The 2013 season

Tropical Storm Leepi (2013)

Tropical Storm Leepi peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between June 16, 2013 and June 23, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Leepi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
June 16, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
Overall size
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
87 kt (100 mph)
Identifier
WP042013

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jun 20, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 16, 06:0011.6N 127.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jun 16, 12:0012.1N 127.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jun 16, 18:0012.6N 127.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jun 17, 00:0013.2N 126.9E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Jun 17, 06:0013.9N 126.8E20 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Jun 17, 12:0014.8N 126.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jun 17, 18:0015.8N 126.6E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jun 18, 00:0016.9N 126.5E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jun 18, 06:0018.1N 126.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jun 18, 12:0019.2N 126.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0020.0N 126.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:0021.2N 125.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0022.5N 125.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0023.8N 125.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0025.1N 124.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0027.0N 125.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0029.0N 125.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0030.1N 125.7E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 20, 18:0031.1N 126.2E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 21, 00:0032.0N 127.6E25 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Jun 21, 06:0032.8N 129.9E1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 21, 12:0032.4N 135.7E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 21, 18:0032.7N 140.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 22, 00:0033.4N 145.9E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 22, 06:0034.2N 150.1E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 22, 12:0035.0N 153.5E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 22, 18:0036.6N 157.2E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 23, 00:0038.1N 161.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Jun 23, 06:0043.1N 170.4E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 23, 12:0044.5N 174.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 23, 18:0046.0N 177.9E1008 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 2013

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.