The 1996 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1996)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between April 25, 1996 and April 26, 1996.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Unnamed tropical depression. 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
April 25, 1996 to April 26, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 315 km (196 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP031996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 25, 00:007.7N 113.6E20 ktNot reported
Apr 25, 06:007.3N 113.1E25 ktNot reported
Apr 25, 12:007.2N 112.6E25 ktNot reported
Apr 25, 18:007.1N 112.0E25 ktNot reported
Apr 26, 00:007.2N 111.4E25 ktNot reported
Apr 26, 06:007.3N 110.9E20 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.