Unnamed tropical depression (2018)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Western Pacific between December 23, 2018 and December 30, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
- December 23, 2018 to December 30, 2018
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- WP352018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 6.8N 140.4E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 6.9N 139.2E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 7.0N 138.0E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 7.0N 137.1E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 7.1N 136.5E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 7.2N 136.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 7.6N 135.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 8.3N 135.3E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 9.0N 134.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 9.7N 133.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 9.8N 132.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 9.6N 131.9E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 9.8N 131.4E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 9.7N 131.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Low |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 9.9N 130.9E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 10.2N 130.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 10.4N 129.5E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 10.6N 129.1E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 10.7N 128.8E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 10.8N 128.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 11.0N 127.7E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Low |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 11.3N 126.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 11.5N 124.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 11.7N 123.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 11.2N 122.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 10.2N 121.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 8.8N 119.9E | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm BolavenWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm SanbaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2018 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2018 · 3 deaths
- Super Typhoon MariaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm AmpilWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon WukongWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon JongdariWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon ShanshanWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm YagiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm BebincaWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon LeepiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm RumbiaWestern Pacific · 2018 · 53 deaths
- Typhoon SoulikWestern Pacific · 2018 · 86 deaths
- Typhoon CimaronWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon MangkhutWestern Pacific · 2018 · 59 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarijatWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2018
- Super Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2018 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Depression TorajiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PabukWestern Pacific · 2018
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.