Unnamed tropical depression (1996)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Eastern Pacific between May 15, 1996 and May 19, 1996.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- May 15, 1996 to May 19, 1996
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 784 km (487 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- EP021996
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 15, 12:00 | 12.8N 108.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 15, 18:00 | 12.8N 108.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 16, 00:00 | 12.9N 108.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 16, 06:00 | 13.0N 108.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 16, 12:00 | 13.0N 108.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 16, 18:00 | 13.1N 109.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 17, 00:00 | 13.2N 109.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 17, 06:00 | 13.2N 110.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 17, 12:00 | 13.1N 110.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 17, 18:00 | 13.0N 111.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 18, 00:00 | 13.0N 111.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 18, 06:00 | 13.1N 112.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 18, 12:00 | 13.3N 113.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 18, 18:00 | 13.5N 113.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 19, 00:00 | 13.6N 114.4W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ElidaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane YatesEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.