The 1996 season

Tropical Storm Ann (1996)

Tropical Storm Ann peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between March 29, 1996 and April 11, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Ann, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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
March 29, 1996 to April 11, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.5
Identifier
WP021996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 29, 18:004.0N 150.1E15 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 00:004.3N 150.0E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 06:004.6N 149.9E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 12:004.9N 149.8E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 18:005.4N 149.6E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 00:006.0N 149.2E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 06:006.6N 148.6E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 12:007.0N 147.6E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 18:007.5N 146.6E25 ktNot reported
Apr 1, 00:008.0N 145.7E25 ktNot reported
Apr 1, 06:008.3N 145.1E25 ktNot reported
Apr 1, 12:008.7N 144.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:009.0N 143.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:009.1N 143.0E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:009.2N 142.1E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:009.3N 141.5E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:009.4N 140.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:009.5N 139.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:009.6N 139.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:009.6N 138.5E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:009.6N 137.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:009.7N 137.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:009.7N 136.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:009.7N 135.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:009.6N 134.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:009.6N 133.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:009.5N 133.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:009.5N 132.1E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:009.5N 130.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:009.6N 129.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:009.7N 128.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:009.9N 127.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0010.2N 126.7E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0010.7N 125.7E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0011.3N 125.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0011.7N 124.3E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0011.9N 123.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0012.2N 123.4E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0012.4N 123.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0012.6N 122.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0012.4N 122.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0012.1N 122.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0011.8N 122.1E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 9, 12:0011.6N 121.9E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 9, 18:0011.4N 121.7E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 10, 00:0011.3N 121.5E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 10, 06:0011.3N 121.3E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Apr 10, 12:0011.3N 121.1E15 ktNot reported
Apr 10, 18:0011.4N 120.9E15 ktNot reported
Apr 11, 00:0011.5N 120.7E15 ktNot reported
Apr 11, 06:0011.7N 120.5E15 ktNot reported
Apr 11, 12:0011.9N 120.3E15 ktNot reported
Apr 11, 18:0012.1N 120.1E15 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1996

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.