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Tropical Storm Maysak (2008)
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Tropical Storm Maysak (international designation: 0819, JTWC
designation: 24W, PAGASA
Name: Quinta-Siony) was recognised as the 19th tropical storm by the Japan Meteorological Agency
. It was also recognised as the 24th tropical depression and the 22nd tropical storm by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season
.
to the northeast of Zamboanga
in the Philippines
. Later that day whilst the disturbance moved towards the north-west, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
assessed the disturbances chances of forming in to a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as "Poor". Early the next day as the disturbance was moving closer to the Philippines, PAGASA designated the disturbance as Tropical Depression Quinta. Later that day the JTWC upgraded the disturbances chances of becoming a significant tropical cyclone to "Fair" and then to "Good" as they released a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert
on the developing disturbance. The Japan Meteorological Agency
then designated the disturbance as a minor tropical depression, at the same time the JTWC designated the tropical depression as 24W.
On November 7 after the JMA had designated the minor tropical depression as a full tropical depression, the JTWC and the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm with the JMA assigning the name Maysak. The next day PAGASA released their final advisory on tropical storm Quinta (Maysak) as it had moved out of PAGASA's area of responsibility, this came as both the JTWC and the JMA reported that Maysak had reached its peak wind speeds of 60 mph (95 km/h) 10-Min sustained & 70 mph (110 km/h) 1-Min sustained. This meant that the JMA considered Maysak to be a severe tropical storm at its peak whilst on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Maysak was considered to be a tropical storm.
Later that day Maysak recurved and started moving towards the south towards PAGASA's area of responsibility. The next day before Maysak re-entered PAGASA's area of responsibility, the JMA reported that Maysak had weakened in to a tropical storm and then in to a tropical depression, and released their final full advisory on Maysak. However the JTWC were reporting at this time that Maysak was still a tropical storm. Maysak then moved back in to PAGASA's area of responsibility later that day, at this time PAGASA thought that Maysak was still a tropical storm. The JTWC downgraded Maysak to a tropical depression and released their final advisory early on November 10. PAGASA also downgraded Maysak to a tropical depression at this time however they kept issuing warnings until early the next afternoon when they released their final advisory on Quinta.
On November 12, PAGASA started to reissue advisories on Quinta, however they renamed Quinta as Siony. The JMA were also still monitoring Siony as a minor tropical depression at this time, whilst the JTWC assessed Maysak's remnants chances of regenerating in to a significant tropical cyclone as fair. Later that day the JTWC upgraded the remnants chances of regenerating as good and released a tropical cyclone formation alert
. Later that day PAGASA released their final advisory on tropical depression Siony as it had moved out of their area of responsibility and was moving towards Vietnam in the west. Late the next day the JTWC cancelled the tropical cyclone formation alert as they had reassessed Maysak chances of forming in to a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as poor. Early the next day the JMA released their final advisory on tropical depression Maysak whilst later that morning the JTWC declared that Maysak had dissipated.
, Visayas
, Mindanao
. This meant that wind speeds of 30–60 km/h were expected within 36 hours. Later that day PAGASA put some more areas of Luzon
under Signal 1 and cancelled the signal over parts of Mindanao
Later on November 6 PAGASA kept revising the areas under Signal No.1 in Visayas
& Luzon
. PAGASA then cancelled all signals for Visayas
Later that day as Quinta moved away from the Philippines
. Early the next day PAGASA cancelled all off the signals for Luzon as they released their first final advisory on Qunita.
On November 12, the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported that over 4800 people were affected by tropical storm Maysak. The NDCC reported that a total of 92 homes were either partially or totally destroyed in the Philippines. Sixteen of the municipalities in the Philippines reported power interruptions from November 6 until November 7. In total 19 people were killed by Maysak and 14 people injured.
which left at least 11 people dead. Flood waters in Ho Chi Minh City
were estimated to be at least a metre (3 ft) deep.
to the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee for use from January 1, 2000. Maysak is a type of tree in Cambodia. This was the second time that Maysak was used worldwide being last used in the 2002 Pacific typhoon season
. It will be announced at the 2009 ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee whether the name Maysak will be retired.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) assigned two local names to Maysak, Quinta & Siony and were last used to name Typhoons Meari and Tokage in the 2004 Pacific typhoon season
. Both Quinta and Siony are currently scheduled to be used again in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season.
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force located at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
designation: 24W, PAGASA
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and...
Name: Quinta-Siony) was recognised as the 19th tropical storm by the Japan Meteorological Agency
Japan Meteorological Agency
The or JMA, is the Japanese government's weather service. Charged with gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan, it is a semi-autonomous part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...
. It was also recognised as the 24th tropical depression and the 22nd tropical storm by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force located at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season
2008 Pacific typhoon season
The 2008 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2008, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November...
.
Meteorological history
On November 5, 2008, a tropical disturbance formed in the Philippine SeaPhilippine Sea
The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and north of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 2 million mi² on the western part of the North Pacific Ocean...
to the northeast of Zamboanga
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula / Western Mindanao is a peninsula and an administrative region in the Philippines. Designated as Region IX, the region consists of three provinces, namely, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay, its component cities of Dipolog, Dapitan, Pagadian, and...
in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Later that day whilst the disturbance moved towards the north-west, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force located at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
assessed the disturbances chances of forming in to a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as "Poor". Early the next day as the disturbance was moving closer to the Philippines, PAGASA designated the disturbance as Tropical Depression Quinta. Later that day the JTWC upgraded the disturbances chances of becoming a significant tropical cyclone to "Fair" and then to "Good" as they released a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert
A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert is a bulletin released by the U.S. Navy-operated Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii or the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Norfolk, Virginia, warning of the possibility of a tropical cyclone forming from a tropical disturbance that has been...
on the developing disturbance. The Japan Meteorological Agency
Japan Meteorological Agency
The or JMA, is the Japanese government's weather service. Charged with gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan, it is a semi-autonomous part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...
then designated the disturbance as a minor tropical depression, at the same time the JTWC designated the tropical depression as 24W.
On November 7 after the JMA had designated the minor tropical depression as a full tropical depression, the JTWC and the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm with the JMA assigning the name Maysak. The next day PAGASA released their final advisory on tropical storm Quinta (Maysak) as it had moved out of PAGASA's area of responsibility, this came as both the JTWC and the JMA reported that Maysak had reached its peak wind speeds of 60 mph (95 km/h) 10-Min sustained & 70 mph (110 km/h) 1-Min sustained. This meant that the JMA considered Maysak to be a severe tropical storm at its peak whilst on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
The Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , or the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale , classifies hurricanes — Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms — into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds...
Maysak was considered to be a tropical storm.
Later that day Maysak recurved and started moving towards the south towards PAGASA's area of responsibility. The next day before Maysak re-entered PAGASA's area of responsibility, the JMA reported that Maysak had weakened in to a tropical storm and then in to a tropical depression, and released their final full advisory on Maysak. However the JTWC were reporting at this time that Maysak was still a tropical storm. Maysak then moved back in to PAGASA's area of responsibility later that day, at this time PAGASA thought that Maysak was still a tropical storm. The JTWC downgraded Maysak to a tropical depression and released their final advisory early on November 10. PAGASA also downgraded Maysak to a tropical depression at this time however they kept issuing warnings until early the next afternoon when they released their final advisory on Quinta.
On November 12, PAGASA started to reissue advisories on Quinta, however they renamed Quinta as Siony. The JMA were also still monitoring Siony as a minor tropical depression at this time, whilst the JTWC assessed Maysak's remnants chances of regenerating in to a significant tropical cyclone as fair. Later that day the JTWC upgraded the remnants chances of regenerating as good and released a tropical cyclone formation alert
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert
A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert is a bulletin released by the U.S. Navy-operated Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii or the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Norfolk, Virginia, warning of the possibility of a tropical cyclone forming from a tropical disturbance that has been...
. Later that day PAGASA released their final advisory on tropical depression Siony as it had moved out of their area of responsibility and was moving towards Vietnam in the west. Late the next day the JTWC cancelled the tropical cyclone formation alert as they had reassessed Maysak chances of forming in to a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as poor. Early the next day the JMA released their final advisory on tropical depression Maysak whilst later that morning the JTWC declared that Maysak had dissipated.
Philippines
As PAGASA declared that Tropical Depression Quinta had formed, they put Public Storm warning signal No.1 up for parts of LuzonLuzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
, Visayas
Visayas
The Visayas or Visayan Islands and locally known as Kabisay-an gid, is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast...
, Mindanao
Mindanao
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...
. This meant that wind speeds of 30–60 km/h were expected within 36 hours. Later that day PAGASA put some more areas of Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
under Signal 1 and cancelled the signal over parts of Mindanao
Mindanao
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...
Later on November 6 PAGASA kept revising the areas under Signal No.1 in Visayas
Visayas
The Visayas or Visayan Islands and locally known as Kabisay-an gid, is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast...
& Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
. PAGASA then cancelled all signals for Visayas
Visayas
The Visayas or Visayan Islands and locally known as Kabisay-an gid, is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast...
Later that day as Quinta moved away from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Early the next day PAGASA cancelled all off the signals for Luzon as they released their first final advisory on Qunita.
On November 12, the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported that over 4800 people were affected by tropical storm Maysak. The NDCC reported that a total of 92 homes were either partially or totally destroyed in the Philippines. Sixteen of the municipalities in the Philippines reported power interruptions from November 6 until November 7. In total 19 people were killed by Maysak and 14 people injured.
Vietnam
The remnants of Maysak lead to flooding rains in VietnamVietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
which left at least 11 people dead. Flood waters in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
were estimated to be at least a metre (3 ft) deep.
Naming
The name Maysak was one of the 10 original names submitted by CambodiaCambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
to the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee for use from January 1, 2000. Maysak is a type of tree in Cambodia. This was the second time that Maysak was used worldwide being last used in the 2002 Pacific typhoon season
2002 Pacific typhoon season
A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued on July 19 for a Tropical Disturbance that was located east of the international Date Line. The Next day the Disturbance crossed the international date line and was classified as a Tropical Depression by the JMA. The JMA then upgraded the depression to...
. It will be announced at the 2009 ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee whether the name Maysak will be retired.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and...
(PAGASA) assigned two local names to Maysak, Quinta & Siony and were last used to name Typhoons Meari and Tokage in the 2004 Pacific typhoon season
2004 Pacific typhoon season
The 2004 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2004, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November...
. Both Quinta and Siony are currently scheduled to be used again in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season.
See also
- 2008 Pacific typhoon season2008 Pacific typhoon seasonThe 2008 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2008, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November...
- Typhoon Meari (Quinta)
- Typhoon Tokage (Siony)
- Severe Tropical Storm Maysak (2002)
- Timeline of the 2008 Pacific typhoon seasonTimeline of the 2008 Pacific typhoon seasonThis timeline documents all the storm formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipation during the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. The 2008 Pacific typhoon season officially started on January 1, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009. The first tropical...