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Agnes formed on July 24, made a complete loop, and struck China on July 29 with winds of 55&nbsp;mph after peaking at 60&nbsp;mph.<ref name="1978ATCRArchive">[http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1978atcr/pdf/1978.html 1978 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It dissipated the 30th. In Hong Kong Tropical Storm Agnes killed 3&nbsp;people.<ref name="Hong Kong Observator; Historical Information">[http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Agnes formed on July 24, made a complete loop, and struck China on July 29 with winds of 55&nbsp;mph after peaking at 60&nbsp;mph.<ref name="1978ATCRArchive">[http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1978atcr/pdf/1978.html 1978 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234939/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1978atcr/pdf/1978.html |date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> It dissipated the 30th. In Hong Kong Tropical Storm Agnes killed 3&nbsp;people.<ref name="Hong Kong Observator; Historical Information">[http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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On December 31, a tropical depression developed over the low latitudes of the open West Pacific. It tracked northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength that night and typhoon strength on the 5th. Alice turned to the west, and continued to intensify with generally favorable conditions to a peak of 125&nbsp;mph winds on the 8th.<ref name="1979ATCRArchive">[http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1979atcr/pdf/1979.html 1979 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Cooler, drier air to the north caused Alice to weaken to a minimal typhoon, but as the typhoon turned to the northwest it briefly re-strengthened to a 115&nbsp;mph typhoon on January 11. Upper level winds, combined with the dry air, weakened Alice for good, causing it to dissipate on the 14th after stalling for three days. Alice caused extensive damage in the [[Marshall Islands]].
On December 31, a tropical depression developed over the low latitudes of the open West Pacific. It tracked northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength that night and typhoon strength on the 5th. Alice turned to the west, and continued to intensify with generally favorable conditions to a peak of 125&nbsp;mph winds on the 8th.<ref name="1979ATCRArchive">[http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1979atcr/pdf/1979.html 1979 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606235012/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1979atcr/pdf/1979.html |date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> Cooler, drier air to the north caused Alice to weaken to a minimal typhoon, but as the typhoon turned to the northwest it briefly re-strengthened to a 115&nbsp;mph typhoon on January 11. Upper level winds, combined with the dry air, weakened Alice for good, causing it to dissipate on the 14th after stalling for three days. Alice caused extensive damage in the [[Marshall Islands]].
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1978 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 6, 1978
Last system dissipatedJanuary 15, 1979
Strongest storm
NameRita
 • Maximum winds220 km/h (140 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure878 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions35
Total storms31
Typhoons16
Super typhoons1
Total fatalitiesUnknown
Total damageUnknown
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

The 1978 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1978, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. 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 1978 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.

Systems

33 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 29 became tropical storms. 15 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 1 reached super typhoon strength. Many of the storms either remained at sea or failed to do any damage.

Severe Tropical Storm Nadine

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJanuary 6 – January 13
Peak intensity100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min);
970 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Olive (Atang)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationApril 15 – April 26
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min);
955 hPa (mbar)

In the Philippines, Typhoon Olive (Atang) killed 3 people and left 3,500 homeless.[1] A lengthened ex-”FS” ship of Compania Maritima was caught in it, the MV Leyte. She was wrecked in the southwestern portion of Sibuyan Island trying to reach shelter. She was then on a Manila-Cebu voyage.[2]

Tropical Storm Polly (Bising)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJune 13 – June 20
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
985 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Rose (Klaring)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJune 21 – June 24
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
990 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Shirley (Deling)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJune 26 – June 30
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
992 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Trix

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 11 – July 23
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Virginia

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 22 – August 2
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Wendy (Emang)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 22 – August 3
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
960 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Agnes

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationJuly 24 – July 30
Peak intensity100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min);
980 hPa (mbar)

Agnes formed on July 24, made a complete loop, and struck China on July 29 with winds of 55 mph after peaking at 60 mph.[3] It dissipated the 30th. In Hong Kong Tropical Storm Agnes killed 3 people.[4]

Tropical Storm Bonnie (Gading)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 8 – August 12
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
985 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Carmen (Iliang)

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 10 – August 20
Peak intensity165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min);
970 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Della (Heling)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 10 – August 13
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
985 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm 13W

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 14 – August 20
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
999 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Elaine (Miding)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 18 – August 28
Peak intensity120 km/h (75 mph) (10-min);
965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Faye

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 25 – September 7
Peak intensity165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min);
935 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Gloria (Oyang)

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 28 – August 31
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
992 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Hester

Tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationAugust 28 – September 1
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Irma (Ruping)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 9 – September 15
Peak intensity120 km/h (75 mph) (10-min);
970 hPa (mbar)

Irma, the eighth typhoon of the 1978 season, developed in the monsoon trough southeast of Taiwan.[5] It made landfall in Honshu, Japan. With winds of up to 120 km/h, Typhoon Irma killed at least 6 people and made about 3,000 homeless. Four people were missing and about 100 were injured by floods and landslides in southwestern Japan.[6] It destroyed or damaged 1,597 homes and left 6,266 homes flooded.[7] Irma smashed windows, overturned cars, and capsized several fishing boats. Several athletes at the Japan-China Friendship Track and Field Meet in Kitakyushu were injured when a freak gust blew them ten feet in the air. A Liberian-registered tanker was swept from its moorings off the port of Kure and drifted for nearly 5 kilometers before running aground off a small island in the Inland Sea.[6] Irma remained a typhoon for only 12 hours becoming the shortest-lived typhoon of the season.[5]

Typhoon Judy

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 9 – September 17
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min);
950 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Kit

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 20 – September 26
Peak intensity95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min);
990 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Lola (Weling)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 20 – October 2
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Mamie

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 29 – October 4
Peak intensity130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
960 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Nina (Aning)

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 6 – October 16
Peak intensity110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

According to the official reports, 59 people died and more than 500,000 were in evacuation centers in the Philippines.[8]

Typhoon Ora (Yaning)

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 8 – October 15
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min);
940 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Depression 25W

Tropical depression (PAGASA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 8 – October 12
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
999 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Depression 26W (Bidang)

Tropical depression (PAGASA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 10 – October 16
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
1002 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Phyllis

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 13 – October 22
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min);
955 hPa (mbar)

Super Typhoon Rita (Kading)

Main article: Typhoon Rita (1978)
Violent typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 15 – October 29
Peak intensity220 km/h (140 mph) (10-min);
878 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Depression 28 developed October 15. Three and a half days later, it strengthened into a tropical storm. Rita became a typhoon late on October 19. Rita reached Category 5 status on October 23, reaching a minimum central pressure of 878 millibars, only 8 mb higher than Typhoon Tip's record set in 1979. After spending over three consecutive days at that intensity, Rita weakened to a Category 4 and smashed ashore on Luzon. Rita stayed a typhoon during its entire passage over the Philippines and emerged into the South China Sea as a minimal typhoon. Rita then decayed slowly and dissipated as a depression near the coast of Vietnam. The typhoon caused considerable damage and loss of life in the Philippines, though exact numbers are unknown.

Tropical Storm 27

Tropical storm (JMA)
 
DurationOctober 30 – November 3
Peak intensity65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min);
994 hPa (mbar)

Severe Tropical Storm Tess

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 31 – November 6
Peak intensity110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

A tropical depression developed on October 31. The depression was upgraded to a tropical storm on November 2. Tess continued to intensify and reached its peak intensity as a 70 mph (110 km/h) storm; just short of typhoon status. The storm became extratropical on November 7.

Tropical Depression 30W (Delang)

Tropical depression (PAGASA)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 15 – November 20
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
1002 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Viola (Esang)

Violent typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 16 – November 24
Peak intensity195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min);
910 hPa (mbar)

Increased convective activity in the monsoon trough was first noticed on satellite data on November 14 about 690 mi (1110 km) southeast of Truk. On November 16, the disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression 33. Based on an improved satellite signature, TD 33 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Viola at 1200 UTC November 17.[3] Viola continued to intensify as the storm moved on a northwestward track.[9] Late on November 19 reconnaissance aircraft confirmed that Viola’s surface pressure had fallen to 977 mb; and, that an eye was beginning to form. Early on November 20, Viola was upgraded to a typhoon. Viola then started to rapidly intensify and reached peak intensity on November 21 with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h). Viola recurved away from Luzon on November 22.[3] By the next day, the storm had already weakened to a category 1 and further weakened to a tropical storm. Viola dissipated on November 24.[9]

Severe Tropical Storm Winnie

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationNovember 25 – November 30
Peak intensity100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min);
980 hPa (mbar)

A tropical depression developed on November 25. It started to intensify while moving on a north-northwestward track. By November 28,the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and was named Winnie. On the 29th, Winnie reached its peak intensity as severe tropical storm with (10-min) winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Winnie became extratropical early on November 30.

Tropical Depression Garding

Tropical depression (PAGASA)
 
DurationDecember 13 – December 16
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);

Typhoon Alice

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationDecember 31, 1978 – January 15, 1979
Peak intensity175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min);
930 hPa (mbar)

On December 31, a tropical depression developed over the low latitudes of the open West Pacific. It tracked northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength that night and typhoon strength on the 5th. Alice turned to the west, and continued to intensify with generally favorable conditions to a peak of 125 mph winds on the 8th.[10] Cooler, drier air to the north caused Alice to weaken to a minimal typhoon, but as the typhoon turned to the northwest it briefly re-strengthened to a 115 mph typhoon on January 11. Upper level winds, combined with the dry air, weakened Alice for good, causing it to dissipate on the 14th after stalling for three days. Alice caused extensive damage in the Marshall Islands.

Storm names

See also: Lists of tropical cyclone names and Tropical cyclone naming

During the season 28 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a revised list from late 1950. However the JTWC changed their naming scheme by the next year, now including both female and male names.

Nadine Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Virginia Wendy Agnes Bonnie Carmen Della Elaine Faye
Gloria Hester Irma Judy Kit Lola Mamie Nina Ora Phyllis Rita Tess Viola Winnie

One name, Susan, developed over the Central Pacific and was named from this list. The storm never became a part of the West Pacific basin.

Philippines

Akang Bising Klaring Deling Emang
Gading Heling Iliang Loleng Miding
Norming Oyang Pasing Ruping Susang
Tering Uding Weling Yaning
Auxiliary list
Aning
Bidang Kading Delang Esang Garding

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1982 season. This is the same list used for the 1974 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in gray.

Retirement

Due to extreme damages and death toll caused by Typhoon Rita (Kading), PAGASA retired the name Kading in its auxiliary list. The name replaced was Katring.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Typhoon". The Canberra Times. April 27, 1978. Retrieved October 23, 2016 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Typhoon "Atang" | Philippine Ship Spotters Society". psssonline.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  3. ^ a b c 1978 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Historical Information
  5. ^ a b Morford, Dean R.; Lavin, James K. (January 1, 1995). "1978 Annual Typhoon Report" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Typhoon Irma leaves 3,000 homeless". The Canberra Times. September 18, 1978. Retrieved September 22, 2016 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Typhoon brushes Japan; 6 die (September 16, 1978)". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  8. ^ "59 flood deaths". The Canberra Times. October 13, 1978. Retrieved October 23, 2016 – via Trove.
  9. ^ a b "Typhoon #31 (16-24 NOV 1978)". Unisys Weather. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  10. ^ 1979 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
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