The 2002 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2002)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between April 5, 2002 and April 7, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 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
April 5, 2002 to April 7, 2002
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1642 km (1020 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP042002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 5, 12:0011.3N 155.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 5, 18:0012.9N 156.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 6, 00:0014.0N 156.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 6, 06:0015.0N 157.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 6, 12:0016.0N 158.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 6, 18:0017.0N 159.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 7, 00:0017.2N 160.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other Western Pacific storms of 2002

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.