The 2009 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2009)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between November 6, 2009 and November 10, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
November 6, 2009 to November 10, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 2171 km (1349 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.1
Identifier
WP252009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 6, 12:0020.1N 156.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 6, 18:0020.3N 156.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 00:0020.6N 155.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 06:0020.9N 155.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 12:0020.7N 156.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0020.7N 156.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0021.0N 157.5E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0021.4N 158.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0021.4N 158.8E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0021.1N 159.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0020.9N 159.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 06:0020.6N 160.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 12:0020.6N 161.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 9, 18:0020.6N 161.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 00:0020.2N 162.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 10, 06:0020.1N 163.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

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.