The 1995 season

Tropical Storm Brian (1995)

Tropical Storm Brian peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between October 29, 1995 and November 5, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Brian. 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
October 29, 1995 to November 5, 1995
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 958 km (595 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.9
Identifier
WP301995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 29, 00:0016.5N 174.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 06:0016.4N 173.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 12:0016.3N 172.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 29, 18:0016.1N 171.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 00:0016.0N 170.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 06:0016.0N 169.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 12:0016.0N 167.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 30, 18:0016.1N 165.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 31, 00:0016.2N 163.4E25 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0016.3N 161.9E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0016.5N 160.6E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0017.3N 159.0E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0018.1N 157.4E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Nov 1, 06:0019.1N 155.9E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Nov 1, 12:0020.0N 154.0E30 kt1008 mbMixed
Nov 1, 18:0021.2N 152.3E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0022.9N 151.4E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0024.6N 151.2E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 12:0026.1N 152.2E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 18:0027.5N 153.7E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 00:0028.9N 155.8E50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 06:0030.5N 158.0E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 12:0031.7N 160.4E50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 18:0032.5N 162.6E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 00:0033.3N 165.2E35 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 4, 06:0034.1N 167.5E35 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 4, 12:0034.6N 169.5E35 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 4, 18:0034.9N 171.3E35 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 5, 00:0044.0N 175.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 5, 06:0046.0N 178.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Nov 5, 12:0047.5N 180.5EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1995

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.