The 1999 season

Tropical Storm Ann (1999)

Tropical Storm Ann peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between September 14, 1999 and September 20, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Ann, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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 14, 1999 to September 20, 1999
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 48 km (30 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
WP231999

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 14, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 14, 12:0025.3N 128.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0026.3N 129.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0026.5N 129.4E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0026.8N 129.4E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0027.4N 129.3E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0028.8N 129.0E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0029.5N 128.1E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0029.6N 127.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0029.5N 127.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0029.6N 126.5E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0029.6N 126.1E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0029.7N 125.7E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0029.8N 125.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0030.0N 124.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0030.3N 124.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0030.7N 124.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0031.3N 123.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0031.9N 122.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0032.6N 121.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0033.8N 122.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0034.2N 123.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0034.4N 124.4E25 kt1000 mbMixed
Sep 20, 00:0034.6N 125.6E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 20, 06:0034.7N 126.4E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 20, 12:0033.9N 125.4E1006 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1999

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.