2024 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific

Typhoon Wukong Wukong · WP092024

Typhoon Wukong was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2024-08-11 to 2024-08-19 (8 days), peaking at 30 kt (TD) with a minimum pressure of 984 hPa. 51 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track.

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ATCF ID
WP092024
Basin
western North Pacific
Tracked
2024-08-11 → 2024-08-19 (8 days)
Peak wind
30 kt · 15 m/s · TD
Minimum pressure
984 hPa
Archived forecasts
51
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
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Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF102 (5)129 (1)——
ECMWF ENS90 (5)118 (1)——
GFS92 (4)———
GEFS120 (4)———

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
2024-08-12 00Z24.7°N 148.4°E151010TD
2024-08-12 06Z25.5°N 148.9°E151000TD
2024-08-12 12Z26.2°N 149.3°E20991TD
2024-08-12 18Z26.6°N 149.6°E25988TD
2024-08-13 00Z27.1°N 149.8°E25986TD
2024-08-13 06Z27.4°N 149.4°E30984TD
2024-08-13 12Z27.7°N 149.0°E30986TD
2024-08-13 18Z28.4°N 149.0°E30985TD
2024-08-14 00Z29.1°N 148.9°E30986TD
2024-08-14 06Z30.5°N 148.2°E30985TD
2024-08-14 12Z31.9°N 147.5°E25987TD
2024-08-14 18Z33.8°N 146.7°E25995TD
2024-08-15 00Z35.7°N 146.1°E201003TD
2024-08-15 06Z37.3°N 147.3°E201006TD