The SummaryTyphoon Kit (international code 197817) is a 1978 Northwest Pacific typhoon; peak intensity Severe Tropical Storm, max wind 25m/s, minimum central pressure 990hPa, not in China Landfall, 1978-09-26 was numbered off, recording 27 track points.
Typhoon Kit, international code 197817, international name KIT, 1978 Northwest Pacific typhoon. Formed: 1978-09-20 00:00:00, ended: 1978-09-26 12:00:00. Peak intensity: Severe Tropical Storm, minimum central pressure: 990 hPa, max wind: 25m/s.
Typhoon Kit at 1978-09-20 00:00:00 at 13.6°N, 133.6°E over the Northwest Pacific; initial intensity: Nameless.
It peaked at Severe Tropical Storm intensity with max winds of 25 m/s (~90 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 990hPa, recorded at 1978-09-25 00:00:00.
1978-09-26 12:00:00 After, Typhoon Kit gradually weakened and was numbered off on 1978-09-26 12:00:00 was numbered off; its lifecycle recorded 27 track points.
Typhoon Kit (197817) 的生命周期始 at 1978年9月20日00时, formed at Northwest Pacific洋面 (13.6°N, 133.6°E) , 终 at 9月26日12时在S海W部海域减弱消散 (17.7°N, 106°E) . 纵观其全生命周期, 该Typhoon 整体呈现稳定的WNMovingTrend, 未出现明显的路径转折或回旋现象. 从经The latitude变化来看, 系统在 formed初期 (9月20日至21日) 主要 toward 正W, 纬度基本维持在13.4°N至13.6°N之间, During从133.6°E快速W移至129°E. Go to 9月22日后, 路径逐渐转为WN direction, 纬度开始缓慢爬升. 值得注意的是, 在9月23日00时至12时期间, 系统经历了一次短暂的纬 toward 微调, 纬度由15.6°N微降至15.3°N, 随后重新恢复N toward 分量, 持续 toward NW direction推进直至Go to S海N部. 整个路径过程平滑, 无Landfall记录, 最终在Vietnam以E近海区域完成生命史.
In terms of intensity evolution, the Typhoon Kit is characterized by 'slow enhancement, peak short, rapid weakening'.The system was first born at Nameless, wind speed 7m/s. In the four days of Time (September 20 to 23), its intensity growth was relatively slow, wind speed longined at the 10-17m/s nameless level.Until September 24 at 12 a.m., the system was officially upgraded to Tropical Storm (20m/s) , and at the following day at 00 a.m. reached peak intensity, recognized as Severe Tropical Storm, max wind recorded 25m/s. However, the peak stateined extremely short, only after 12h (September 25 at 12 a.m.) that weakened into Tropical Storm, and continued to decline in the
Compared to the 1981 Kit (Super Typhoon) and the 1985 Kit (Severe Typhoon), its peak intensity gap is huge; even compared to the 1988 Kit (Severe Tropical Storm), although the same grade, but the 1978 Kit's Max Wind is only 25m/s, at the lower limit of the level, and lack of air pressure data supporting its deep convection intensity, the overall belongs to a weaker thermal cyclone system.
| Time | The latitude | During | Intensity | Wind (m/s) | Pressure (hPa) | Moving toward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-09-20 00:00:00 | 13.6°N | 133.6°E | Nameless | 7 | - | |
| 1978-09-20 12:00:00 | 13.4°N | 131.2°E | Nameless | 10 | - | |
| 1978-09-21 00:00:00 | 13.4°N | 129°E | Nameless | 10 | 1002 | |
| 1978-09-21 12:00:00 | 14°N | 127°E | Nameless | 12 | 998 | |
| 1978-09-22 00:00:00 | 14.7°N | 124.9°E | Nameless | 12 | 996 | |
| 1978-09-22 12:00:00 | 15.5°N | 122.4°E | Nameless | 12 | 998 | |
| 1978-09-23 00:00:00 | 15.6°N | 116.2°E | Nameless | 15 | 996 | |
| 1978-09-23 12:00:00 | 15.3°N | 115.4°E | Nameless | 17 | 994 | |
| 1978-09-24 00:00:00 | 15.7°N | 113.6°E | Nameless | 17 | 992 | |
| 1978-09-24 12:00:00 | 17.1°N | 112.1°E | Tropical Storm | 20 | 992 | |
| 1978-09-25 00:00:00 | 18°N | 110.8°E | Severe Tropical Storm | 25 | 990 | |
| 1978-09-25 12:00:00 | 18.4°N | 109°E | Tropical Storm | 20 | 990 | |
| 1978-09-26 00:00:00 | 18°N | 107.5°E | Tropical Storm | 20 | 990 | |
| 1978-09-26 12:00:00 | 17.7°N | 106°E | Nameless | 17 | 992 |
Sampled rows shown; all 27 track points are available on the interactive map or via the public API .
Typhoon Kit's international code is 197817, is the 17th Typhoon of 1978, international name KIT.
Typhoon Kit peak intensity is Severe Tropical Storm, max wind 25m/s, minimum central pressure 990 hPa.
According to records, the Typhoon Kit is not in our coastal landfall.
TyphoonSays (taifengshuo.com) provides typhoon Kit's Track history graph, multinational weather agency Forecast comparison, windshield range with IntensityTrend, page address: https://taifengshuo.com/typhoon/197817.
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