Tropical Storm Unala (2013)
Tropical Storm Unala peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 12, 2013 and August 19, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Unala, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 12, 2013 to August 19, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 716 km (445 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- CP022013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 12.0N 139.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 12.0N 140.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 11.8N 141.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 11.5N 142.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 11.0N 143.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 11.0N 145.5W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 11.0N 147.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 11.2N 148.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 11.3N 150.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 11.7N 152.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 12.3N 154.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 12.5N 155.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 12.5N 157.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 12.3N 159.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 12.3N 160.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 12.5N 162.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 12.6N 163.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 12.7N 165.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 13.0N 166.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 13.4N 168.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 13.6N 169.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 14.0N 170.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 14.4N 171.7W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 14.9N 172.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 15.4N 174.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 15.9N 175.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 16.5N 176.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 17.0N 177.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 17.3N 179.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 17.5N 179.1E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AlvinEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ErickEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane PewaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.