Unnamed tropical depression (1983)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at unknown kt in the South Pacific between March 22, 1983 and March 27, 1983.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- March 22, 1983 to March 27, 1983
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 2653 km (1648 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1983082S15216
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 14.5S 144.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 14.7S 145.2W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 14.9S 145.8W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 15.1S 146.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 15.2S 146.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 15.4S 147.4W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 15.8S 147.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 16.2S 147.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 16.6S 147.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 16.9S 146.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 17.2S 146.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 17.5S 146.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 17.8S 145.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 18.2S 145.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 18.8S 144.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 19.6S 144.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 20.4S 143.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 21.1S 142.6W | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 1983
- Cyclone JotiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm KinaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm LisaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DesSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone MarkSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone NanoSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone ElinorSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone Nisha:OramaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone OscarSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm PremaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone RewaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SabaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone SarahSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone TomasiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone VeenaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone WilliamSouth Pacific · 1983
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.