The 2013 season

Tropical Depression Shanshan (2013)

Tropical Depression Shanshan peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between February 18, 2013 and February 23, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Shanshan, 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
February 18, 2013 to February 23, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP022013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 18, 06:005.0N 131.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:005.6N 129.3E1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:005.9N 127.5E1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:005.9N 126.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:005.9N 125.1E1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:006.4N 123.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:006.8N 121.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 00:007.1N 121.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 06:007.4N 120.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 12:007.7N 119.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 18:007.9N 118.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 00:008.1N 116.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 06:008.2N 114.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 12:008.0N 112.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 18:006.6N 109.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 00:005.7N 109.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 06:005.3N 109.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 12:004.7N 110.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 22, 18:004.3N 109.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 23, 00:003.9N 109.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Feb 23, 06:003.4N 109.5E20 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.