[ [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1977atcr/pdf/1977.html 1977 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ] ]Tropical Storm Patsy
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=March 23
Dissipated=March 29
1-min winds=50
Pressure=981
Tropical Depression 02W
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=May 26
Dissipated=May 27
1-min winds=30
Pressure=1001
Tropical Storm Ruth
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=June 11
Dissipated=June 17
1-min winds=60
Pressure=980
Tropical Depression 04W
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 4
Dissipated=July 6
1-min winds=30
Pressure=995
Typhoon Sarah
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 14
Dissipated=July 21
1-min winds=75
Pressure=970
Typhoon Thelma
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 20
Dissipated=July 26
1-min winds=85
Pressure=957A tropical disturbance east of the Philippines organized into a tropical depression on July 21. It moved to the northwest, strengthening into a tropical storm later that day and into a typhoon on the 22nd. After passing northern Luzon Thelma turned to the north, where it reached a peak intensity of 95 mph winds. The typhoon hit southern Taiwan on the 25th, crossed the island, and dissipated over southeastern China on the 26th. Though not a particularly strong storm, Thelma brought strong wind gusts and heavy rain, claiming more than 30 lives and bringing damage and destruction not seen to the island for over 80 years.
Typhoon Vera
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 28
Dissipated=August 1
1-min winds=110
Pressure=926Just 6 days after Thelma hit Taiwan, another typhoon was brewing to its east. Typhoon Vera, which developed on July 28, hit eastern Taiwan on the 31st as a 130 mph typhoon. It continued westward, and dissipated over southeastern China. The storm caused 25 additional fatalities to the island, with vast amounts of crop and property damage occurring.
Tropical Storm Wanda
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=July 30
Dissipated=August 3
1-min winds=45
Pressure=986
Tropical Storm Amy
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=August 20
Dissipated=August 23
1-min winds=40
Pressure=990
uper Typhoon Babe
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Babe Pacific 1977 track.pngFormed=September 1
Dissipated=September 11
1-min winds=130
Pressure=906On September 2, Tropical Depression 10 developed well east of the Philippines. Later that day, it reached tropical storm status, and Babe continued to the west, threatening the central Philippines. A break in the subtropical ridge forced Babe northward, where favorable conditions aloft allowed Babe to rapidly intensify, first to a typhoon on the 6th, then to a super typhoon on the 8th. With a northwest movement, the typhoon-flogged Taiwan was again threatened, but Babe turned to the northeast, hitting Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima. Now Japan was threatened, and full precautions were put in place. Like most of its lifetime, though, Babe changed course, and turned to the northwest in response to the building of the ridge to Babe's northeast. There, unfavorable conditions weakened Babe to a minimal typhoon as it hit near Shanghai, China on the 10th. Babe caused 16 casualties, mostly from shipping, and minor to moderate damage on its path. Those statistics would have been higher if it continued in any one direction of its lifetime.
Tropical Storm Carla
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 2
Dissipated=September 4
1-min winds=35
Pressure=994
Typhoon Dinah (Openg)
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 13
Dissipated=September 23
1-min winds=75
Pressure=964The monsoon trough spawned a tropical storm on September 14 northeast of the northern Philippines. The previous typhoon brought the trough more northward, hence the unusually high latitude for a monsoon storm. Strong high pressure to Dinah's northwest forced the storm to the southwest, where it crossed northern Luzon on the 15th and 16th. Weak steering currents in the South China Sea allowed Dinah to drift, first then to the northeast then back to the west-southwest. Generally favorable conditions allowed Dinah to reach typhoon strength on the 19th, but a developing tropical storm to its northeast caused it to weaken. The building of the subtropical ridge forced Dinah to the southwest, where it hit southern Vietnam on the 23rd as a tropical depression. The remnants turned northward, crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and dissipated over China on the 27th. Dinah brought heavy rain and flooding to Luzon, causing 15 deaths and moderate damage.
Tropical Storm Emma
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 14
Dissipated=September 20
1-min winds=60
Pressure=966
Tropical Storm Freda
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=September 23
Dissipated=September 25
1-min winds=55
Pressure=997Tropical Storm Freda struck Hong Kong killing one person.[ [http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information ] ] ]Typhoon Gilda
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 3
Dissipated=October 9
1-min winds=70
Pressure=968
Tropical Storm Harriet
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 16
Dissipated=October 20
1-min winds=55
Pressure=984
Typhoon Ivy
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 21
Dissipated=October 26
1-min winds=90
Pressure=945
Typhoon Jean
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=October 28
Dissipated=November 3
1-min winds=65
Pressure=972
Typhoon Kim
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=November 6
Dissipated=November 17
1-min winds=125
Pressure=916Typhoon Kim was a 135 mph typhoon that hit the northern Philippines on November 13. The typhoon's heavy rains caused flash flooding that left 55 people dead with widespread damage. A further 47 people died when an upper floors of a hotel caught fire during the storm.
Typhoon Lucy
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=November 26
Dissipated=December 7
1-min winds=115
Pressure=919
Typhoon Mary
Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=December 20
Dissipated=January 2
1-min winds=95
Pressure=947
1977 storm names
Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1977 was named Patsy and the final one was named Mary.
ee also
* List of Pacific typhoon seasons
* 1977 Pacific hurricane season
* 1977 Atlantic hurricane season
* Pre-1980 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
* Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons: 1976-77, 1977-78
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] .
* [http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1977/ Unisys season map]
