating through the Sea of Japan and turning extratropical. Pat killed 23 people through Kyūshū and Hokkaidō and destroyed 3,000 homes. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/20w.pdf Typhoon Pat.] Retrieved on 2007-12-19.]

Tropical Storm Ruby

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Ruby
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Ruby 1985 track.png formed=August 28
dissipated= September 01, 1985
highest winds=65 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=982 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Skip

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Skip
category=cat1
type=TY
track=Skip 1985 track.png formed=August 30
dissipated= September 08, 1985
highest winds=95 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=974 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Tess

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Tess
category=cat1
type=TY
track=Tess 1985 track.png formed=September 01
dissipated= September 06, 1985
highest winds=85 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=85 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Val

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Val
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Val 1985 track.png formed=September 15
dissipated= September 18, 1985
highest winds=50 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=992 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Winona

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Winona
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Winona 1985 track.png formed=September 19
dissipated= September 22, 1985
highest winds=60 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=990 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Andy

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Andy
category=cat1
type=TY
track=Andy 1985 track.png formed=September 28
dissipated= October 02, 1985
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=970 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Brenda

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Brenda
category=cat2
type=TY
track=Brenda 1985 track.png formed=September 29
dissipated= October 05, 1985
highest winds=105 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=964 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon seasonA tropical disturbance was tracked south of Ponape in late September before consolidating into a tropical depression on the 29th to the east of the Philippines. The depression moved towards the southwest and was named Tropical Storm Brenda on the 30th and became a typhoon the same day. Brenda then completed a small cyclonic loop on the 1st of October before turning towards the northwest and strengthening to a peak of convert|105|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. Brenda turned more northerly and skimmed the southern coast of South Korea before turning extratropical in the Sea of Japan. Nearly convert|12|in|mm of rain fell on the South Korean Peninsula heavy flooding on Cheju Island and near Pusan killed 14 people and left 43 missing. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/19w.pdf Typhoon Brenda.] Retrieved on 2007-12-19.]

Typhoon Cecil

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Cecil
category=cat3
type=typhoon
track=Cecil 1985 track.png

formed=October 12
dissipated=October 16
highest winds=100 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=944 mbarAn area of convection organized into a tropical depression on October 12 in the southeastern South China Sea. It tracked to the west-northwest, becoming a tropical storm later that day and a typhoon on the 13th. Cecil continued to intensify, and reached a peak of convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds before hitting north-central Vietnam and dissipating on the 16th. Torrential flooding and wind damage to the area caused 702 casualties, with widespread structural and crop damage. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/20w.pdf Typhoon Cecil.] Retrieved on 2007-01-10.]

uper Typhoon Dot (Saling)

infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Dot/Saling
category=cat5
type=super typhoon


track=Dot 1985 track.pngformed=October 13
dissipated=October 22
highest winds=150 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=897 mbarThe monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression over the open West Pacific on October 11. It headed west-northwestward, strengthening to a tropical storm on the 13th and a typhoon on the 14th. Dot rapidly intensified to a convert|175|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on Super Typhoon on the 16th, the only one of the year, and steadily weakened until hitting eastern Luzon as a convert|130|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon on the 18th. It crossed the South China Sea, hit southern Hainan Island, and made its final landfall on northern Vietnam on the 21st as a convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on tropical storm. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/21w.pdf Super Typhoon Dot.] Retrieved on 2007-02-04.] Dot caused 101 fatalities and 2.13 billion Philippine Pesos (1987 pesos) in damage. [Philippine Atmospheric Geophysics and Astronomical Services Administration. [http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/cab/dtc_10.htm Most Destructive Tropical Cyclones for the Month of October (1948-2000).] Retrieved on 2007-02-04.]

Tropical Storm Ellis

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Ellis
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Ellis 1985 track.png formed=October 16
dissipated= October 20, 1985
highest winds=60 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=995 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Faye

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Faye
category=cat3
type=TY
track=Faye 1985 track.png formed=October 23
dissipated= November 01, 1985
highest winds=115 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=960 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Gordon

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Gordon
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Gordon 1985 track.png formed=November 20
dissipated= November 26, 1985
highest winds=50 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=997 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/1985.html 1985 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
total da

total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1985 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Hope

infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Hope
category=cat3
type=typhoon


track=hope 1985 track.pngformed=December 17
dissipated=December 24
highest winds=100 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=944 mbarA tropical disturbance formed along the near-equatorial trough on December 13 between Truk and Pohnpei. The system moved westward, and slowly developed. By early on December 18, a tropical depression had formed, and intensification continued for the next couple days as Hope became an intense typhoon on the afternoon of December 20. Weakening was seen later that day, and its eye disappeared. The system moved west-northwest, threatening Luzon for a time. Just before landfall, Hope recurved north and eastward, sparing the Philippines, and becoming an extratropical cyclone on December 24. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/25w.pdf Typhoon Hope.] Retrieved on 2007-02-04.]

Tropical Storm Irving

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Irving
category=storm
type=tropical storm


track=irving 1985 track.pngformed=December 18
dissipated=December 21
highest winds=60 knots (1-min)
lowest pressure=994 mbarThis system formed at the west end of the near-equatorial trough. Winter gales in the South China Sea masked this system's existence. The cyclone was first noted just west of the Philippines on December 18 and moved westward, becoming a tropical storm on December 19. As it approached southern Vietnam, the cyclone turned southwest and weakened, dissipating as it made landfall along the Malay peninsula. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1985atcr/pdf/wnp/26w.pdf Tropical Storm Irving.] Retrieved on 2007-02-04.]

1985 storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1985 was named Elsie and the final one was named Irving.

One central Pacific system, Tropical Depression Two-C, crossed into this basin, keeping its "C" suffix but earning a West Pacific name.

ee also

*1985 Pacific hurricane season
*1985 Atlantic hurricane season
*1985 North Indian cyclone season

References

External links

* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website] .
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/plotting/PhilippineTyphoonChart.gifPhilippine Area of Responsibility] .
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center] .
* [http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/sound/tc_pronunciatione.htm Meaning of Tokyo Typhoon Centre names] .