The 2013 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2013)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between September 17, 2013 and September 19, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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 17, 2013 to September 19, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Lowest pressure
1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
Overall size
280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
WP182013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 17, 00:0015.4N 112.2ETropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0015.6N 112.1ETropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0015.8N 112.0ETropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0016.0N 111.8ETropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0016.1N 111.4ETropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0016.1N 110.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 18, 12:0016.4N 109.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 18, 18:0016.3N 108.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 00:0015.9N 106.9ETropical storm

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.