Unnamed tropical depression (2020)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the North Indian between October 17, 2020 and October 18, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- October 17, 2020 to October 18, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 375 km (233 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 2020291N18069
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 17.8N 68.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 17.8N 67.5E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 17.8N 66.8E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 17.8N 66.4E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 17.8N 65.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 17.8N 64.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 17.8N 64.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2020
- Cyclone AmphanNorth Indian · 2020 · 106 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone NisargaNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone GatiNorth Indian · 2020 · 9 deaths
- Cyclone NivarNorth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm BureviNorth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.