Tropical Storm Sonamu (2013)
Tropical Storm Sonamu peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between January 1, 2013 and January 10, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall. It killed 2 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sonamu, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- January 1, 2013 to January 10, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 185 nmi (343 km, 213 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- WP012013
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
2 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 5.0N 140.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 5.0N 138.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 5.0N 136.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 5.7N 134.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 6.4N 132.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 7.0N 130.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 7.8N 127.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 8.3N 126.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 8.7N 123.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 9.0N 121.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 8.5N 119.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 8.5N 118.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 8.7N 116.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 8.5N 115.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 8.2N 114.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 8.3N 113.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 7.9N 112.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 7.8N 111.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 7.6N 110.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 7.3N 110.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 7.5N 110.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 7.6N 109.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 7.2N 109.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 6.6N 108.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 6.5N 108.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 6.4N 108.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 6.1N 108.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 5.8N 108.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 5.9N 108.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 5.4N 108.8E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 5.1N 109.1E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 4.6N 109.7E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 4.3N 110.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 4.0N 110.7E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 3.6N 111.2E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 3.2N 111.5E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 3.3N 112.0E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Depression ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LeepiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2013 · 15 deaths
- Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JebiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm YutuWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon WiphaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2013
- Super Typhoon HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Depression PodulWestern Pacific · 2013
- Typhoon LeharWestern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.