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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2015 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea (i.e. the area bounded by the Equator, 45°N, 100°E and 180°).

Tropical Cyclone Name
Typhoon Mekkhala (1501) Super Typhoon Goni (1515)
Super Typhoon Higos (1502) Super Typhoon Atsani (1516)
Tropical Storm Bavi (1503) Severe Typhoon Kilo (1517)
Super Typhoon Maysak (1504) Severe Tropical Storm Etau (1518)
Tropical Storm Haishen (1505) Tropical Depression Vamco (1519)
Super Typhoon Noul (1506) Severe Typhoon Krovanh (1520)
Super Typhoon Dolphin (1507) Super Typhoon Dujuan (1521)
Tropical Storm Kujira (1508) Severe Typhoon Mujigae (1522)
Super Typhoon Chan-hom (1509) Severe Tropical Storm Choi-wan (1523)
Typhoon Linfa (1510) Super Typhoon Koppu (1524)
Super Typhoon Nangka (1511) Super Typhoon Champi (1525)
Typhoon Halola (1512) Super Typhoon In-fa (1526)
Super Typhoon Soudelor (1513) Severe Typhoon Melor (1527)
Tropical Storm Molave (1514)  

In this section, surface winds refer to wind speeds averaged over a period of 10 minutes given in the unit of m/s (1 m/s is about 1.94 knots or 3.6 km/h). Intensities of tropical cyclones are classified as follows:-

(a) T.D. - tropical depression
(b) T.S. - tropical storm
(c) S.T.S. - severe tropical storm
(d) T. - typhoon
(e) S.T. - severe typhoon
(f) SuperT. - super typhoon