Tropical Storm Zack (1992)
Tropical Storm Zack peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between October 5, 1992 and October 17, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Zack, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1992 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 5, 1992 to October 17, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1495 km (929 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Identifier
- WP221992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 7.8N 174.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 7.8N 174.1E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 7.9N 173.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 8.0N 172.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 8.2N 171.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 8.5N 170.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 8.9N 170.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 9.2N 169.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 9.5N 168.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 9.5N 166.9E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 9.5N 165.8E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 9.6N 164.7E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 9.7N 163.7E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 9.8N 162.7E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 9.9N 161.8E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 9.9N 160.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 9.9N 160.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 9.7N 159.1E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 9.9N 158.3E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 10.6N 158.3E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 11.4N 158.8E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 12.2N 159.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 13.1N 160.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 14.0N 160.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 15.0N 161.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 16.2N 161.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 17.3N 161.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 18.3N 161.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 18.9N 160.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 19.4N 159.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 20.0N 158.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 20.9N 157.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 21.7N 156.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 22.5N 155.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 23.3N 154.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 24.0N 153.5E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 24.4N 153.2E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 24.8N 153.0E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 25.2N 152.9E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 25.6N 152.9E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 26.0N 152.9E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 26.4N 152.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 26.8N 153.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 27.2N 153.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 27.5N 153.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 27.9N 153.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 28.5N 154.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 29.1N 155.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 29.9N 156.3E | 20 kt | Not reported |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1992
- Typhoon AxelWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon BobbieWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ChuckWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm DeannaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon EliWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon GaryWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HelenWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon JanisWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon IrvingWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm LoisWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm MarkWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm NinaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992 · 15 deaths
- Super Typhoon OmarWestern Pacific · 1992 · 15 deaths
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Depression PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon RyanWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Depression PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon SibylWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon TedWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ValWestern Pacific · 1992
- Super Typhoon YvetteWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon AngelaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon BrianWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ColleenWestern Pacific · 1992
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed typhoonWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon HuntWestern Pacific · 1992
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.