2012 PSOE leadership election
The 2012 PSOE leadership election—officially the 38th PSOE Federal Congress—was held between 3 and 5 February 2012 to elect a new party leadership in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The congress was called after the PSOE suffered its worst defeat since the Spanish transition to democracy. Previous Secretary General José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had announced in April the same year he would not stand for election to a third term as Prime Minister of Spain, announcing his intention to step down as party leader after a successor had been elected.


2012 PSOE leadership election
The result was a close race between the two main candidates to the General Secretariat: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the party's candidate for the 2011 general elections and former First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Carme Chacón Piqueras, former Minister of Defense. The ballot saw Rubalcaba win by a 51% of the vote (487 votes) to the 49% won by Carme Chacón (465 votes), with 2 blank votes and 1 invalid vote.


2012 PSOE leadership election, Candidates, Announced
On 8 January, Luis Ángel Hierro Recio—former party deputy in the Congress of Deputies between 2004 and 2007—tried to gather the required federal committee endorsements to be able to run in the party congress. However, he was unable to collect the required endorsements of at least 10% of federal committee members and was eliminated as a result.


2012 PSOE leadership election, Endorsements
Candidates seeking to run were required to collect the endorsements of at least 10% of federal committee members and of between 20% and 30% of congress delegates.


2012 PSOE leadership election, Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the candidate's colour. In the instance of a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded. Polls show data gathered among PSOE voters/supporters as well as Spanish voters as a whole, but not among delegates, who were the ones ultimately entitled to vote in the congress election.


2012 PTT Pattaya Open
The 2012 PTT Pattaya Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the PTT Pattaya Open and was part of the International category on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at  the Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand from February 5 through February 12, 2012. Daniela Hantuchová won the singles title.


2012 PTT Pattaya Open
Third-seeded  Daniela Hantuchová won her second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $37,000 first-prize money.


2012 PTT Pattaya Open, Finals, Doubles
Sania Mirza /  Anastasia Rodionova defeated  Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan, 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]


2012 PTT Pattaya Open – Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but chose not to participate. Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova won the title after defeating Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] in the final.


2012 PTT Pattaya Open – Singles
Daniela Hantuchová successfully defended her title beating Maria Kirilenko 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2012 PTT Thailand Open
The 2012 PTT Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Thailand Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 September through 30 September 2012. Richard Gasquet won the singles title.


2012 PTT Thailand Open, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
* Seeds are based on the rankings of September 17, 2012


2012 PTT Thailand Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 PTT Thailand Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 PTT Thailand Open, Finals, Doubles
Lu Yen-hsun /  Danai Udomchoke defeated  Eric Butorac /  Paul Hanley, 6–3, 6–4


2012 PTT Thailand Open – Doubles
Oliver Marach and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Wildcards Lu Yen-hsun and Danai Udomchoke won the tournament, defeating Eric Butorac and Paul Hanley in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2012 PTT Thailand Open – Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Richard Gasquet won the title beating Gilles Simon in an all-French final, 6–2, 6–1.


2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Pacific Life Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played on March 7–10, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The tournament champion became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. The pairings will be announced following the completion of the regular season on March 4, 2012. The first three rounds was all broadcast on FSN with the championship game on CBS. The Pac-12 announced, on March 1, that Men's and Women's tournament games that were not televised would be streamed on YouTube.


2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Also streamed live on YouTube was a post-game press conferences for the semifinals and championship games. In its first season in the Pac-12, No. 6 seeded Colorado defeated No. 4 seeded Arizona 53–51 for the title and the automatic bid to the NCAA National Championship Tournament. Colorado (along with USC in 2009) has been the lowest seeded team ever to win in this tournament's history. Colorado also was the first team ever to win four games to become the champion of this tournament (because the 6th seed plays in the first of four rounds).


2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams was seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.


2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, 2012 Hall of Honor inductees
The induction ceremony took place on Saturday, March 10 during the Pac-12 Hall of Honor breakfast. Inductees were:


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season
The 2012 Pac-12 Conference football season began on August 30, 2012 with Northern Colorado at Utah. The conference's first game was played on September 15 with #2 USC at #21 Stanford, and the final game played was the Pac-12 Championship Game on November 30, 2012. This is the second season for the conference as a 12-team league. Pac-12 champion Stanford was featured in the Rose Bowl, a BCS bowl, when they prevailed 20–14 against Big Ten Champion Wisconsin on January 1, 2013.


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season, Previous season
The first Pac-12 Championship Game was held on Friday, December 2, 2011. Oregon defeated UCLA to claim their third straight conference title.


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season, Previous season
Last season, seven teams accepted bowl bids, an improvement from the four in the 2010 season. Oregon Ducks, ending the regular season with a program-first twelve wins and with a #5  BCS ranking, earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin for their first Rose Bowl win in 95 years. Stanford repeated as the conference runner-up, ending the regular season with a program-first eleven wins (their sole loss was to Oregon) and with a #4 BCS ranking, giving them an at-large BCS berth. The Cardinal was defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. Arizona lost to Oklahoma State while Washington defeated by Baylor in non-BCS bowls.


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season, Records against other conferences, Bowl games
The Pac-12 is participating in the following bowls (Pac-12 teams in bold):


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season, Players of the week
Following each week of games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.


2012 Pac-12 Conference football season, Home game attendance
Oregon State's home game against Nicholls State was postponed due to Nicholls State's inability to travel due to Hurricane Isaac. Due to reconstruction at Husky Stadium, Washington play their 2012 home games at CenturyLink Field. This was an official Washington State home game played versus Oregon at CenturyLink Field.


2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
The 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California to determine the 2012 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). It was the second football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game featured the South Division champions, the UCLA Bruins, against the North Division champions, the Stanford Cardinal. The previous week, the two teams had met at UCLA's home stadium at the Rose Bowl, with Stanford winning 35–17 and clinching the Pac-12 North Division championship. Stanford headed back to Pasadena for the January 1, 2013 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 20–14.


2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
This was UCLA's second consecutive appearance and Stanford's first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. In 2011, the Bruins lost the inaugural game at Oregon.


2012 Pacific League Climax Series
The 2012 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.


2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
The 2012 Pacific Rim Championships were held from March 16–18, 2012, at the Comcast Arena and Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Washington.


2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships – Women's Artistic Gymnastics
The women's artistic gymnastics competition at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships was held on March 16 and 18, 2012, at the Comcast Arena and Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Washington.


2012 Pacific Rugby Cup
The 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup was the seventh edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. The tournament featured national 'A' teams from the three Pacific rugby unions as well as Super Rugby development teams from Australia and New Zealand.


2012 Pacific Rugby Cup, Table, Core Teams
Classification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:Most log points accumulated from all matchesMost log points accumulated in matches between tied teamsHighest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matchesMost points scored accumulated from all matches


2012 Pacific hurricane season
The 2012 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season that saw an unusually high number of tropical cyclones pass west of the Baja California Peninsula. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1 in the central Pacific, and ended on November 30; these dates conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. However, with the formation of Tropical Storm Aletta on May 14 the season slightly exceeded these bounds.


2012 Pacific hurricane season
Hurricane Bud intensified into the first major hurricane of the season, one of three to do so in the month of May. In mid-June, Hurricane Carlotta came ashore near Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Seven people were killed by Carlotta and damage amounted to US$12.4 million. Hurricane Paul brought significant damage to Baja California Sur. Tropical Storms Hector, John, Kristy, and Norman, as well as Hurricane Fabio all threatened land; however, damage from these storms were relatively minor.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts
On May 24, the Climate Prediction Center released its pre-season outlook. The scientists stated a 30% chance of a below-normal season, a 50% chance of a near-normal season and a 20% chance of an above-normal season. The climatologists expected 12–18 named storms, with 5–9 becoming hurricanes, and 2–5 becoming major hurricanes.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts
The below-normal activity forecast was because of increased wind shear and a high expectation of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-neutral conditions throughout the peak in the later months of summer, together with lingering La Niña conditions at the beginning of the season, even though there had already been two named systems – one tropical storm and one major hurricane – in the month of May.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2012 Pacific hurricane season was 98.125 units in the Eastern Pacific and 0.1225 units in the Central Pacific. The total ACE in the basin is 98.2475 units. Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed. It is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical and subtropical systems reaching or exceeding wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h).


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The season officially began on May 15 in the eastern Pacific and June 1 in the central Pacific; both ended on November 30. The season began with the formation of Tropical Storm Aletta on May 14, one day before the official start of the hurricane season in the Pacific. After the dissipation of the Aletta, the second named storm of the season, Bud, was formed. Four days later, Bud intensified to a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, the first major hurricane of the season and also the third major occurrence of such.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
In June, Tropical Storm Carlotta formed, then intensified as a Category 2 hurricane, the second hurricane of the season. Carlotta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in southwestern Mexico, causing general damage. Carlotta killed seven people in Mexico and with an estimated damage of $12.4 million (2012 USD). In July, three tropical cyclones were formed, two are major hurricanes, Hurricane Emilia intensified as a Category 4 hurricane becoming the most intense hurricane of the 2012 season, with the formation of Hurricane Fabio on July 12, the season was a month ahead of normal.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
In August it was recorded in a quiet activity with three tropical cyclones formed, while two storms became hurricanes, Gilma and Ileana. The month of September was the busiest of the season, with the formation of five named storms, two of them are hurricanes. Hurricane Miriam, formed on September 22, became the fourth major hurricane of the season. Three named storms formed in October, one of which became the fifth and last major hurricane of the season.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Hurricane Paul formed on October 13, caused damage in the Baja California Peninsula, no deaths were reported from the hurricane and with an estimated total damage of $15.5 million (2012 USD). The season officially ended with the formation of Tropical Storm Rosa on October 30 and dissipated on November 3 without affecting land.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Storm activity in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility was below average, with no tropical cyclones forming in the region. However one tropical cyclone, Hurricane Daniel, entered the Central Pacific, as a tropical storm.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Aletta
The passage of an eastward-moving kelvin wave generated a broad area of low pressure within the Intertropical Convergence Zone well south of Mexico on May 11. Convection organized about this low, leading to the season's first tropical depression around 12:00 UTC on May 14. A ridge extending from Mexico into the eastern Pacific forced the depression west, while low wind shear and warm ocean temperatures allowed it to become Tropical Storm Aletta by 00:00 UTC on May 15.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Aletta
After attaining peak winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) eighteen hours later, stronger upper-level winds and dry air caused a steady decay of the system. Aletta weakened to a tropical depression as it curved northeast early on May 17, and despite producing intermittent bursts of convection for a few days, ultimately degenerated to a remnant low around 06:00 UTC on May 19. The low turned southeast and dissipated the next day.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bud
A tropical wave that left Africa on May 5 organized into a tropical depression over the East Pacific around 18:00 UTC on May 20. Easterly wind shear prevented much organization, and the depression did not intensify into Tropical Storm Bud until 06:00 UTC on May 22. As the system moved west-northwest, upper-level winds gradually diminished, allowing Bud to attain hurricane strength by 00:00 UTC on May 24.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bud
A period of rapid intensification brought the system to its peak as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) within 24 hours, when it resembled an annular hurricane with a distinct eye and little outer banding. A trough over the southwestern United States directed the storm northeast, while increasing southwesterly wind shear prompted weakening. Bud fell to tropical storm intensity by 00:00 UTC on May 26 and degenerated to a remnant low six hours later. The remnants moved very close to the coastline of southwestern Mexico before dissipating on May 26.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Carlotta
An area of disturbed weather that may have originated as a tropical wave from Africa emerged into the East Pacific on June 11. Light wind shear and an eastward-moving kelvin wave aided in the development of a tropical depression by 00:00 UTC on June 14, and Tropical Storm Carlotta six hours later. As the storm moved northwest on the periphery of a mid-level ridge, it attained hurricane strength around 12:00 UTC on June 15 and rapidly intensified to its peak as a Category 2 with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) by 21:00 UTC that day.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Carlotta
Carlotta subsequently made landfall near Puerto Escondido, Mexico, at a slightly reduced strength, becoming the easternmost landfalling hurricane on record in the East Pacific. After the storm moved ashore, it rapidly weakened over the mountains terrain of southern Mexico, degenerating to a remnant low around 00:00 UTC on June 17 and dissipating over Guerrero twelve hours later.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Carlotta
Upon formation, hurricane watches were issued for the southern coastline of Mexico. This was later upgraded to a warning when Carlotta became a hurricane. The storm made landfall in southern Mexico, bringing with it heavy rains and gusty winds which caused flash floods and numerous landslides along the area, primarily the state of Oaxaca. Due to the severity of the situation in Oaxaca the governor requested for a state of emergency to be declared to his state. Throughout Mexico, seven people were killed by Carlotta and damage amounted to MX$1.4 billion (US$107.7 million).


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Daniel
A tropical wave emerged off Africa on June 20 and moved inconspicuously across the Atlantic, crossing Central America nine days later. The disturbance organized into a tropical depression around 06:00 UTC on July 4 and further strengthened into Tropical Storm Daniel after 24 hours. Moderate easterly wind shear affected the storm initially, but these winds relaxed and allowed Daniel to become a hurricane by 00:00 UTC on July 7 when an eye became apparent on satellite.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Daniel
Steady intensification brought the storm to its peak as a Category 3 with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) around 06:00 UTC on July 8. A westward track into cooler waters and drier air caused Daniel to begin slowly; it fell to tropical storm strength by 06:00 UTC on July 10, weakened to a tropical depression around 18:00 UTC on July 11 shortly after crossing into the Central Pacific, and subsequently degenerated to a remnant low by 12:00 UTC on July 12. The low opened up into a trough early on July 14.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Emilia
A quick-moving tropical wave left Africa on June 23 and emerged into the East Pacific late on July 4, where it interacted with a disturbance within the ITCZ. The two systems coalesced, leading to the formation of a tropical depression by 18:00 UTC on July 7, and to Tropical Storm Emilia six hours later. A mid-level ridge extending west from Mexico directed the cyclone west-northwest, while a favorable environment allowed Emilia to intensify.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Emilia
It attained hurricane strength around 06:00 UTC on July 9 with the formation of a banded eye, and further strengthened to a Category 4 with winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) a day later when its eye was embedded within very deep convection. The onset of an eyewall replacement cycle caused Emilia to weaken to a Category 2 hurricane early on July 11, but it regained Category 3 intensity later that day before entering cooler waters and a drier environment. Emilia weakened to a tropical storm around 12:00 UTC on July 13 and degenerated to a remnant low by 18:00 UTC on July 15. The post-tropical cyclone continued west and opened into a trough south of Hawaii early on July 18.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fabio
On June 27, a tropical wave left Africa; it tracked west, emerging into the East Pacific on July 7. Interaction with a series of eastward-moving kelvin waves led to the formation of a tropical depression around 00:00 UTC on July 12; six hours later, it became Tropical Storm Fabio. The storm moved west amid modest wind shear, becoming a hurricane by 18:00 UTC on July 13 and gradually strengthening to a Category 2 with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) around 06:00 UTC on July 15.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fabio
At its best, the hurricane was characterized by a distinct eye within deep convection, and it is possible Fabio briefly attained major hurricane strength. The system turned northwest and then north into cooler waters after peak, weakening to a tropical storm late on July 16, to a tropical depression early on July 18, and finally to a remnant low around 12:00 UTC that morning. The low curved east-southeast before dissipating on July 20.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gilma
A tropical wave departed Africa on July 27. Hampered by strong upper-level winds across the central Atlantic, it entered the East Pacific on August 2, where interaction with a kelvin wave led to an uptick in convection. Further organization ensued and a tropical depression formed around 06:00 UTC on August 7; the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Gilma twelve hours later. On a west-northwest heading, the newly formed system intensified within a favorable environment, attaining hurricane strength by 18:00 UTC on August 8 and reaching peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) several hours later.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gilma
Increasing wind shear and decreasing ocean temperatures weakened Gilma beginning on August 9; it fell to tropical storm status around 18:00 UTC that day and gradually degenerated to a remnant area of low pressure by 12:00 UTC on August 11. The low turned southwest before dissipating well away from land on August 14.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hector
A trough of low pressure, formed from the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto in the Atlantic, began to organize, and by the evening hours of August 11, the NHC declared the formation of Tropical Depression Eight-E. The next day, the depression intensified to Tropical Storm Hector, the eighth named storm of the 2012 season. Hector  moved slowly towards the west, with slight changes in strength during its entirety. Because of the strong vertical wind shear and marginally warm water around Hector, not much strengthening was anticipated, but instead weakened over the next several days.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hector
It never intensified above tropical storm strength, where it remained until further weakening to a tropical depression on August 15. The next day on August 16, as Hector lacked numerous thunderstorms surrounding its center, it was declared post-tropical. During the next several days, Hector slowly curved towards the east, before dissipating on August 20.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hector
Hector brought waves up to 12 ft (3.7 m) in the port of Mazatlán, subsequently; authorities restricted boating access. The storm also brought intervals of heavy showers, gusty winds exceeding 40 mph and hot temperatures in most municipalities in Sinaloa. 400 people were evacuated in Los Cabos due to flooding. 100 people were left homeless.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ileana
The low-pressure system that was to become Hurricane Ileana began from a tropical wave that is first monitored by the National Hurricane Center on August 23. Development of the said wave is expected if it reaches more favorable conditions. Moving towards the north-west, the low began to organize, and by August 27, the low organized to become the ninth tropical depression of the season. The depression continued to show signs of organization, and later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ileana, the ninth named storm of the season.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ileana
Ileana took advantage of the warm sea surface temperature and low vertical wind shear and became better organized; such substantial strengthening would make Ileana a hurricane, peaking as an 85 mph (135 km/h) Category 1 hurricane on August 29. Ileana would not maintain hurricane strength for long, and, as predicted, weakened back to tropical storm status on August 31 as it began to turn west. Weakening continued as Ileana traversed cooler sea surface temperatures and encountered increasing wind shear and more stable air environment. The storm weakened to a tropical depression on September 2 and further weakened into a post-tropical cyclone after failing to sustain deep convection for over twelve hours. However, the remnants continued moving southwestward into the Central Pacific over the next 4 days, before finally dissipating on September 6.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm John
A large area of low pressure well west of Central America formed on August 29. Over the next couple of days, the system began to slowly organize as it was in an area of favorable conditions for further development. By September 1, another area of low pressure had formed just offshore Mexico, just east of the organizing low, and that same day it eventually absorbed the weaker low; this gives an extra hint for the formation of Tropical Depression Ten-E, which was south of Baja California.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm John
The next day, the depression became the tenth storm of the 2012 season; however, no significant strengthening was anticipated because of moderate to high vertical wind shear in addition to the marginally warm sea surface temperature along John's path. John remained a very weak tropical storm; it never exceeded 40 mph winds throughout its lifetime, and the main low level circulation was always separated from the main canopy of thunderstorms due to the increasing easterly wind shear. It only maintained tropical storm intensity for 18 hours; after that it weakened to a tropical depression. It held onto tropical depression status for another 18 hours, before becoming post-tropical on the following day. However, the remnant low of John continued moving northwestward for the next 3 days, before dissipating on September 7.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm John
John brought rain and wind to the Baja California Peninsula; the Los Cabos port was closed for small craft.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kristy
On September 9, an area of low pressure formed west of Central America. The disturbance was expected to strengthen within the next couple of days, with conditions conducive for development. During the next several days, the low edged a little close towards the coast of Western Mexico, but interaction with land did not inhibit further development of this area of low pressure into the eleventh tropical depression of the season. The depression then became Tropical Storm Kristy that same day.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kristy
The system was insistent on maintaining its intensity even though structure and organization began to collapse because of the unfavorable environment it encountered. September 16, Kristy was downgraded to a tropical depression, and was declared post-tropical the following day, as from a lack of deep convection. The following day, wind warnings were placed in effect for the Baja California Peninisula from the remnants associated with Kristy. Kristy also threatened Southern Mexico. During the next several days, Kristy's remnants turned towards the east before looping back towards the south, until the system dissipated very early on September 20.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lane
Lane formed from an area of low pressure that formed just west of Tropical Storm Kristy on September 13. At first, development was not expected as it was forecast to interact with Tropical Storm Kristy. Nevertheless, the system moved away from Kristy and organized into the twelfth depression of the season, on September 15. Twelve-E became better organized that day, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Lane, the twelfth named storm of the season. At first, Lane was expected to remain a tropical storm before weakening because of it approaching less favorable conditions.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lane
However, due to the improving satellite appearance, and some additional intensification overnight, Lane was forecast to become a hurricane within 24 hours. Lane was upgraded to hurricane status at 0900 UTC on Monday, September 17, maintaining that status for approximately 30 hours before being downgraded back to a tropical storm at 1500 UTC, on Tuesday, September 18. Lane quickly degenerated into a tropical depression, and then a remnant low during the next day. The remnant low of Lane continued moving westward for another day, before dissipating on September 20.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Miriam
On September 22, an area of low pressure that had been organizing for a couple of days became defined enough to be declared as Tropical Depression Thirteen-E. It soon strengthened to Tropical Storm Miriam, and began to further intensify over a very favorable environment. On September 23, rapid intensification was noted as a distinct possibility as vertical wind shear was forecast to remain under 5 knots for the next 36 hours. Later that evening, Miriam intensified from a 70 mph tropical storm at 2 pm PDT to a 90 mph Category 1 hurricane at 8 pm.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Miriam
Miriam continued to intensify on the 24th, developing a 10 nautical mile wide eye  and by 8 am PDT that day, it became a Category 3 major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Miriam maintained this intensity for 12 hours before weakening back into a Category 2 at 8 pm PDT the same day. Miriam began to gradually weaken and weakened to a tropical storm with 70 mph winds at 2 am PDT on the 26th.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Miriam
Miriam continued to steadily weaken over colder sea surface temperatures and became a tropical depression on the 27th as the last of the deep convection dissipated, as the moisture separated from the storm, and began streaming over Baja California. Miriam became a remnant low just 6 hours later. As Miriam lost its convection, the moisture drifted over the Baja California Peninsula, and into Texas. The remnant low of Hurricane Miriam continued to drift southward, until it dissipated early on October 3.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Norman
Early on September 25, the National Hurricane Center began monitoring an area of disturbed weather a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. This system originally lacked a well-defined center and was broad in size, but gradually organized as it moved towards the north-northwest. Satellite, ship, and buoy observations early on September 28 revealed that the low had become much better defined, and at 1500 UTC, the first advisory was issued on Tropical Storm Norman, located at the time about 85 mi (135 km) east of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Norman
Norman weakened as it approached the coast of western Mexico and it became a tropical depression on September 29. The depression made landfall about just west of Topolobampo, but quickly emerged into the Gulf of California. The last of the deep convection associated with Norman dissipated early on September 29, and Norman became a post-tropical remnant low later that day. Early on September 30, the remnant low of Norman dissipated.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olivia
An area of low pressure that formed in the eastern Pacific quickly began to organize and eventually gained enough convection and organization to be declared Tropical Depression Fifteen-E on October 6. However, the environment was only marginal for development, and NHC forecaster Lixion Avila only forecasted Fifteen-E to become a 40 mph tropical storm before weakening.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olivia
Over the next several hours, a convective cloud band gained curvature over the northwest quadrant of the circulation and a central dense overcast persisted, and on this basis and Dvorak classifications, Fifteen-E was upgraded to Tropical Storm Olivia with an estimated wind speed of 45 mph. Despite the convective banding breaking off and becoming disconnected from the inner circulation of Olivia overnight, Dvorak T-numbers suggested that Olivia packed 60 mph winds. Olivia moved over very warm water (29 degrees C), but stopped strengthening on the morning of the 7th as it lost its banding features.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olivia
However, the central dense overcast expanded and forecasters noted that additional strengthening was a possibility. Olivia continued moving northward, but with no change in strength until the afternoon of October 8, when the low-level circulation became exposed to the southwest of the main area of deep convection around 6:00 AM PDT. At 2:00 PM PDT the same day, it was reported that the deep convection was located about 100 nautical miles away from the low-level center.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olivia
As southwesterly shear remained strong, the low- and mid-level centers of Olivia completely decoupled late on October 8, with last-light visible satellite imagery showing it as a swirl of low clouds with the strongest convection a few hundred miles away from the center. At 2:00 AM PDT on October 9, Olivia was declared post-tropical, as it had not been producing significant deep convection for the past 6 to 12 hours and the low-level center was moving even further away from the few convective cells that remained. The cyclone was expected to weaken and open up into a trough within 48 hours at the time of the last discussion. Late on October 10, the remnant of Olivia dissipated.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paul
Early on October 10, the National Hurricane Center first began monitoring a trough of low pressure off the southern coast of Mexico. With a disorganized area of convection, the system moved slowly westward, and conditions allowed for gradual development. Initially, upper-level winds were only marginally favorable, and although the thunderstorms remained disorganized, the NHC estimated a 50% chance for development by early on October 12.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paul
The next day, the system became better defined, and the NHC classified it as Tropical Storm Paul at 2100 UTC that day, about 660 mi (1,060 km) south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Upon forming, Paul skipped the tropical depression stage, and it had a well-defined circulation with organized convection. It moved westward due to a mid-level ridge that extended westward from Mexico.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paul
Warm waters, very little wind shear, and a moist environment allowed Paul to quickly intensify and developed organized rainbands. Easterly wind shear was the primary inhibitor factor of rapid intensification. On October 14, Paul began moving northward while rounding a ridge, also influenced by an upper-level low west of Baja California. An eye began developing early on October 15, and later that day Paul intensified into a hurricane. The cloud pattern became increasingly symmetrical, and the storm underwent rapid deepening on October 15.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paul
It developed a well-defined eye, prompting the NHC to estimate peak winds of 120 mph (190 km/h); this made it the fifth major hurricane season of the season. However, increasing southwesterly wind shear quickly imparted weakening, causing the eye to deteriorate by early on October 16. Shortly thereafter, the NHC reported that Paul was no longer a major hurricane. During the afternoon hours of October 17, Paul was downgraded to a tropical depression, and hours later, the storm was declared a remnant low. The remnant low of Hurricane Paul persisted for another day, before dissipating on October 18. During the next two days, remnant moisture from Paul caused drizzle and light rain across Southern California.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paul
Across the city of La Paz, damage to roads was estimated at MX$200 million (US$15.5 million).


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Rosa
The passage of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) in late October resulted in a breakdown of the ITCZ and subsequent development of a disturbance by October 25. It developed a well-defined surface low four days later, and an increase in deep convection and its organization resulted in the formation of the final tropical depression of the season at 6:00 UTC on October 30. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Rosa six hours later.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Rosa
Moving northwestward to westward under a weak low-level ridge, Rosa gradually intensified until it reach its peak intensity with 50 mph winds and a minimum pressure of 1,001 millibars early the next day. Rosa turned southwestward and maintained its strength until it moved into a region of strong wind shear on November 2, where it steadily weakened to a tropical depression by 12:00 UTC on November 3. The depression degenerated to a remnant low six hours later. The low moved irregularly northwestward until dissipating early on November 5.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean during 2012. No names were retired, so this list will be used again in the 2018 season. This is the same list used in the 2006 season.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
For storms that form in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, encompassing the area between 140 degrees west and the International Date Line, all names are used in a series of four rotating lists. The next four names that were slated for use in 2012 are shown below; however, none of them were used.


2012 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms in the 2012 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their durations, peak intensities, names, landfall(s), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low. All of the damage figures are in 2012 USD.


2012 Pacific typhoon season
The 2012 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average but destructive season, though rather active since 2004. It produced 25 named storms, fourteen typhoons, and four intense typhoons. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season ran throughout 2012, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Pakhar, developed on March 28, while the season's last named storm, Wukong, dissipated on December 29. The season's first typhoon, Guchol, reached typhoon status on June 15, and became the first super typhoon of the year on June 17.


2012 Pacific typhoon season
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the equator between 100°E and the 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones, which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin.


2012 Pacific typhoon season
PAGASA assigns unofficial names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility, located between 115°E–135°E and between 5°N–25°N, regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a numerical designation with a "W" suffix.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts
During each season, several national meteorological services and scientific agencies forecast how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons will form during a season and/or how many tropical cyclones will affect a particular country. These agencies include the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) Consortium of the University College London, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. During previous seasons the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre also issued forecasts, however they did not issue a forecast this year as it had been overestimating how many tropical cyclones would develop during the last few seasons.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts
On March 20, the Hong Kong Observatory predicted that the typhoon season in Hong Kong, would start in June or slightly earlier, with 5–8 tropical cyclones passing within 500 km (310 mi) of the territory. The TSR Consortium subsequently released their initial forecast of the season on April 11, and predicted that the basin would see activity about 10% below the 1965–2011 average, with 25.5 tropical storms, 15.6 typhoons, 7.3 "intense" typhoons and an ACE index of about 262 units.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts
In late April, the China Meteorological Administration's Shanghai Typhoon Institute (CMA-STI) predicted that between 22 and 25 tropical storms would develop within the basin during the year. On May 5, after a new forecast model had become available, TSR predicted that the season would now be near-normal as a new forecast model had become available as a result they raised their forecast for the number of intense typhoons to 8.5 and the ACE Index to 300 units. On May 21, the Thai Meteorological Department predicted that 1-2 tropical storms would affect Thailand during 2012. They predicted that 1 would move through Vietnam and affect Upper Thailand, during August or September, while the other one was expected to move through Southern Thailand during October or November.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts
In late June after six typhoons had formed Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau predicted that the season, would be near or below its average of 25.7 with 23 – 26 tropical storms occurring over the basin during 2012. Between three and five of the systems were predicted to affect Taiwan compared to an average of around 3.6. Within its July forecast update TSR increased its forecast and now predicted that the basin would see activity about 10% above the 1965–2011 average with 26.8 tropical storms, 16.7 typhoons, 9.2 "intense" typhoons and an ACE index of about 324 units.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts
This increase was attributed to the sea surface temperatures being expected to be warmer than previously thought. Within its July — December seasonal climate outlook, PAGASA predicted that 7 — 10 tropical cyclones were likely to develop within or enter the Philippine area of responsibility between July and September, while 4 — 7 were predicted to occur between October and December. On August 6, TSR tweaked its forecast but still expected activity to be 10% above the 1965–2011 average with 27.4 tropical storms, 17.4 typhoons, 9.3 "intense" typhoons and an ACE index of about 327 units.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Season summary
The season's first named storm, Pakhar, developed on March 28 while the last named storm, Wukong, dissipated on December 29. The season became very active between mid-July and mid-August, with nine named storms formed during the period. Vicente underwent explosive intensification and made landfall over the west Pearl River Delta as a strong typhoon. Damrey developed into a typhoon in the Yellow Sea and became the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall north of the Yangtze River since 1949. Typhoon Haikui, although centred far away from the Philippines, killed at least 89 people in the country. Typhoon Tembin affected Taiwan twice because of its cyclonic loop.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Season summary
From late August to September, three very powerful typhoons, Bolaven, Sanba and Jelawat, directly hit Okinawa Island successively. In October, the remnants of Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi arrived at the Bay of Bengal and re-intensified into a deep depression before making landfall over Bangladesh. In December, Typhoon Bopha, an unusually very low-latitude but very powerful tropical cyclone, caused catastrophic damage in Mindanao in the Philippines. Bopha killed 1,901 people and cost $1.16 billion (2012 USD) in Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm worldwide in the year and the second-costliest Philippine typhoon in history, only surpassed by Typhoon Haiyan in the following season.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 01W
Early on February 17, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed, about 800 km (495 mi) to the southeast of Manila on the Philippine island of Luzon. During that day the depression moved westwards, before the Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated advisories at 1500 UTC and designated the system as Tropical Depression 01W. However, six hours later the JTWC issued its final advisory as vertical windshear had started to increase, and after it had found no deep convection near the systems low level circulation centre during a reassessment of the depressions low level structure. Over the next few days the JMA continued to monitor the depression before it was last noted during February 20.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 01W
Heavy rains associated with the outer bands of the system triggered widespread flooding and several landslides in the western Philippines. A total of four people were killed and another one were left injured. Overall, more than 7,500 people were affected by the storm and the economic losses stood at ₱40.1 million (US$946,000).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pakhar
On March 17, a tropical disturbance formed northwest of Palau, and was located in an area of moderate vertical wind shear with unfavorable sea surface temperatures. Due to a high-pressure system extending into Vietnam, building up to the northeast of the system, the tropical disturbance slowly crossed the Visayas region and Palawan, during the next couple of days. On March 24, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression, but downgraded it back to a tropical disturbance, on March 25, due to the collapsing outer rainbands, and the exposed low-level circulation center. Early on March 26, the JMA upgraded the tropical disturbance to a tropical depression again, because of low vertical wind shear and favorable sea surface temperatures, in the South China Sea, allowing the system to reorganize.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pakhar
On March 28, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the tropical depression, as its LLCC began to consolidate more. Early on March 29, the JMA upgraded the tropical depression to a tropical storm, and named it Pakhar, because the storm's convection had completely wrapped around the circulation center. Early on March 30, the JTWC upgraded Pakhar to a Category 1 typhoon, as a banding eye formed. Because of land interaction and colder sea surface temperatures, the JTWC downgraded Pakhar to a severe tropical storm, early on March 31. On April 1, Pakhar made landfall near Vũng Tàu, Vietnam with gusting 132 km/h, and began to weaken. Early on April 2, the JMA reported that Pakhar had weakened into a tropical depression, before they reported later that day that the system had dissipated over Cambodia.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pakhar
Although Pakhar did not affect the Philippines as a tropical cyclone, its precursor produced heavy rains across part of the nation. Flooding occurred in different parts of central and southern Luzon, and the northern Visayas region. In Basud, Camarines Norte, 128 families had to be evacuated due to flash flooding. A few landslides resulted from the rains, damaging or destroying a few homes. Throughout the affected region, five people were killed and three others were listed as missing. In Vietnam, ten people were killed and several others were injured due to flash flooding and high winds.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pakhar
The hardest hit area was Khánh Hòa Province where the storm made landfall. About 4,400 homes were damaged in the region by the storm and thousands of acres of rice paddy were flooded. In Ho Chi Minh City, officials reported that 600 homes and schools were destroyed. Total damage were finalized at ₫1.12 trillion (US$53.9 million). The remnants of the system brought rains to parts of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu
On May 20, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed about 525 km (325 mi) to the southeast of Guam. During May 21, the JTWC also upgraded the system to a tropical depression later. Early on May 22, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Sanvu. Late on May 23, the JTWC upgraded Sanvu to a category 1 typhoon, for the system became compact and more organized as an eye was forming.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu
After being upgraded to a severe tropical storm by the JMA late on May 24, Sanvu's eye directly passed over Iwo Jima late on May 25. On May 26, strong vertical wind sheer and cool sea surface temperature caused weaker convection around Sanvu, and the eye began to dissipate. The JTWC downgraded Sanvu to a tropical storm late on May 26, followed by the JMA early on May 27, as the system's low level circulation centre started to become exposed. Late on May 27, the JMA reported that Sanvu had degenerated into an extratropical low, before the remnants dissipated during May 30.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu
Sanvu brought tropical storm force wind gusts and between 1.5–2 inches (38–51 mm) of rainfall to parts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. However the only damage reported was on Guam where falling tree limbs caused an estimated $20,000 of damage to power lines.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mawar (Ambo)
On May 29, a tropical disturbance formed northwest of Palau. On May 30, the disturbance began moving northwestwards, as it slowly strengthened. On May 31, the system's convection became significantly organized near Samar prompting the JTWC to issue a TCFA. Later that day, the PAGASA upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression and assigned its local name Ambo, and the JTWC upgraded the disturbance into a tropical depression. On June 1, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Mawar.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mawar (Ambo)
On June 2, the JMA upgraded Mawar to a severe tropical storm, and the JTWC upgraded it to a category 1 typhoon as the convection began to wrap up and organize. On June 3, the JMA upgraded Mawar to a typhoon after the JTWC upgraded it to a category 2 typhoon. Early on June 4, the JTWC upgraded Mawar to a category 3 typhoon but downgraded it to a category 2 typhoon only six hours later, due to increasing wind shear coming from a subtropical jet stream located over Japan. On June 5, Mawar started its extratropical transition, and the JMA downgraded Mawar to a severe tropical storm. On June 6, Mawar fully became extratropical cyclone and dissipated east of the Kamchatka Peninsula on June 13.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mawar (Ambo)
Mawar brought torrential rain to parts of the Philippines including the Bicol Region while enhancing the southwest monsoon which triggered delays and cancelled of air flights. In Bicol region, more than 332 passengers were stranded at ports due to Mawar. Different domestic and international flights were forced to divert at Clark Air Base rather than NAIA due to bad weather. Some other flights were also cancelled. At least three were reported dead due to rains brought by Mawar.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Guchol (Butchoy)
Late on June 7, a tropical disturbance formed south-southeast of Pohnpei. Late on June 8, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on that system but canceled it late on June 9. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression on June 10, so did the JTWC early on June 11. Early on the next day, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm, and later the JMA also upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Guchol.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Guchol (Butchoy)
Early on June 14, the JMA upgraded Guchol to a severe tropical storm, and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigned the local name Butchoy on it as the system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded Guchol to a category 1 typhoon, as convection started to organize. It continued to intensify into a category 2 typhoon on June 15, as it became better organized and started to develop more convection.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Guchol (Butchoy)
As Guchol went through rapid intensification with a well defined eye on June 16, the JMA upgraded it to a typhoon early that day, and the JTWC upgraded it further to a category 3 typhoon, and later a category 4 super typhoon. Guchol reached peak intensity late on June 17 before it began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle as the storm began to weaken under moderate vertical wind shear on June 18, and later started its extratropical transition. The JTWC downgraded Guchol to a tropical storm on June 19, as it made landfall over Kii Peninsula in Japan. Later that day, the JMA downgraded Guchol to a severe tropical storm, as it moves over Japan. On June 20, the JMA issued their last advisories on Guchol, as it fully transitioned into an extratropical cyclone north east of Japan.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Guchol (Butchoy)
Between June 14 and 18, Guchol enhanced the southwestern monsoon over the Philippines, resulting in widespread rains. However, the effects of these rains were limited and only one fatality took place. In Japan, airlines cancelled 420 domestic and international flights because of the strong winds, affecting 32,600 passengers. The town of Nachikatsuura, some 400 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, ordered nearly 1,600 residents to evacuate, warning of the danger of landslides brought on by heavy rain, media reports said. At least two people were killed and eighty others were injured across the country. Total economic losses were estimated in excess of ¥8 billion (US$100 million).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Talim (Carina)
On June 14, a low-pressure area within the monsoonal trough formed east of Hainan, China. On June 16, the low-pressure area started to absorb the surrounding convection from the dissipating monsoonal trough and started to organize, promoting the JMA and the HKO to upgrading the system to a tropical depression later that day. On June 17, the HKO raised the Standby signal, No. 1 as the tropical depression was centered about 470 kilometers from Hong Kong, and the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Talim (Carina)
Late on the same day, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Talim, and the JTWC upgraded Talim to a tropical depression. On June 18, the JTWC upgraded Talim to a tropical storm. On June 19, as the HKO raised the Strong Wind signal, No. 3, moderate vertical wind shear from the north pushed Talim's convection to the south. Later that day, the JMA upgraded Talim to a severe tropical storm, but the JMA downgraded it to a tropical storm early on June 20 as the LLCC fully exposed.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Talim (Carina)
Yet, Talim's convection soon wrapped around the center, as it began to merge with a monsoon trough. Later, the PAGASA assigned the local name Carina on the system as it briefly entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Late on June 20, both the JMA and the JTWC downgraded Talim to a tropical depression, as the system weakened in the Taiwan Strait. Shortly thereafter, the tropical depression was absorbed into the same monsoon trough which gave birth to Talim. Throughout China, 1 people were killed and total economic losses were counted to be CNY2.25 billion (US$354 million).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Doksuri (Dindo)
On June 25, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed, within the monsoon trough about 1,585 km (985 mi) to the southeast of Manila, Philippines. During that day the depression moved north-westwards and consolidated further before during the next day, PAGASA started to monitor it as Tropical Depression Dindo. Later that day, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Doksuri, and the JTWC upgraded Doksuri to a tropical depression. Late on the same day, the JTWC upgraded Doksuri to a tropical storm.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Doksuri (Dindo)
On June 27, Doksuri's low-level circulation center became exposed due to moderate easterly wind shear. On June 28, the JTWC downgraded Doksuri to a tropical depression, as the system's exposed circulation center began to undergo an unusual circulation center replacement cycle, which involves a circulation center to be replaced by another new circulation center. Late on June 29, Doksuri made landfall over Nanshui, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. During June 30, the JMA reported that Doksuri had weakened into a tropical depression, before reporting that the depression had dissipated later that day. In Macau, the storm caused minor roof damage.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Khanun (Enteng)
Late on July 12, a large cluster of thunderstorms associated with an Upper Level Low formed a weak low pressure area northwest of Guam. On July 13, the cold-core low separated with lower, warm-core low, and the warm-core low's convection started to organize, prompting the JMA to upgrade the system to a tropical depression late on July 14. Early on July 15, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system, and it upgraded the system to a tropical depression later that day. On July 16, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Khanun.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Khanun (Enteng)
Later on the same day, the JTWC upgraded Khanun to a tropical storm; also, the PAGASA named it Enteng as the system briefly passed the corner of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Late on July 17, the JMA upgraded Khanun to a severe tropical storm, as Khanun's center passed over Okinoerabujima. On July 18, the JMA downgraded Khanun to a tropical storm, before the system passed over Jeju. Khanun weakened into a tropical depression near the Korean Demilitarized Zone early on July 19, and it became post-tropical late on the same day.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Khanun (Enteng)
The storm killed at least one person in South Korea, while in North Korea, state-run media reported that at least seven people were killed in Kangwon Province, with an eighth fatality reported elsewhere. It said the storm caused significant damage, destroying 650 dwelling houses, 30 public buildings, railways, roads, bridges, and various systems. The flooding also inundated nearly 3,870 homes, leaving more than 16,250 people homeless.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Khanun (Enteng)
On July 29 the North Korean government dramatically raised the death toll in the country to 88, with an additional 134 injured. The biggest loss of human life was in two counties of South Pyongan Province. At least 63,000 were made homeless by the flooding, while more than 30,000 hectares of land for growing crops were submerged and will add to growing fears of another looming famine in the country. Three hundred public buildings and 60 factories were damaged during the storm.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vicente (Ferdie)
Originally Khanun's large area of convention on July 16, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression on July 18. On July 20, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system; soon, the PAGASA upgraded it to a tropical depression and named it Ferdie. The JTWC also upgraded the system to a tropical depression late on the same day. After the system moved into the South China Sea on July 21, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Vicente, so did the JTWC.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vicente (Ferdie)
On July 23, due to weak vertical wind shear and high sea surface temperature, Vicente started to undergo an explosive intensification prompting the JMA to upgrade Vicente to a typhoon, and the JTWC upgraded Vicente to a category 4 typhoon later. At 16:45 UTC, the HKO issued the Hurricane Signal, No. 10, the first since Typhoon York in 1999. Later, Typhoon Vicente made landfall over Taishan in Guangdong, China. Due to land interaction, the JMA downgraded Vicente to a severe tropical storm early on July 24, and the JTWC downgraded Vicente to a category 3 typhoon. Late on the same day, the JMA downgraded Vicente to a tropical depression.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Saola (Gener)
On July 26, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed within an area of strong vertical windshear in the monsoon trough about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) to the southeast of Manila in the Philippines.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Saola (Gener)
Early on July 28, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical depression, whilst the JMA upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Saola. Soon, the PAGASA upgraded the system to a tropical depression and named it Gener. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded Saola to a tropical storm. Early on July 29, the JMA upgraded Saola to a severe tropical storm. On July 30, the JTWC upgraded Saola to a category 1 typhoon, as it started to develop an eye-like feature, but soon downgraded it to a tropical storm late on the same day. Late on July 31, the JMA upgraded Saola to a typhoon. It continued to intensify the next day, reaching its peak intensity as a Category 2 typhoon.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Saola (Gener)
Most forecast models predicts Saola to pass very near on the northern coastline of Taiwan, but this is defied on August 1, when Saola had made landfall on Taiwan as a Category 2 typhoon. It moved slowly inland, making a counter-clockwise loop. It made out to sea, now downgraded as a severe tropical storm. Just then did Saola passed very close to the northern coastline of Taiwan, then it headed straight for China. On August 3 it made landfall near Fuding, Fujian Province as a tropical storm, then headed straight inland until on the next day when Saola dissipated near Jiangxi.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey
Originally a cold-core low, the system became a tropical disturbance southwest of Minamitorishima late on July 26. Early on July 27, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded it to a tropical depression. On July 28, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system, before the JMA upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Damrey. Late on the same day, the JTWC upgraded Damrey to a tropical depression, and even upgraded it to a tropical storm on the next day.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey
After Damrey had drifted slowly for two days, the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm northeast of Chichi-jima late on July 30, when the storm began to accelerate moving west-northwest and form a banding eye. On August 1, the JTWC upgraded Damrey to a category 1 typhoon, while the system passed through the Ōsumi Islands in Japan, as it started to develop a well defined eye. When Damrey drifted towards Yellow Sea on August 2, the JMA upgraded it to a typhoon. Soon, Typhoon Damrey made landfall over Xiangshui County in Jiangsu, China at 13:30 UTC (21:30 CST).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey
Late on August 2, the JTWC downgraded Damrey to a tropical storm with a final warning, before the JMA downgraded it to a severe tropical storm early on the next day. On August 3, the JMA downgraded Damrey to a tropical depression when it was located in Shandong. The system then dissipated near Hebei on August 4.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Haikui
Late on July 31, a tropical disturbance formed within a large monsoon trough. On August 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) mentioned the system as a tropical depression southeast of Iwo Jima, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert late on the same day. Late on August 2, the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical depression, before the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Haikui early on the next day. Early on August 4, the JTWC upgraded Haikui to a tropical storm.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Haikui
On August 5, the JMA upgraded Haikui to a severe tropical storm when it was located north-northeast of Kume Island. The JTWC upgraded Haikui to a category 1 typhoon Late on August 6, as it developed an eye. At 12Z on August 7, the JMA upgraded Haikui to a typhoon, but the JTWC downgraded it to a tropical storm simultaneously. Later, Typhoon Haikui made landfall over Xiangshan County in Zhejiang, China at 19:20 UTC (03:20 CST on August 8). Early on August 8, the JMA downgraded Haikui to a severe tropical storm, when the JTWC issued the final warning. Soon, the JMA downgraded Haikui to a tropical storm.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Kirogi
During August 3, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed, about 720 km (445 mi) to the northwest of Wake Island. Over the next day the system gradually developed further, before the JTWC started to monitor the system as Tropical Depression 13W, late on August 4.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Kirogi
On August 5, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm. Early on August 6, the JMA reported that the system had become extratropical. However, the JMA designated it as a tropical storm with the name Kirogi early on August 8. Early on August 9, the JTWC downgraded Kirogi to a tropical depression. Later, the JMA upgraded Kirogi to a severe tropical storm, it reached its peak intensity, while the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical storm again. Later that day, the JTWC issued its final warning on Kirogi as it transitioned from a warm cored tropical system to a cold cored extratropical system. The remnants of the system then entered the Sea of Okhotsk.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kai-tak (Helen)
The monsoonal trough spawned a tropical disturbance early on August 10, which had organizing convection and a weak circulation. Early on August 12, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started tracking the system as a weak Tropical Depression with winds under 30 knots. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) started issuing advisories on the system, naming it Helen. That day, the JTWC also initiated advisories on Tropical Depression 14W. Early on August 13, the JMA upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Kai-tak. and 9 hours later the JTWC followed suit.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kai-tak (Helen)
Later the same day, the JMA upgraded it to a Severe Tropical Storm. On August 15, the convection increased as outflow improved, and the JTWC upgraded Kai-tak to a typhoon. The storm continued towards China, with deepening convection due to decreasing wind shear. However, it was only at 0000 UTC on August 16 when the JMA officially declared Kai-tak a typhoon. At the same time, the PAGASA issued their last warning on Kai-tak, otherwise known as Helen, locally, as it left the Philippine area of Responsibility.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kai-tak (Helen)
On the morning of August 17, Kai-tak made landfall over the Leizhou peninsula in southern China as a typhoon. Within 6 hours, Kai-tak made a second landfall over the northeast coast of Vietnam and weakened slightly to a tropical storm. Later that night, the JTWC issued their final warning on the system as it weakened further and sped up inland. The JMA stopped tracking the storm early the next morning, no longer considering it a tropical cyclone.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Tembin (Igme)
On August 16, a tropical disturbance formed southeast of Taiwan. On August 17, the JMA mentioned it as a tropical depression, as a subtropical ridge pushed the system southwards. The JTWC issued a TCFA on the system late on August 18; early on the next day, the JMA upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Tembin, and the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical depression. Soon, the PAGASA also upgraded it to a tropical depression and named it Igme. On August 20, Tembin entered a period of explosive intensification by excellent dual outflow, prompting both the JMA and the JTWC upgrading it to a typhoon.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Tembin (Igme)
On August 22, Tembin began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle, as it further weakened to a category 1 typhoon. On August 23, Tembin re-intensified into a category 3 typhoon, before it made landfall over Pingtung, Taiwan later on the same day. Due to minor land interaction, the JMA downgraded Tembin to a severe tropical storm early on August 24, and the JTWC downgraded it to a tropical storm later. Soon, the JTWC upgraded Tembin to a typhoon when it moved into the South China Sea.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Tembin (Igme)
Late on August 25, the JMA upgraded Tembin to a typhoon again, and the system intensified into a category 2 typhoon early on the next day. Afterward, Typhoon Tembin interacted with the nearby Typhoon Bolaven (Julian). Over the next few days, Tembin made a counterclockwise loop westward, moving back into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in the process, causing more rainfall over in the Philippines. Afterward, Tembin weakened into a tropical storm on August 28 and turned north-northeastward. On August 30, Tembin made landfall on South Korea and transitioned into an extratropical storm, before dissipating two days later.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bolaven (Julian)
Forming as a tropical depression on August 19 to the southwest of the Mariana Islands, Bolaven steadily intensified as it slowly moved west-northwestward in a region favoring tropical development. The system was soon upgraded to a tropical storm less than a day after formation and further to a typhoon by August 21. Strengthening became more gradual thereafter as Bolaven grew in size. On August 24, the system attained its peak intensity with winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and a barometric pressure of 910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 inHg).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bolaven (Julian)
Weakening only slightly, the storm passed directly over Okinawa on August 26 as it began accelerating toward the north. Steady weakening continued as Bolaven approached the Korean Peninsula and it eventually made landfall in North Korea late on August 28 before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone. The remnants rapidly tracked northeastward and was last noted over the Russian Far East.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bolaven (Julian)
Although Bolaven struck the Ryukyu Islands as a powerful typhoon, damage was less than expected. Relatively few buildings were damaged or destroyed across the region. The most significant effects stemmed from heavy rains, amounting to 551.5 mm (21.71 in), that caused flash flooding and landslides. One person drowned on Amami Ōshima after being swept away by a swollen river. In mainland Japan, two people drowned after being swept away by rough seas. In South Korea, 19 people were killed by the storm. Many buildings were damaged and approximately 1.9 million homes were left without power.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bolaven (Julian)
Losses in the country reached ₩420 billion (US$374.3 million), the majority of which was due to destroyed apple orchards. Significant damage also took place in North Korea where at least 59 people were killed and 50 others were reported missing. Additionally, 6,700 homes were destroyed. Offshore, nine people drowned after two Chinese vessels sank. Total economic losses in China were counted to be CNY 19.82 billion (US$3.126 billion).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sanba (Karen)
A low-pressure area formed east of Palau on September 9. On September 10, both the JMA and the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical depression. As the system entered the PAR early on September 11, the PAGASA named it Karen. At the same time, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Sanba, and the JTWC also upgraded it to a tropical storm later. Late on September 12, Sanba began explosive intensification, prompting the JMA upgrading it to a severe tropical storm and even a typhoon later.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sanba (Karen)
On September 13, the JTWC reported that Sanba strengthened into a category 5 super typhoon, and had intensified into the strongest typhoon since Megi in 2010. On September 15, as the system started to weaken into a category 3 typhoon, the well defined eye wall dissipated, and started to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle, and soon ended up with a 70 kilometer wide eye. On September 17, at 01:00 (UTC) Sanba made landfall over Korea.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sanba (Karen)
In Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, 222 hectares (548 acres) of agricultural land was damaged by the storm, with losses reaching ¥50 million (US$640 thousand). Throughout Okinawa, damage to agriculture, forestry, and fisheries amounted to ¥900 million (US$11.5 million).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jelawat (Lawin)
Late on September 17, a tropical disturbance formed east of Guam. Early on September 20, the JMA upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression, just after the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system. Eight hours later, the PAGASA also upgraded the system to a tropical depression named Lawin, before the JTWC also upgraded it to a tropical depression. Late on the same day, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Jelawat, and so did the JTWC. Half a day later, the JMA upgraded Jelawat to a severe tropical storm on September 21.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jelawat (Lawin)
Early on September 23, both the JMA and the JTWC upgraded Jelawat to a typhoon as it started to undergo explosive intensification, from a category 1 typhoon, to a category 4 typhoon in 12 hours, as it developed a small eye. Early on September 25, as Jelawat developed a 50-kilometre-wide (31 mi) eye after a few minor eye wall replacement cycles, the JTWC upgraded the system to a Category 5 Super Typhoon.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jelawat (Lawin)
On September 26, the JTWC downgraded the system to a Category 4 super typhoon, and it soon started to undergo its fourth eye wall replacement cycle, which lasted 15 hours. The eye ended up at 70 kilometers across. On September 28, it struck Taiwan in typhoon strength. 12 hours later, it weakened to a category 3 typhoon and category 2 on the next day due to cool sea surface temperatures, then to a category 1 typhoon. On September 30, it made landfall on Japan, then on October 1 the system became an extratropical cyclone.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ewiniar
Early on September 22, a tropical disturbance formed west of Guam, out of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, and the JMA upgraded it to a tropical depression on the next day. On September 24, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical depression, as it became better organized, however the low level circulation center remained exposed, due to outflow wind shear from Jelawat, which pushed the convection to the east of the system, and prevented it from strengthening more quickly.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ewiniar
On September 24, the JTWC further upgraded the system to a minimal tropical storm and named it Ewiniar, as the system started moving away from Jelawat, which allowed it to strengthen. On September 27, with the system far from Jelawat's outflow, the exposed low level circulation center was wrapped with convection, and the JMA upgraded the system to a Severe tropical Storm. A small eye-like feature showed up in the satellite image of Ewiniar. On September 29, the system became totally exposed, with the convection being blown away by strong vertical wind shear. It became extratropical the next day.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maliksi
On September 27, a large tropical disturbance formed near Chuuk. On September 29, the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression. On October 1, the system was upgraded into a tropical storm and named Maliksi.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maliksi
The large storm developed a mid-level circulation center, with microwave satellite imagery showing that the storm had become less organized during the morning hours of October 2 because it had become slightly elongated and on October 3, the JMA upgraded it to Severe Tropical Storm, and the storm's center soon passed over Iwo To. High wind shear and unfavorable conditions made it weaken as it started transitioning to an extratropical system. On October 4, it became fully extratropical, with wind shear from the southwest, which pushed most of the showers and thunderstorms northeast of the center of circulation.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi (Marce)
On September 29, the JMA reported that a tropical depression that had developed within the monsoon trough, about 745 km (465 mi) to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City in Southern Vietnam. As the tropical depression organized, large, powerful thunderstorms with very cold cloud top temperatures (colder than -63F/-52 C) surrounded the center of circulation, hinting that the storm was organizing and strengthening. The system remained quasi-stationary over the next 12 hours, due to weak steering environment.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi (Marce)
On October 1, the system strengthened into a tropical storm,and was named "Gaemi" by the JMA, and soon strengthened into a Severe Tropical Storm on October 3. The PAGASA assigned the local name Marce as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on October 3, with the outer rainbands of the storm dropped rains all over Luzon, causing floods and prompting class suspensions.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi (Marce)
The JTWC originally anticipated the storm to strengthen into a category 1 typhoon, however on October 4, moderate vertical wind shear coming from the east blown the system's convection away, its low level circulation center became totally exposed. Gaemi made a large cyclonic loop during its lifetime, and on October 6, at 1100 (UTC), Gaemi made landfall over southern Tuy Hòa, Vietnam as a tropical storm. The remnants brought heavy rain over Thailand, and spawned an area of convection that developed into Deep Depression BOB 01 in the Bay of Bengal.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Prapiroon (Nina)
On October 5, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed about 115 km (70 mi) to the northeast of Hagåtña, Guam. On October 7, the JMA upgraded the tropical depression to a tropical storm, and named it Prapiroon. The PAGASA also assigned the local name Nina as the system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). As the JMA upgraded the storm to a Severe Tropical Storm on October 8, rapid convection produced a tightly wrapped system with multiple deep convective bands wrapping into a well-defined low level circulation center.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Prapiroon (Nina)
On October 9, the JTWC, and the JMA upgraded the system to a typhoon. On  October 11, as the system developed a ragged eye, the JTWC upgraded Prapiroon further, to a category 2 typhoon. The ragged eye soon became well defined as seen in Microwave imagery later that day, and was soon upgraded further to a category 3 typhoon. On October 15, as the system was pushed south, by an anticyclone ridging in from the north, and caused it to make a small cyclonic loop.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Prapiroon (Nina)
On October 16, an Anticyclone located on the north west of Prapiroon became slightly displaced to the southeast, which brought wind shear to Prapiroon's northern periphery's convection to be pushed to the south, and caused a strong southern outflow. On October 19, Prapiroon transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, as it became bombarded by strong vertical wind shear. The remnants of Prapiroon's center fully dissipated early on October 23.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maria
Late on October 12, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed near the Northern Mariana Islands, about 400 km (250 mi) to the northeast of Guam.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maria
As it moved westward it strengthened to become Tropical Storm Maria on October 14. Early the next day, the JMA upgraded the Maria into a severe tropical storm. On October 19, the system's low level circulation center became totally exposed, with strong wind shear eroding the entire system into an exposed vortex, almost devoid of convection, as it slowed down on movement. Early on October 20, the JMA reported that Maria had dissipated.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Son-Tinh (Ofel)
On October 19, a tropical disturbance formed southeast of Yap, and the JMA mentioned the system as a tropical depression on October 21. On October 22, the PAGASA started to monitor the tropical depression and named it Ofel. On October 24, the storm made landfall over Leyte and capsized 6 boats in Tacloban City. The storm caused heavy rains and strong winds over the Visayas. At the night of October 24, the storm hardly hit Cebu with rain and winds. Classes in Cebu City were suspended the next day.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Son-Tinh (Ofel)
Authorities in the Philippines confirmed at least four deaths – an 8-year-old boy who drowned, two men crushed by falling trees, and an elderly man who died from hypothermia. Six fishermen were reported missing, and more than 13,000 passengers were stranded at ferry terminals and ports. Widespread flooding was reported as rivers burst their banks, in some instances rising as much as 12.8 meters in 24 hours. A cargo ship, called the ML Lady RP II, sank with around 1,200 sacks of copra near Zamboanga City at the height of the storm. Strong winds derailed a train in Quezon.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 25W
Early on November 12, the JTWC reported that a tropical disturbance had developed within an area of weak to moderate vertical windshear, about 315 km (195 mi) to the southeast of Manila in the Philippines. Later that day as the system moved towards the north-northwest, the JTWC reported that the disturbance had become a tropical depression before the JMA followed suit early on November 13.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)
On November 23, the JTWC reported that a large area of convection  persisted approximately 0.6°N of the equator, or 350 nm south of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands, and dubbed the system as Invest 90W. Its organization steadily improved over the next few days under a favorable conditions with warm sea surface temperatures. and on November 25 both JTWC and JMA upgraded its status to a Tropical Depression, while the JTWC designated it with 26W. During the early hours of November 26, an upper-level anticyclone formed over the center with near-radial outflow and weak vertical wind shear.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)
Under its influence, 26W strengthened gradually and acquired tropical storm status by that evening. As a result, the JMA officially named the storm Bopha. On November 27, a deep centralized convective cover developed over the LLCC and the JTWC too upgraded Bopha into a tropical storm. By the evening of December 2, the storm entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and was named Pablo. Late on December 3, as the system continued to strengthen, the system unexpectedly rapidly intensified into a category 5 super typhoon, as the eye started to become well defined at 27 kilometers across.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)
Bopha made landfall as a Category 5 Super Typhoon. After landfall in Visayas and Mindanao, Bopha weakened to tropical storm as it passed through Palawan island. On December 7 Bopha rapidly re-intensified, going from a Category 1 to a Category 4 in less than 6 hours. The next day it weakened rapidly from a Typhoon to a Tropical Storm due to moderate vertical wind shear. On December 9, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued its final advisory. Later that day Bopha weakened into tropical depression and dissipated completely 70 kilometers north of Binabalian, Philippines.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
Early on December 24, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed within a trough of low pressure, about 220 km (135 mi) to the north-east of Palau. During that day the depressions low level circulation gradually consolidated further, as it moved towards the west-northwest along the southern edge of the subtropical ridge of high pressure. The JTWC and PAGASA subsequently initiated advisories on the system with the latter naming it Quinta.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
Early on December 25, the JMA reported that the depression had become a tropical storm and named it as Wukong, before reporting that the system had attained its peak 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 75 km/h (45 mph). Later that day, the system passed over or close to several of the Visayan Islands, before the JTWC reported that the system had reached its peak 1-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (35 mph).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
During December 26, Wukong continued to move through the Philippine islands, before the JTWC reported that the system had become a tropical depression, after its low level circulation center became fully exposed within an area of moderate to strong vertical windshear. However, throughout December 27, as the system moved through the South China Sea and deep convection redeveloped over the systems center, the JMA continued to report that Wukong was a tropical storm.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
During the next day, the JMA reported that the system had weakened into a tropical depression, before the JTWC issued their final warning on Wukong as a north-easterly cold surge along the coast of south-east Asia had caused the depression to become fully exposed. The depression subsequently was last noted during the next day by both the JTWC and the JMA, dissipating about 190 km (120 mi) to the south of Vietnam.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta)
Within the Philippines, 20 people were killed, while 4 others were left missing.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Other systems
On January 13, the JMA started monitoring a tropical depression that was located within an area of moderate to strong vertical windshear about 625 km (390 mi) to the east of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. During that day the depression remained near stationary, before the JMA issued their final advisory on the system during the next day as the system dissipated. On April 8, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression, that had developed about 2,000 km (1,245 mi) to the northeast of Tarawa island in Kiribati.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Other systems
Over the next few days the JMA continued to monitor the depression, before it was last noted by the JMA during April 11 about 450 km (280 mi) to the northwest of Wake Island. Late on April 28, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed about 460 km (285 mi) to the southeast of Davao City on the Philippine island of Mindanao. Over the next day, the depression moved towards the west-northwest, before it was last noted early on April 30, as it dissipated near Mindanao.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Other systems
On August 5, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center started to monitor a TUTT cell that had developed into a subtropical low, while located about 400 km (250 mi) to the southeast of Midway Atoll. Over the next few days the low moved westwards towards the Western Pacific, before it moved into the basin during August 7. As it continued to move towards the west the JMA reported on August 9, that the low had developed into a tropical depression. The system re-entered the Central Pacific Ocean early on August 11.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Other systems
On August 23, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had developed about 441 km (275 mi) to the northeast of Shanghai in China. Over the next few days, the depression moved northwards, before it was last noted by the JMA during August 25 moving into North Korea. During September 10, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression, that had developed in an area of moderate vertical windshear between two upper tropospheric trough cells about 945 km (585 mi) to the southeast of Tokyo, Japan.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Other systems
During that day the depression remained near stationary, before it started during September 11 to move northwards as it directly interacted with another area of low pressure, located about 405 km (250 mi) to the northwest of the depression. Over the next couple of days, as the depression moved towards the northwest, the system transitioned into a subtropical cyclone, before it was last noted by the JMA during September 13.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
Within the North-western Pacific Ocean, both the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assign names to tropical cyclones that develop in the Western Pacific, which can result in a tropical cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency's RSMC Tokyo — Typhoon Center assigns international names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee, should they be judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h, (40 mph).


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
While the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it. The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired, by both PAGASA and the Typhoon Committee. Should the list of names for the Philippine region be exhausted then names will be taken from an auxiliary list of which the first ten are published each season. Unused names are marked in gray.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, International names
During the season 25 tropical storms developed in the Western Pacific and each one was named by the JMA, when the system was judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). The JMA selected the names from a list of 140 names, that had been developed by the 14 members nations and territories of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee. During the season the names Pakhar, Doksuri, Haikui, Sanba, Maliksi and Son-Tinh were used for the first time, after they had replaced the names Matsa, Nabi, Longwang, Chanchu, Bilis and Saomai, which were retired after the 2005 and 2006 seasons.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, International names
After the season the Typhoon Committee retired the names Bopha and Vicente from its naming lists, and in 2014 and 2015, the names were subsequently replaced with Ampil and Lan for future seasons.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
During the season PAGASA used its own naming scheme for the 17 tropical cyclones, that either developed within or moved into their self-defined area of responsibility. The names were taken from a list of names, that had been last used during 2008 and are scheduled to be used again during 2016. The names Carina and Ferdie were used for the first time during the year after the names Cosme, and Frank were retired. After the season the name Pablo was retired by PAGASA, as it was responsible for over 300 deaths and Php1 billion in damages. It was subsequently replaced on the list with Pepito.


2012 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects
This table lists all the storms that developed in the western Pacific Ocean to the west of the International Date Line during the 2012 season. It includes their intensity, duration, name, areas affected deaths, and damages. All damage figures are in 2012 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm include when the storm was a precursor wave, or an extratropical low.


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 25 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The championships acted as the Pacific zone qualifiers for the World Curling Championships. The top two women's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia, while the top two men's berths, China and Japan, qualified for the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Competition format
This edition of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships will have a different competition format from previous Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, per World Curling Federation regulations. The men's tournament will have seven teams competing in a single round robin format, while the women's tournament will have six teams competing in a double round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin tournaments, the top four men's and women's teams will play in the semifinals. The semifinal rounds will be best-of-three games for the men and best-of-five games for the women.


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Competition format
For the men's semifinals, the game that the teams played in the round robin will be counted as the first game in the best-of-three series, while for the women's semifinals, the two games that the teams played in the round robin will be counted as the first and second games in the best-of-five series. The medal round, as in previous years, will consist of single games.


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Men, Teams
Skip : Viktor KimSecond: Daniel Alex KimLead: Ilya KuznetsovAlternate: Marat Smailov


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Women, Teams
Third: Olga ZaitsevaSecond: Nadira YunussovaLead: Marina PestryakovaAlternate: Jane Olga Kim


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times listed in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).


2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Women, Round Robin Results, Draw 4
Game forfeited by Kazakhstan due to time expiry. Kazakhstan had been leading 9–7 at the time.


2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
The 2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships were held from January 27 to February 2 in Jeonju City, South Korea. The Pacific Junior Championships acted as the Pacific Zone qualifiers for the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships. The teams competed in a double round robin, and the top three teams moved on to the playoffs. The winners of the tournament, China's junior men and Japan's junior women, will compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Östersund, Sweden.