The 1996 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1996)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between September 20, 1996 and September 24, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 20, 1996 to September 24, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 874 km (543 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP291996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 20, 18:005.7N 153.6E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 00:005.7N 152.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 06:005.7N 151.6E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 12:005.7N 150.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 18:005.7N 149.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 00:005.7N 147.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 06:005.8N 146.3E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 12:006.4N 145.4E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 18:007.4N 144.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 00:008.4N 144.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 06:009.2N 143.9E20 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 12:0010.1N 142.9E20 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 18:0011.5N 141.4E25 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 00:0013.1N 139.8E30 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 06:0014.7N 138.1E30 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.