Tropical Storm Yanyan (2003)
Tropical Storm Yanyan peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between January 11, 2003 and January 21, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Yanyan, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- January 11, 2003 to January 21, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1448 km (900 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Identifier
- WP012003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 1.9N 179.8W | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 1.9N 179.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 1.9N 179.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 1.8N 178.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 1.6N 178.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 1.3N 177.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 1.6N 177.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 1.9N 176.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 2.4N 176.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 3.1N 175.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 4.1N 173.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 5.1N 171.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 5.7N 169.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 5.8N 168.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 5.6N 166.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 5.4N 165.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 6.0N 164.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 6.7N 162.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 7.3N 160.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 7.9N 159.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 8.5N 157.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 8.8N 156.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 9.4N 154.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 10.0N 153.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 10.9N 151.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 11.7N 149.9E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 12.4N 148.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 13.2N 147.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 13.7N 146.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 14.1N 146.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 14.3N 147.4E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 14.5N 148.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 14.8N 149.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 15.4N 149.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 16.1N 150.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 16.7N 152.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 17.2N 153.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 17.6N 154.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 18.0N 155.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 18.2N 156.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 18.4N 156.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 18.5N 156.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2003
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.