The 2013 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2013)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between November 1, 2013 and November 21, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
November 1, 2013 to November 21, 2013
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.4
Eyewall radius at its peak
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
Overall size
190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
24 kt (28 mph)
Identifier
WP302013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 1, 06:007.0N 141.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 1, 12:007.1N 139.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 1, 18:007.0N 138.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 2, 00:007.1N 137.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 2, 06:007.1N 135.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 2, 12:007.3N 135.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 2, 18:007.5N 134.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 00:008.2N 133.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 06:008.7N 131.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 12:009.1N 129.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 18:009.3N 128.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 00:009.7N 126.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 06:0010.3N 125.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 12:0010.0N 123.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 18:0010.5N 121.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 00:0011.1N 119.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 06:0010.9N 116.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0011.5N 114.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0012.0N 112.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 00:0011.9N 111.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 06:0011.7N 110.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 12:0011.6N 109.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 18:0012.1N 107.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 00:0012.4N 105.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 06:0012.3N 103.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 12:0011.9N 102.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 18:0012.1N 101.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 00:0012.2N 100.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 06:0012.9N 99.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 12:0013.4N 98.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 8, 18:0013.8N 96.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 9, 00:0013.5N 95.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 9, 06:0013.3N 94.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 12:0013.2N 93.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 18:0013.0N 92.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 00:0012.7N 91.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 06:0012.4N 91.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 12:0012.1N 90.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 18:0012.0N 89.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 00:0011.9N 89.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 06:0011.8N 89.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 12:0011.4N 88.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 18:0011.0N 87.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 00:0010.6N 87.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 12, 06:0010.6N 87.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 12:0010.6N 86.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 18:0010.7N 86.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 00:0010.8N 86.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 06:0010.9N 86.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 12:0010.9N 85.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 18:0010.8N 85.7E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 00:0010.7N 85.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:0010.5N 85.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:0010.2N 85.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 18:009.7N 84.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 00:009.3N 84.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 06:009.4N 83.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 12:009.7N 82.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 15, 18:0010.3N 82.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0010.7N 81.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 06:0011.0N 80.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 12:0011.2N 78.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 16, 18:0011.4N 77.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 17, 00:0011.2N 76.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 17, 06:0011.0N 75.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 17, 12:0010.9N 73.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 17, 18:0011.2N 72.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 00:0011.6N 71.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 06:0012.1N 70.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 12:0012.5N 68.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 18:0012.5N 67.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:0012.5N 66.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 06:0012.2N 64.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 12:0012.3N 62.8E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:0012.7N 61.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 00:0012.8N 59.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 06:0012.8N 59.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 12:0013.0N 58.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 20, 18:0012.8N 57.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 00:0012.5N 56.0E20 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.