The 1991 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1991)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between August 21, 1991 and August 31, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Unnamed tropical depression. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 21, 1991 to August 31, 1991
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 49 km (30 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP151991

Radar at RKJK as it neared land, Aug 29, 06:00 UTC

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 21, 06:0022.4N 147.1E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 12:0022.7N 146.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 21, 18:0023.0N 146.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 00:0023.4N 146.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 06:0023.7N 146.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 12:0024.0N 145.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 18:0024.3N 145.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 00:0024.5N 145.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 06:0024.7N 144.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 12:0024.9N 144.6E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0025.1N 144.2E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0025.3N 143.8E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0025.5N 143.3E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0025.7N 142.7E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0025.9N 141.9E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0026.1N 141.0E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0026.3N 140.2E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0026.6N 139.4E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0026.9N 138.6E30 ktTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0027.2N 137.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0027.4N 137.0E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0027.7N 136.2E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0027.9N 135.3E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0028.0N 134.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0028.2N 133.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0028.7N 132.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0029.3N 131.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0030.0N 130.7E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0030.7N 129.6E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0031.6N 128.9E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0032.5N 128.6E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0033.5N 128.7E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0034.7N 129.3E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0035.9N 130.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0037.3N 132.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0038.8N 134.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0040.0N 136.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 12:0040.5N 137.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 30, 18:0041.0N 138.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 31, 00:0041.0N 139.0E1002 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1991

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.