The 2013 season

Tropical Depression Podul (2013)

Tropical Depression Podul peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between November 11, 2013 and November 15, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Podul, 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
November 11, 2013 to November 15, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier
WP322013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 11, 12:006.5N 129.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 18:007.0N 128.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 00:007.5N 126.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 06:008.1N 125.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 12:008.8N 123.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 18:009.6N 122.3E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 00:0010.4N 120.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 06:0011.6N 119.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 12:0011.4N 117.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 18:0011.5N 116.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 00:0012.0N 114.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:0011.8N 113.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:0011.8N 111.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 18:0011.8N 110.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 00:0012.3N 108.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 06:0012.0N 107.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

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.