2025 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific
Typhoon Ragasa Ragasa · WP242025
Typhoon Ragasa was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2025-09-16 to 2025-09-25 (9 days), peaking at 144 kt (H5) with a minimum pressure of 910 hPa. 124 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF ENS, 42 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- WP242025
- Basin
- western North Pacific
- Tracked
- 2025-09-16 → 2025-09-25 (9 days)
- Peak wind
- 144 kt · 74 m/s · H5
- Minimum pressure
- 910 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 124
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF | 27 (19) | 64 (15) | 96 (11) | 131 (3) |
| ECMWF ENS | 33 (20) | 42 (16) | 75 (12) | 134 (4) |
| GFS | 57 (21) | 93 (17) | 150 (13) | 291 (5) |
| GEFS | 52 (21) | 82 (17) | 127 (13) | 259 (5) |
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) | Position | Wind (kt) | Pressure (hPa) | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 12Z | 15.9°N 133.0°E | 29 | 1005 | TD |
| 2025-09-18 18Z | 16.2°N 132.3°E | 35 | 1004 | TS |
| 2025-09-19 00Z | 16.0°N 131.3°E | 39 | 1000 | TS |
| 2025-09-19 06Z | 16.1°N 130.7°E | 39 | 998 | TS |
| 2025-09-19 12Z | 16.3°N 130.1°E | 45 | 996 | TS |
| 2025-09-19 18Z | 16.2°N 130.0°E | 54 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-09-20 00Z | 16.3°N 129.6°E | 64 | 985 | H1 |
| 2025-09-20 06Z | 16.7°N 129.1°E | 70 | 974 | H1 |
| 2025-09-20 12Z | 17.2°N 128.7°E | 99 | 957 | H3 |
| 2025-09-20 18Z | 17.8°N 127.9°E | 115 | 937 | H4 |
| 2025-09-21 00Z | 17.9°N 127.0°E | 119 | 933 | H4 |
| 2025-09-21 06Z | 18.3°N 126.3°E | 138 | 922 | H5 |
| 2025-09-21 12Z | 18.9°N 125.4°E | 144 | 911 | H5 |
| 2025-09-21 18Z | 19.1°N 124.1°E | 144 | 914 | H5 |
| 2025-09-22 00Z | 19.3°N 122.9°E | 144 | 910 | H5 |
| 2025-09-22 06Z | 19.3°N 121.7°E | 138 | 916 | H5 |
| 2025-09-22 12Z | 19.4°N 120.5°E | 128 | 926 | H4 |
| 2025-09-22 18Z | 19.6°N 119.3°E | 124 | 930 | H4 |
| 2025-09-23 00Z | 20.0°N 118.2°E | 124 | 930 | H4 |
| 2025-09-23 06Z | 20.4°N 117.1°E | 119 | 931 | H4 |
| 2025-09-23 12Z | 20.8°N 116.0°E | 115 | 937 | H4 |
| 2025-09-23 18Z | 21.1°N 114.8°E | 115 | 939 | H4 |
| 2025-09-24 00Z | 21.2°N 113.8°E | 109 | 944 | H3 |
| 2025-09-24 06Z | 21.6°N 112.6°E | 105 | 948 | H3 |
| 2025-09-24 12Z | 21.8°N 111.1°E | 80 | 966 | H1 |