page_title: Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season / March
caption_attribution_description: English: Track map of Severe Tropical Storm Roke of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below. Saffir–Simpson scale Tropical depression≤38 mph≤62 km/h Category 3111–129 mph178–208 km/h Tropical storm39–73 mph63–118 km/h Category 4130–156 mph209–251 km/h Category 174–95 mph119–153 km/h Category 5≥157 mph≥252 km/h Category 296–110 mph154–177 km/h Unknown Storm type Tropical cyclone Subtropical cyclone Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
context_page_description: The 2005 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2005, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
  For the PAGASA, 17 systems formed or entered in their area during 2005, which 7 of them directly made landfall over the Philippines.
context_section_description: March 13
  1200 UTC - The JTWC designates an area of low pressure as Tropical Depression 02W.
  March 14
  0600 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Depression 02W to a tropical storm.
  March 15
  0000 UTC - The JMA designates Tropical Storm 02W as Tropical Storm Roke.
  1200 UTC - Tropical Storm Roke enters the Philippine area of responsibility and is designated Tropical Storm Auring by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.
  1800 UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Storm 02W (Roke) to a typhoon.
  1500 UTC - Tropical Storm Roke (Auring) upgraded to Typhoon Roke (Auring).
  March 16
  0000 UTC - PAGASA upgrades Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a severe tropical storm.
  0600 UTC - The JMA upgrades Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a severe tropical storm.
  1200 UTC - Typhoon Roke (Auring) approaching landfall south of Borongan, Philippines.
  1800 UTC - The JMA downgrades Severe Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a tropical storm.
  March 17
  0000 UTC - The JTWC downgrades Typhoon 02W (Roke) to a tropical storm.
  0600 UTC - PAGASA downgrades Severe Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a tropical storm.
  1200 UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Storm Roke (02W) to a tropical depression.
  1800 UTC - The JTWC downgrades Tropical Storm 02W (Roke) to a tropical depression and the final advisory is issued.
  1800 UTC - PAGASA downgrades Tropical Storm Auring (Roke) to a tropical depression and the final advisory is issued.
  March 19
  0600 UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Depression Roke (02W) to an area of disturbed weather and the final advisory is issued.
caption: Tracking Map of Typhoon Roke by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
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