Tropical Storm Frank (1998)
Tropical Storm Frank peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 4, 1998 and August 10, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Frank, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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
- August 4, 1998 to August 10, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 45 km (28 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- EP071998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 8.7N 100.3W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 9.7N 102.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 10.8N 103.8W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 11.7N 105.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 11.9N 106.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 12.1N 107.4W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 12.6N 108.7W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 13.5N 109.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 14.6N 110.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 15.7N 110.8W | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 16.7N 111.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 17.4N 112.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 18.1N 112.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 18.7N 112.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 19.5N 112.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 20.3N 112.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 21.3N 112.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 22.3N 112.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 23.4N 112.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 24.5N 112.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 25.4N 113.3W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 26.3N 114.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 27.1N 114.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 27.9N 116.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 28.6N 117.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane BlasEastern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm CeliaEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 1998
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.