Unnamed tropical depression (1996)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between January 31, 1996 and February 1, 1996.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin: Western Pacific
Dates: January 31, 1996 to February 1, 1996
Peak strength: Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1386 km (861 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 0.0
Identifier: WP441996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Status
Jan 31, 18:00	10.0N 150.0E	20 kt	Not reported
Feb 1, 00:00	10.0N 150.0E	20 kt	Not reported
Feb 1, 06:00	10.5N 148.8E	25 kt	Not 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.