The 1999 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1999)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between December 7, 1999 and December 11, 1999.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
December 7, 1999 to December 11, 1999
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 136 km (85 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP321999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 7, 12:007.9N 116.0E20 ktNot reported
Dec 7, 18:007.9N 115.4E20 ktNot reported
Dec 8, 00:007.9N 114.9E20 ktNot reported
Dec 8, 06:007.9N 114.6E20 ktNot reported
Dec 8, 12:007.8N 114.1E20 ktNot reported
Dec 8, 18:007.7N 113.6E20 ktNot reported
Dec 9, 00:007.6N 113.2E20 ktNot reported
Dec 9, 06:007.5N 112.8E20 ktTropical storm
Dec 9, 12:007.5N 112.4E20 ktTropical storm
Dec 9, 18:007.5N 112.0E25 ktTropical storm
Dec 10, 00:007.5N 111.1E30 ktTropical storm
Dec 10, 06:007.5N 110.0E30 ktTropical storm
Dec 10, 12:007.4N 109.1E30 ktTropical storm
Dec 10, 18:007.2N 108.6E30 ktTropical storm
Dec 11, 00:007.1N 108.3E20 ktTropical storm
Dec 11, 06:007.0N 108.0E20 ktNot reported

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.