The 2009 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2009)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between September 26, 2009 and September 30, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 999 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
Western Pacific
Dates
September 26, 2009 to September 30, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
999 mb (29.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1378 km (856 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
40 kt (46 mph)
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
WP182009

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 30, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 26, 00:0010.4N 163.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 26, 06:0010.7N 161.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 26, 12:0010.8N 160.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 26, 18:0010.4N 159.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 27, 00:0010.4N 158.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 27, 06:0010.3N 157.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 27, 12:0010.3N 157.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 27, 18:0010.0N 156.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 00:009.4N 155.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 06:009.1N 154.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 12:009.3N 154.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 18:009.8N 153.1E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 00:0010.5N 151.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 06:0011.4N 150.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 12:0012.0N 149.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 29, 18:0012.6N 147.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 00:0013.1N 146.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 30, 06:0014.0N 143.5ETropical storm

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.