The 2020 season

Tropical Storm Etau (2020)

Tropical Storm Etau peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between November 6, 2020 and November 11, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Etau, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 6, 2020 to November 11, 2020
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
995 mb (29.38 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.9
Identifier
WP242020

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 6, 12:0010.0N 130.7E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0010.6N 129.6E15 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 00:0011.2N 127.4E15 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 06:0012.0N 125.6E15 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 12:0012.5N 123.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 7, 18:0012.8N 122.5E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 8, 00:0012.9N 120.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 8, 06:0012.7N 118.7E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 8, 12:0012.5N 117.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 18:0012.6N 115.0E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 00:0012.9N 113.3E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 06:0012.9N 112.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 12:0012.4N 111.3E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 18:0012.3N 110.9E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0012.3N 109.9E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0012.6N 109.0E30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 12:0012.6N 107.6E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 18:0012.5N 106.6E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 00:0012.6N 105.2E10 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 11, 06:0012.9N 104.5EDisturbance

Other Western Pacific storms of 2020

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.