Tropical Storm Sinlaku (2020)
Tropical Storm Sinlaku peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between July 29, 2020 and August 3, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sinlaku, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 29, 2020 to August 3, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi)
- Overall size
- 550 nmi (1019 km, 633 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- WP042020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 14.4N 123.9E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 14.8N 122.4E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 15.3N 121.0E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 15.5N 119.4E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 16.0N 117.7E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 16.1N 116.4E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 16.2N 115.1E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 16.3N 114.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | MD |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 16.5N 113.2E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | MD |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 17.0N 112.6E | 25 kt | 999 mb | MD |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 17.0N 111.7E | 25 kt | 999 mb | MD |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 17.3N 111.0E | 25 kt | 996 mb | MD |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 17.8N 110.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | MD |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 18.5N 108.6E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 18.7N 107.7E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 19.0N 107.1E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 19.4N 106.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 19.7N 105.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 19.7N 104.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 19.2N 103.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 19.8N 102.1E | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2020
- Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2020 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm NuriWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm HigosWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2020
- Super Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NoulWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm DolphinWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon KujiraWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm LinfaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm NangkaWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon SaudelWestern Pacific · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon MolaveWestern Pacific · 2020
- Super Typhoon GoniWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm AtsaniWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Storm EtauWestern Pacific · 2020
- Typhoon VamcoWestern Pacific · 2020
- Tropical Depression KrovanhWestern Pacific · 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.