2024 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific

Typhoon Pabuk Pabuk · WP282024

Typhoon Pabuk was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2024-12-21 to 2024-12-26 (5 days), peaking at 30 kt (TD) with a minimum pressure of 994 hPa. 72 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF ENS, 152 km off on average.

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ATCF ID
WP282024
Basin
western North Pacific
Tracked
2024-12-21 → 2024-12-26 (5 days)
Peak wind
30 kt · 15 m/s · TD
Minimum pressure
994 hPa
Archived forecasts
72
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
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Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF108 (6)106 (2)——
ECMWF ENS91 (7)152 (3)——
GFS51 (5)57 (1)——
GEFS60 (5)56 (1)——

Mean great-circle distance to the best track at each lead time, counted while the system was a tropical or subtropical cyclone; the number of cases is in brackets.

Best track

Six-hourly positions of the US best track (JTWC / NHC, one-minute winds); grades on the Saffir–Simpson scale.

Time (UTC)PositionWind (kt)Pressure (hPa)Grade
2024-12-22 00Z10.4°N 115.0°E201007TD
2024-12-22 06Z10.5°N 114.6°E251004TD
2024-12-22 12Z10.6°N 114.2°E25995TD
2024-12-22 18Z10.8°N 113.8°E25997TD
2024-12-23 00Z11.0°N 113.4°E30994TD
2024-12-23 06Z11.3°N 113.0°E30994TD
2024-12-23 12Z11.5°N 112.8°E25997TD
2024-12-23 18Z11.6°N 112.6°E25997TD
2024-12-24 00Z11.7°N 112.3°E25998TD
2024-12-24 06Z11.6°N 111.9°E30994TD
2024-12-24 12Z11.4°N 111.6°E30995TD
2024-12-24 18Z11.1°N 111.2°E25999TD
2024-12-25 00Z10.6°N 110.7°E201001TD
2024-12-25 06Z9.5°N 110.5°E201001TD
2024-12-25 12Z9.1°N 110.0°E151004TD
2024-12-25 18Z8.8°N 109.3°E151004TD