Jump to content

User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/Tropical Storm Wukong (2012)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
Tropical storm (JMA scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Wukong over the Philippines on Boxing Day (December 26)
FormedDecember 24, 2012
DissipatedDecember 29, 2012
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 75 km/h (45 mph)
1-minute sustained: 65 km/h (40 mph)
Lowest pressure100 hPa (mbar); 2.95 inHg
Fatalities20 total
Damage$5.48 million (2012 USD)
Areas affectedPhilippines, Vietnam
Part of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Wukong, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Quinta, was a weak tropical storm that affected Southeast Asia during Christmas 2012.

Meteorological history

[edit]
Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

At 14:00 UTC on December 20, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitoring an area of persisting convection roughly 160 miles (260 km) southwest of Pohnpei, associated with a weak low-level circulation. Located within an area of diffluence, low-to-moderate wind shear, and easterly flow, the disturbance had the potential to perform tropical cyclogenesis.[1] Despite this, the low dissipated and was no longer being tracked for formation by 6:00 UTC on December 22.[2] However at 0:00 UTC on December 24, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated the disturbance as a tropical depression, as a result of the disturbance redeveloping 80 miles (130 km) west of Koror, Palau, with an ill-defined and elongated circulation. Microwave imagery depicted that the low-level center was detached from the deep convection. The disturbance was still located in a region consisting of poleward outflow but moderate wind shear.[3][4] Several hours later, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert,[5] before being designated as a tropical depression at 18:00 UTC that same day.[6] This was nearly simultaneous with PAGASA's upgrade of the disturbance into Tropical Depression Quinta just three hours later.[7] By 0:00 UTC the next day, the depression strengthened into a tropical storm according to the JMA, and was provided the name Wukong.[8]

Preparations and impact

[edit]

With the threat of Wukong, PAGASA issued Signal No. 2 warnings for Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Northern Cebu, Camotes Island, Bohol, Biliran, Dinagat Islands, Siargao Island, and Surigao Del Norte. Signal No. 1 warnings were also declared for Surigao Del Sur, Northern Samar, Masbate, Ticao Island, Aklan, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Siquijor, Agusan Del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, and the remaining parts of Cebu.[9] About 80 families were evacuated to shelters ahead of Wukong. A total of 2,407 passengers were stranded at ports nationwide.[10] Small watercraft and fishing boats were urged to not venture out offshore parts of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.[11]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS REISSUED/201400Z-210600ZDEC2012". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. December 20, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS/220600Z-230600ZDEC2012". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. December 22, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS/240600Z-250600ZDEC2012". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. December 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONE BEST TRACK NAME 1225 WUKONG (1225)". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "WTPN21 PGTW 241530". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. December 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Annual Tropical Cyclone Report 2012" (PDF). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved July 4, 2021 – via ReliefWeb.
  7. ^ "Tropical Depression "QUINTA"". PAGASA. December 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  8. ^ "WTPQ20 RJTD 250000". Japan Meteorology Agency. December 25, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Fat Reyes (December 25, 2012). "'Quinta' intensifies; No.2 up in 11 areas". Inquirer News. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "SitRep No. 03 re Effects and Response for Tropical Depression "Quinta"" (PDF). NDRRMC. December 26, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "Pagasa: 'Quinta' weakens into a Tropical Depression". ReliefWeb. PIA. December 26, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tropical Storm Wukong (2012).
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/Tropical_Storm_Wukong_(2012)&oldid=1031999836"