The 2000 season

Tropical Storm Wene (2000)

Tropical Storm Wene peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between August 14, 2000 and August 17, 2000.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Wene, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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 14, 2000 to August 17, 2000
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1508 km (937 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.2
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
WP162000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 14, 12:0031.3N 179.6E15 ktTropical depression
Aug 14, 18:0032.0N 179.4E20 ktTropical depression
Aug 15, 00:0032.5N 179.5E20 ktTropical depression
Aug 15, 06:0032.9N 179.8E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 15, 12:0033.4N 179.8W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 15, 18:0033.6N 179.1W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0034.4N 178.5W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0035.3N 177.9W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0036.4N 177.4W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0037.6N 176.9W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0039.0N 176.4W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0040.2N 176.0W35 ktTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 2000

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.