The 2009 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2009)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the North Atlantic between May 26, 2009 and May 30, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 1006 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
North Atlantic
Dates
May 26, 2009 to May 30, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1006 mb (29.71 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 154 km (96 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
40 kt (46 mph)
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
AL012009

Radar at KMHX as it neared land, May 27, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 26, 18:0030.6N 75.4W25 kt1010 mbLow
May 27, 00:0031.7N 75.6W25 kt1010 mbLow
May 27, 06:0032.7N 75.5W25 kt1010 mbLow
May 27, 12:0033.6N 75.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
May 27, 18:0034.5N 74.6W25 kt1008 mbLow
May 28, 00:0035.3N 73.8W25 kt1007 mbLow
May 28, 06:0036.1N 72.9W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
May 28, 12:0036.9N 71.8W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
May 28, 18:0037.5N 70.3W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 29, 00:0038.0N 68.6W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 29, 06:0038.6N 66.8W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 29, 12:0039.3N 65.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 29, 18:0040.0N 63.1W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
May 30, 00:0040.6N 61.0W25 kt1007 mbLow
May 30, 06:0041.0N 58.6W25 kt1007 mbLow

Other North Atlantic 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.