The 1999 season

Tropical Storm Wendy (1999)

Tropical Storm Wendy peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between August 29, 1999 and September 7, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Wendy, 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
August 29, 1999 to September 7, 1999
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.8
Fastest the center moved
24 kt (28 mph)
Identifier
WP201999

Radar at RKJK as it neared land, Sep 7, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 29, 06:0011.5N 133.4E15 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 12:0011.5N 132.8E15 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 18:0011.5N 132.2E15 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 00:0011.5N 131.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 06:0011.5N 130.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 12:0011.6N 130.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 18:0011.8N 129.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 00:0012.0N 129.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 06:0012.2N 128.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 12:0012.3N 128.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 18:0012.5N 127.5E20 ktNot reported
Sep 1, 00:0012.7N 127.0E25 ktNot reported
Sep 1, 06:0013.0N 126.7E25 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0013.6N 126.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0014.9N 124.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0016.8N 123.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0018.2N 122.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0019.0N 121.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0019.8N 120.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0020.6N 119.2E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:0021.3N 118.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0022.1N 117.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0022.8N 116.5E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0023.4N 115.5E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0024.6N 114.5E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Sep 4, 12:0026.3N 115.7E1006 mbMixed
Sep 4, 18:0027.3N 116.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 00:0028.2N 116.4E1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 06:0028.7N 117.1E1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 12:0029.4N 118.0E1006 mbMixed
Sep 5, 18:0030.5N 119.6E1006 mbMixed
Sep 6, 00:0031.1N 120.8E1006 mbMixed
Sep 6, 06:0032.4N 123.2E1006 mbMixed
Sep 6, 12:0033.1N 125.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0033.8N 126.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0034.9N 127.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0036.3N 128.7E1006 mbTropical storm

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.