The 2009 season

Tropical Depression Mujigae (2009)

Tropical Depression Mujigae peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between September 8, 2009 and September 12, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Mujigae, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
September 8, 2009 to September 12, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier
WP142009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 8, 06:0016.3N 118.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 8, 12:0016.2N 118.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 8, 18:0016.4N 118.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 9, 00:0017.1N 119.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 9, 06:0017.9N 118.5E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Sep 9, 12:0018.3N 117.5E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Sep 9, 18:0018.7N 116.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 00:0019.1N 114.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 06:0019.3N 113.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 12:0019.5N 112.7E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 18:0019.5N 111.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 00:0019.7N 110.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 06:0019.9N 108.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 12:0019.8N 107.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 18:0019.8N 106.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 12, 00:0019.8N 106.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 12, 06:0020.1N 105.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 12, 12:0020.5N 102.9E1006 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific storms of 2009

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.