TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

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Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2016 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
Tropical Depression of 26 - 27 May	Super Typhoon Meranti (1614)
Super Typhoon Nepartak (1601)	Tropical Depression Rai (1615)
Tropical Storm Lupit (1602)	Severe Typhoon Malakas (1616)
Severe Tropical Storm Mirinae (1603)	Severe Typhoon Megi (1617)
Typhoon Nida (1604)	Super Typhoon Chaba (1618)
Severe Tropical Storm Omais (1605)	Tropical Storm Aere (1619)
Tropical Storm Conson (1606)	Super Typhoon Songda (1620)
Tropical Storm Chanthu (1607)	Super Typhoon Sarika (1621)
Tropical Storm Dianmu (1608)	Super Typhoon Haima (1622)
Severe Tropical Storm Mindulle (1609)	Typhoon Meari (1623)
Severe Typhoon Lionrock (1610)	Tropical Storm Ma-on (1624)
Tropical Storm Kompasu (1611)	Severe Tropical Storm Tokage (1625)
Severe Typhoon Namtheun (1612)	Tropical Depression of 12 - 13 December
Tropical Depression Malou (1613)	Super Typhoon Nock-ten (1626)

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