Tropical Storm Sanba (2023)
Tropical Storm Sanba peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between October 15, 2023 and October 21, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sanba, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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
- October 15, 2023 to October 21, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- WP162023
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 15, 18:00 | 14.6N 110.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 14.7N 110.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 14.9N 110.9E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 15.1N 111.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 15.3N 110.8E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 15.4N 110.6E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 15.6N 110.4E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 15.8N 110.3E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 16.3N 110.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 17.0N 109.6E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 17.7N 109.3E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 18.6N 108.3E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 19.2N 108.4E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 19.6N 108.5E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 20.4N 108.9E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 21.2N 109.2E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 21.2N 109.3E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 21.2N 109.6E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 20.7N 109.7E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 20.3N 109.5E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 19.8N 108.7E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 19.9N 108.2E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm SanvuWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon TalimWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KhanunWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon LanWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm DamreyWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KirogiWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm Yun-YeungWestern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Typhoon KoinuWestern Pacific · 2023
- Super Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Depression JelawatWestern Pacific · 2023
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.