The 2008 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2008)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between August 11, 2008 and August 15, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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 11, 2008 to August 15, 2008
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.2
Identifier
WP112008

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 12, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 11, 00:0023.7N 122.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 11, 06:0024.9N 123.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 11, 12:0026.1N 124.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 11, 18:0027.1N 125.8E15 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Aug 12, 00:0027.4N 126.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 12, 06:0027.9N 127.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 12, 12:0028.2N 127.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Aug 12, 18:0028.6N 127.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 13, 00:0029.1N 127.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 06:0029.5N 126.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 12:0030.1N 126.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 18:0030.8N 126.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0031.9N 126.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0033.2N 126.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 12:0034.0N 127.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 18:0035.1N 128.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 00:0035.9N 130.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 06:0036.4N 132.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 12:0036.4N 134.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 18:0036.2N 135.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2008

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.