Tropical Storm Cam (1996)

Tropical Storm Cam peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between May 16, 1996 and May 26, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Cam, 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: May 16, 1996 to May 26, 1996
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure: 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 151 km (94 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.8
Identifier: WP051996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 16, 00:00	13.0N 110.9E	15 kt		Not reported
May 16, 06:00	13.2N 111.1E	15 kt		Not reported
May 16, 12:00	13.3N 111.3E	15 kt		Not reported
May 16, 18:00	13.4N 111.5E	15 kt		Not reported
May 17, 00:00	13.5N 111.6E	15 kt		Not reported
May 17, 06:00	13.6N 111.8E	15 kt		Not reported
May 17, 12:00	13.7N 111.9E	15 kt		Not reported
May 17, 18:00	13.9N 112.1E	15 kt		Not reported
May 18, 00:00	14.2N 112.3E	15 kt		Not reported
May 18, 06:00	14.5N 112.5E	20 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 12:00	14.8N 112.7E	20 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 18, 18:00	15.1N 112.9E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 00:00	15.5N 113.3E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 06:00	15.9N 113.9E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 12:00	16.4N 114.5E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 19, 18:00	16.8N 115.0E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 00:00	17.1N 115.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 06:00	17.5N 115.7E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 12:00	17.9N 116.0E	35 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
May 20, 18:00	18.1N 116.3E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 00:00	18.4N 116.9E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 06:00	18.7N 117.5E	50 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 12:00	19.1N 118.2E	50 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 21, 18:00	19.4N 118.9E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 00:00	19.7N 119.6E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 06:00	19.9N 120.3E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 12:00	20.2N 121.1E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 18:00	20.6N 122.0E	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 00:00	21.0N 122.9E	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 06:00	21.5N 123.9E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 12:00	21.8N 124.9E	50 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 18:00	22.0N 126.4E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 00:00	21.9N 128.0E	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 06:00	24.5N 130.4E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 12:00	25.0N 132.0E		1006 mb	Mixed
May 24, 18:00	25.3N 133.3E		1006 mb	Mixed
May 25, 00:00	26.0N 135.0E		1010 mb	Mixed
May 25, 06:00	26.0N 136.0E		1010 mb	Mixed
May 25, 12:00	26.0N 137.0E		1012 mb	Extratropical
May 25, 18:00	26.0N 138.0E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 26, 00:00	27.0N 139.0E		1012 mb	Extratropical

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.