The 2002 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2002)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between October 16, 2002 and October 20, 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
October 16, 2002 to October 20, 2002
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1860 km (1156 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP272002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 16, 00:0018.3N 161.6E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 06:0018.3N 160.6E20 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 12:0018.2N 159.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 18:0018.0N 158.5E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 17, 00:0017.7N 157.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 17, 06:0017.4N 156.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 17, 12:0017.1N 155.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 17, 18:0016.8N 154.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 18, 00:0016.5N 154.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 18, 06:0016.3N 153.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 18, 12:0016.2N 152.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 18, 18:0016.1N 152.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 00:0016.3N 150.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 06:0016.4N 149.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 12:0016.5N 148.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 18:0016.9N 147.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 20, 00:0017.3N 146.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 20, 06:0018.0N 145.5E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 20, 12:0019.1N 145.9E15 kt1006 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.