The 1993 season

Tropical Storm Zola (1993)

Tropical Storm Zola peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between September 3, 1993 and September 14, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Zola, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 3, 1993 to September 14, 1993
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.2
Fastest the center moved
33 kt (38 mph)
Identifier
WP201993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 7, 12:00 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
Sep 3, 06:0016.0N 128.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 12:0016.0N 129.4E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 18:0016.2N 130.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 00:0016.5N 130.4E15 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 06:0016.9N 130.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 12:0017.4N 130.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 18:0017.9N 131.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 5, 00:0018.4N 130.8E15 kt1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 06:0018.8N 130.4E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 12:0019.1N 129.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0019.4N 129.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0019.8N 128.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0020.5N 128.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0021.3N 127.8E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0022.3N 128.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0023.3N 128.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0024.3N 129.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0025.5N 130.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0026.8N 131.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0028.2N 131.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0029.7N 132.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0031.2N 133.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0032.9N 134.3E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0034.4N 136.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0035.7N 138.3E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 9, 12:0037.0N 140.4E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Sep 9, 18:0038.2N 142.7E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 00:0039.2N 144.9E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 06:0040.1N 147.5E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 12:0040.9N 150.0E30 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 10, 18:0042.0N 151.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 00:0042.9N 152.9E1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 06:0043.0N 155.0E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 12:0043.0N 157.0E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 18:0043.0N 160.5E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 00:0043.5N 164.0E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 06:0045.0N 168.0E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0046.0N 171.5E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0048.0N 174.0E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 00:0051.0N 176.0E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 06:0053.0N 177.0E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 12:0055.5N 178.0E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 18:0057.5N 179.0E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 00:0059.5N 180.0E988 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 06:0061.5N 181.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1993

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.