Tropical Storm Sarah When Tropical Storm Sarah formed in the
South China Sea on June 24, it became the latest start of a western Pacific season since
1973. The initial tropical disturbance formed south of
Guam on June 16. By June 19, a low level circulation formed as the system moved westward. As a tropical disturbance, the low crossed the Philippines with light winds. The system finally organized into a tropical depression and then a tropical storm on June 25. Sarah moved west-northwestward across the South China Sea, striking
Central Vietnam before dissipating on June 26. Damage across the
Philippines totaled 2.77 billion Philippine Pesos (1983 pesos), or US$249.3 million (1983 dollars).
Typhoon Tip (Auring) A tropical disturbance first noted east of the
Philippines, the system moved through the archipelago as a tropical depression before strengthening briefly to a typhoon in the
South China Sea. A combination of northeasterly vertical
wind shear and proximity to land weakened the cyclone to a tropical storm before its landfall on
Hai-nan and struck Chan Chiang, China as a tropical depression. Winds peaked at at
Tate's Cairn in Hong Kong.
Typhoon Wayne (Katring) Becoming a tropical depression east of the
Philippines, Wayne strengthened rapidly to become a tropical storm on July 22, a typhoon on July 23, and a super typhoon around midday on July 24 before moving south of
Taiwan into mainland China on July 25 and dissipating. In the Philippines, 20 perished due to flash flooding. Wayne was the fifth most intense tropical cyclone to impact
Fujian between 1960 and 2005. Heavy rainfall led to severe flooding in Fujian and
Guangdong. The total death toll reached 105.
Tropical Storm Carmen (Etang) Originating in the
monsoon trough in the
South China Sea in early August, a low level circulation was first spotted about 370 km east of
Vietnam on August 8. Slow development ensued, and the system became a tropical depression during the night of August 12. Tracking slowly north-northeast, Carmen began to accelerate to the east-northeast towards the
Luzon Strait, steered by Abby. This acceleration was likely a redevelopment of the low-pressure area downshear. The system became a tropical storm early morning of August 14 as it continued to close the distance to Abby. By late morning on August 15, absorption into Abby was complete.
Severe Tropical Storm Ben An area of strong thunderstorms formed east of Abby, developing a low level center on August 12 on the western side of the thunderstorm activity, due to westerly vertical
wind shear from nearby Abby. It developed into a tropical storm that night and moved northwest due to Abby's influence on the steering across the western Pacific at that time. Turning to the west, Ben moved along the southern coast of
Honshū and made landfall west of Hamamatsu. Due to land interaction and increasing upper level westerly wind shear, Ben became an exposed low level circulation on August 14 in the
Sea of Japan, eventually dissipating late on August 15.
Tropical Storm Dom (Gening) On August 17, a tropical disturbance was noted west of
Guam. Slow development ensued, and the system became a tropical storm late on August 19. As a deep cyclone near Japan linked up with the
monsoon trough, the cyclone turned sharply northeast on August 20. Persisitently sheared by strong northeasterly flow aloft initially, once Dom recurved its convection was left completely behind, weakening the system to a tropical depression on August 21. Thunderstorms began to redevelop near the center, and by midday on August 23 Dom was a tropical storm once more. At this point Dom was moving erratically as the trough near Japan moved off to the east, and by August 24 Dom turned back to the north-northwest. By August 25 strong winds aloft weakened Dom once more, and the cyclone dissipated as a
tropical cyclone on August 26.
Tropical Depression 09W This system formed well north of the normal climatological position to the west of Dom, as the
monsoon trough was similarly displaced. It was first noted on August 25, but showed no further development. Thunderstorms were located about south of the center, but since the central pressure was under 1000 mb, it was considered a tropical depression while an exposed low level swirl. The system did develop some central convection, and moved northward into
South Korea, bringing showers to the region, and dissipated late on August 27.
Typhoon Ellen (Herming) It was first noted as a tropical disturbance east of the
International Dateline on August 26, and became a tropical storm soon after crossing in the dateline on the morning of August 29. A strong high pressure ridge offshore Japan led to no further development over the next 5 days, and the cyclone began to track south of west. Dropping down to a weak tropical depression late on September 1, conditions aloft finally improved and the cyclone strengthened into a typhoon on September 3 as it tracked west-northwest. Approaching
Luzon late on September 5, Ellen intensified rapidly into a strong typhoon before the terrain began to weaken the cyclone. Its final landfall was at
Macau on the morning of September 9 as a minor typhoon. Hong Kong experienced extensive damage, with six killed and 277 injured. Winds gusted to at
Stanley. Twenty-two ships ran aground in the harbor. Rainfall totaled at
Hong Kong's Royal Observatory. The second tornado ever recorded in Hong Kong, and the first during a typhoon passage, occurred during Ellen. Ellen was Hong Kong's worst typhoon since
Typhoon Hope of 1979. A tornado struck Inza Island, destroying 26 homes and injuring 26 people, as the cyclone passed by
Okinawa. Forrest struck Japan as a tropical storm on the 28th. Kadena Air Force base reported winds gusting to and rainfall totaling during Forrest's passage. Up to of rainfall fell across Japan, damaging 46,000 homes. Overall, the storm caused 21 casualties and ¥80.5 billion (USD$526 million) in damage.
Typhoon Georgia (Luding) A large area of thunderstorm activity formed west of the
Philippines. Rapidly organizing on September 28, Georgia became a tropical storm by the next morning. Moving westward, it tracked across
Hainan Island to the south of China. Wind gusts reached both at
Tate's Cairn and
Kowloon Tsai Hill in Hong Kong.
Tropical Depression Mameng This system was recognized by the
Hong Kong Royal Observatory, the JMA and the
PAGASA. A tropical depression formed in the South China Sea near Xisha Dao on October 2, and moved northwest, dissipating near Hanoi a couple days later. Forty perished during this tropical cyclone.
Severe Tropical Storm Joe (Pepang) One of three consecutive
tropical cyclones to form in the
South China Sea, the initial disturbance was first noted well south of Guam on October 6. The system moved westward, and developed a closed wind circulation by midday on October 9. A new center formed to the south, which complicated the system's development. Remaining poorly organized in the
Philippine Sea due to northerly vertical
wind shear, the tropical depression crossed central
Luzon. Now in the
South China Sea, the system became better organized and developed into a tropical storm and typhoon as it moved northwest. Soon after becoming a typhoon, Joe moved into southern China about west of Hong Kong and quickly dissipated inland. Wind gusts reached at Tai O, while rainfall amounts of fell at Tate's Cairn. In Thailand, already deluged by an earlier tropical storm, there was moderate flooding in
Bangkok.
Severe Tropical Storm Lex (Sisang) First noted near the
Marshall Islands on October 14, the tropical disturbance moved westward for the next couple of days without and further development. An upper-level ridge built over the system on October 16 while near
Truk, which encouraged slow development. The system developed a weak surface circulation which progressed across the central
Philippines. Once it entered the
South China Sea, development increased and it became a tropical depression, then tropical storm, on October 22. Transcribing a cyclonic loop, Lex continued to intensify and was a typhoon by October 25. Moving close to
Hainan Island, Lex weakened to a tropical storm while entering the
Gulf of Tonkin. Winds gusted to at Waglan Island. The lowest atmospheric pressure (station pressure) recorded in
Đồng Hới during the storm was 980.5hPa.
Tropical Depression Trining Tropical Depression Trining formed in the
Pacific Ocean during the 1983 Pacific typhoon season. It originated within the
monsoon trough on October 28. At its peak, Trining had maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h (35 mph) and a central pressure of 1004 hPa. This
tropical depression had a short lifespan that only lasted a day, and later dissipating on October 29. Although weak, even tropical depressions can cause significant impacts, such as heavy rainfall and localized flooding.
Typhoon Marge (Uring) This system began as a tropical disturbance with a weak circulation near 7N 172E. Becoming the fourth super typhoon of the season, Marge stairstepped west-northwest east of the
Philippines before recurving east of Japan. During recurvature, its forward motion reached , becoming one of the fastest known tropical cyclones on record.
Tropical Storm Norris This system was spawned just ahead of a frontal boundary extending from the
extratropical cyclone formerly known as Marge. A midget tropical storm, Norris quickly evolved on November 8 and recurved ahead of the
frontal boundary well east of Asia, primarily threatening shipping in the western Pacific. Within three days of formation, Norris had been absorbed by the advancing cold front.
Typhoon Orchid (Warling) A tropical disturbance organized into a tropical depression on November 14 over the open West Pacific. It tracked southwestward then westward, slowly organizing into a tropical storm on the 17th. Orchid's motion became erratic, and it drifted northward, always remaining within of Typhoon Percy, a slow-moving typhoon in the South China Sea. Orchid reached her peak of winds on the 23rd, before vertical shear caused it to weaken. The storm turned southward, where it dissipated on the 27th. A total of 167 fatalities occurred when the Philippine vessel
MV Dona Cassandra capsized due to high waves off the coast of
Mindanao. In addition, 89 persons were injured, 18 at sea. At the time of the shipwreck, the vessel had 387 passengers and 36 crew members. Onshore the Philippines, three people were killed and thousands were displaced.
Typhoon Percy (Yayang) Located not too distant to the southwest of Orchid, Percy thrived in a divergent region created by Orchid's outflow pattern beginning on November 17. Rapid development occurred on the morning of November 19 while in the
South China Sea, and the system meandered due to the weakness in steering created by Orchid to its northeast. The cyclone managed of movement through November 23. Briefly becoming a typhoon, eventually Percy became entrained in Orchid's inflow band and began to be sheared by Orchid's opposing outflow pattern. Other than moving through the
Philippines while in the initial tropical depression phase, Percy affected no other land masses.
Severe Tropical Storm Ruth (Ading) This system began along the near equatorial trough southeast of
Guam on November 15. Moving slowly westward, there was little additional development until November 19. Thunderstorm activity significantly increased in coverage along a east–west axis, with a center forming near 5N 147E. The system moved slowly northwest until November 23. Orchid acted to limit its development by robbing inflow from this disturbance. On the 23rd it became a tropical depression before executing an anticyclonic loop. Upper-level conditions became hostile soon afterwards, and the depression weakened. Into November 27 the system moved erratically and went through cycles of convective development and shearing. When Orchid weakened into a tropical depression, Ruth began to develop rapidly and became a tropical storm early on November 28. A frontal zone on its northwest side led to an intense gale in that quadrant, which led to the upgrade. The cyclone nearly became a typhoon later that day before vertical
wind shear returned, introduced by a fresh cold outbreak from Asia. The cyclone degenerated to an exposed low-level swirl on November 30.
Tropical Storm Sperry (Barang) The initial disturbance formed along the near equatorial trough after Ruth dissipated. On November 30 a surface circulation formed south of
Guam. By December 1, the system appeared to be forming into a
tropical cyclone but its thunderstorm activity shifted over to the northwest of the center. Taking a day to recover, the system attempted to reorganize and became a tropical storm early on December 3. Southerly vertical
wind shear limited its development for much of its life cycle. Turning eastward, it reached its maximum intensity late on the 3rd before shearing apart on December 4. Early on December 5, the system degenerated into a weak area of low pressure.
Severe Tropical Storm Thelma (Krising) This system formed east of the
Caroline Islands on December 11 near 4N 170E. Over the next couple days, an upper cyclone to its north shifted westward, which helped lead to increased outflow and a low-level circulation. It moved rapidly westward for the next 60 hours as a poorly defined low despite increasing convective organization. By late morning on December 16, it became a tropical storm. The system tracked along a smooth parabola east of the
Philippines becoming a moderately strong tropical storm. Intense vertical
wind shear struck the cyclone as it moved northeast at a clip up to , and the system rapidly weakened.
Tropical Depression Dadang A
Tropical Depression formed on December 18 within the
PAR or
Philippine Area of Responsibility,
PAGASA or
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration tracked the depression and later gave it the local "Dadang". Tropical Depression Dadang is a type of
tropical cyclone that forms in the
Western Pacific Ocean. It develops from a
tropical depression in the atmosphere, gradually organizing into a
low-pressure system with a defined circulation center. As it intensifies, it reaches wind speeds characteristic of a
tropical depression, typically below 55 km/h (35 mph). The track and intensity of Dadang are influenced by factors like
wind shear, ocean temperatures, and steering currents. Potential impacts include heavy
rainfall, strong
winds, and rough seas, varying significantly depending on the storm's characteristics and the terrain it encounters. Tropical Depression Dadang later dissipated on December 20. == Storm names ==