The 2013 season

Tropical Storm Sepat (2013)

Tropical Storm Sepat peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between September 29, 2013 and October 3, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Sepat, 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
September 29, 2013 to October 3, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.3
Eyewall radius at its peak
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
54 kt (62 mph)
Identifier
WP212013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 29, 06:0026.3N 151.6E1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0026.6N 148.8E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Sep 29, 18:0026.2N 148.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 00:0026.5N 146.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 30, 06:0027.2N 145.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0027.8N 143.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0028.5N 142.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0029.1N 141.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0030.2N 141.5E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0031.3N 141.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0032.6N 141.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0034.0N 141.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0035.6N 142.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0037.5N 143.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0040.5N 145.9E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 00:0044.0N 149.4E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 06:0048.4N 153.7E996 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 12:0050.8N 156.4E1000 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 18:0053.4N 161.0E1004 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.