Typhoon Forrest path, 1992

What the record says

Forrest was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 14 days, from 8 November 1992 to 22 November 1992. Its peak was Category 4 (125 kt) on 20 November 1992, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (144 mph, 232 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 952 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 125 ktpeak wind (144 mph)
• 952 hPalowest pressure
• 14 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific). The regional forecast centre (RSMC New Delhi (India Meteorological Department)) gave a peak of 102 kt on its own averaging convention (10-minute winds), so the two figures differ.

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 15 November 1992: Thailand (55 kt)
• 21 November 1992: Myanmar (85 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Myanmar
• Thailand
• India
• Philippines

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.