The 2005 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2005)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between December 15, 2005 and December 21, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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
December 15, 2005 to December 21, 2005
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
991 mb (29.26 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.9
Identifier
WP252005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 15, 12:007.4N 127.6E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 15, 18:008.1N 126.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Dec 16, 00:009.1N 124.9E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 16, 06:009.3N 123.6E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 16, 12:0010.2N 122.6E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 16, 18:0010.9N 121.5E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Dec 17, 00:0011.1N 120.3E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 17, 06:0010.7N 119.0E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 17, 12:0010.2N 117.8E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 17, 18:009.5N 116.4E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 18, 00:008.7N 115.2E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Dec 18, 06:008.3N 113.9E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Dec 18, 12:008.2N 112.8E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Dec 18, 18:008.2N 111.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 00:008.8N 111.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 06:009.1N 111.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 12:008.9N 111.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 18:008.9N 110.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 00:008.7N 109.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 06:008.4N 109.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 12:008.3N 108.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 18:008.2N 107.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 00:008.0N 107.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 06:007.9N 106.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other Western Pacific storms of 2005

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.