The 2016 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2016)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Western Pacific between July 16, 2016 and July 19, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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
July 16, 2016 to July 19, 2016
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Lowest pressure
1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 357 km (222 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
WP032016

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jul 18, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 16, 18:0018.3N 130.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 17, 00:0019.4N 130.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 17, 06:0020.3N 129.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 12:0021.5N 129.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 18:0022.5N 128.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 18, 00:0023.7N 128.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 18, 06:0024.8N 128.3E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jul 18, 12:0026.2N 128.0E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jul 18, 18:0027.0N 128.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jul 19, 00:0027.7N 128.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jul 19, 06:0028.5N 128.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2016

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.