Talk:2019 Pacific typhoon season/Season summary

Two simultaneously active typhoons Lekima and Krosa on August 8

January to May

The season started with Tropical Storm Pabuk active to the east of Thailand, which had formed on the last day of 2018, and being named on the first day of 2019, becoming the earliest-forming tropical storm of the Western Pacific Ocean on record, breaking the previous record held by Typhoon Alice in 1979. The storm tracked westward for three days before crossing over to the North Indian Ocean. A weak tropical depression formed near the Philippines and was named Amang by PAGASA, but quickly degenerated into a remnant low. A few weeks passed and came February, in which Typhoon Wutip (Betty) developed on February 18, and first lingered through the Western Pacific Ocean, intensified and became the season's first super typhoon, reaching Category 5 status,beating Typhoon Higos of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season, becoming the strongest February typhoon on record, before being destroyed by wind shear. Many are debating whether Wutip’s super intensity in February was normal, since March was approaching, or due to the devastating effects of Climate change, which has already took the toll on lives of many animals and humans alike, which growing threat was concerning as time passes.. And the next month came, March, and Tropical Depression 03W formed east of Palau, and was named "Chedeng" by PAGASA as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, which prompted PAGASA to raise storm warning signals, and later made landfall in Mindanao and dissipated in the Sulu Sea, and is one of the many depressions that never became a tropical storm in its short life. April and May was rather inactive with many low pressure systems and tropical depressions forming but never intensifying, including 4 depressions that either formed near the Philippines and the Micronesia islands, which just were killed by the unusually high wind shear, April and May were months when storms like Typhoon Maysak (2015) and Typhoon Noul (2015) formed.

June to August

During late June, tropical activity fired up, a bit as Tropical Depression Dodong formed east of Philippines which absorbed another tropical depression in the South China Sea, and intensified into tropical storm Sepat, but the Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified Sepat as a subtropical storm. Sepat then moved northeast and became extratropical. After Sepat, a new system formed near Palau, which developed into Tropical Depression 04W (Egay), which dropped rainfall over the drought-stricken Luzon; but soon dissipated due to unfavorable conditions, and never severely affecting any major landmass. After Egay dissipated, a new tropical depression formed in the South China Sea in early July, which later intensified into Tropical Storm Mun and made landfall in Vietnam a few days later.

On July, a new tropical depression formed east of the Philippines, and soon intensified to become Tropical Storm Danas (Falcon), which was an erratic system due to the unseen circulation in the storm, which split it into three systems. The main center of Danas moved off to the northeast, and the cloudiness blown off by the northeasterly shear developed into Tropical Depression Goring, which targeted the Batanes islands before dissipating. By late July, the season kickstarted with Tropical Storms Nari, which developed from the remnants of Tropical Depression Goring south of Japan, and a second system formed in the South China Sea, and developed into Tropical Storm Wipha.

It now continues into August, in which south of Wake Island, a tropical depression developed into Tropical Storm Francisco, which slowly intensified on its way to Japan, and became a Category 1 typhoon before its landfall in Kyushu and dissipation inland Russia. A disorganized system developed into Tropical Depression Hanna, which intensified rapidly Typhoon Lekima, which later became the seasons second supertyphoon and second costliest storm to strike China, mainly due to the widespread flooding which washed away homes, animals, and people. A tropical depression formed in the West Philippine Sea, but was absorbed by the outflow of the developing typhoon Lekima. Another tropical depression became Tropical Storm Krosa, which became a typhoon, and once again targeted Japan, and was erratic throughout its lifespan. After a week, 3 tropical depressions in mid-August was monitored by JMA, but only one of them intensified into Severe Tropical Storm Bailu (Ineng), which caused severe flooding and a state of calamity in Ilocos Norte. Another Tropical Depression formed in late-August, and then intensified into Tropical Storm Podul (Jenny), and remained in the tropical storm status for the rest of its life, as it passed through the Philippines and later Vietnam. Another trio of depressions formed in late-August, which would become significant storms in the following month, September.

September

Typhoon Lingling targeting Korea at peak intensity

In September, the three depressions intensified into three tropical storms: the third depression first developed into a tropical depression and became Typhoon Lingling (Liwayway) threatening Korea, and intensifying later into a Category 4 typhoon, bringing the Ryukyu Islands heavy rains and wind, and was the strongest storm to strike North Korea, still as a Category 1 (still tropical) typhoon, and the second depression developed into the second named storm, Tropical Storm Kajiki (Kabayan), threatening Vietnam and China, and lingered around in the South China Sea, causing rains and widespread flooding wherever it goes, and the first depression soon developed into the third named storm in the trio, Tropical Storm Faxai, which later became a typhoon after rapid intensification. Typhoon Faxai, which became a Category 4, was the strongest storm to strike the Tokyo city in decades. After weeks of inactivity in the Western Pacific, a new subtropical depression formed in the East China Sea on mid-September, along with another tropical depression, which was named Marilyn. Tropical Depression Marilyn and 2 other systems, Tropical Storm Peipah and a non-warning tropical depression made an interaction with Marilyn and sent it flying back into the Philippine Sea. The remnants of Marilyn regenerated and was re-named Nimfa. Nimfa then intensified into a tropical storm, and was named Tapah. Tapah then intensified into a typhoon (Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified Tapah (Nimfa) as a tropical storm), and made landfall in Japan.

A few weeks again of inactivity, then a compact system near the Micronesia Islands began to rapidly organize, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a MEDIUM alert for the system, as the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded it to a tropical depression, and it began rapidly intensifying, into Tropical Storm Mitag (Onyok), and Mitag further intensified into a typhoon on September 29, and impacted Korea and Japan once more. A new tropical depression formed east of Luzon, but unfavorable conditions unabled the system from intensifying, and it dissipated as it made landfall in Northern Luzon, as a new low pressure area develops far east of the Mariana Islands.

Verdict about the 2019 Pacific typhoon season

The first half of the 2019 season proved unusually quiet. For the first time since reliable records began in 1950, no typhoons existed between February 27 and August 4. Japan and Korea got the most number of impacts from storms this 2019 season.