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      Tropical Depression Karen

      Storm Activity: Aug 12, 1952 - Aug 27, 1952

      Peak Wind
      --
      Lowest Pressure
      955 mb
      Duration
      16 days
      Last Position
      56.32 N 180 E

      Storm Track

      Aug 12 – Aug 27
      Storm Category
      1. Tropical Depression Peak < 39 mph
      2. Tropical Storm 39-73 mph
      3. Category 1 74-95 mph
      4. Category 2 96-110 mph
      5. Category 3 111-129 mph
      6. Category 4 130-156 mph
      7. Category 5 157+ mph

      Intensity

      Sustained wind at each observation
      Peak wind
      --
      Peak category
      Tropical Depression
      Lowest pressure
      955 mb

      Aug 27 · 21:00 GMT -- 999 mb Extratropical

      Storm Track Statistics

      Aug 27 21:00 GMT 56.32 180 -- 999 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 18:00 GMT 56.1 179.6 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 15:00 GMT 55.98 179.36 -- 997 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 12:00 GMT 55.9 179.2 -- 996 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 09:00 GMT 55.83 178.96 -- 996 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 06:00 GMT 55.7 178.8 -- 996 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 03:00 GMT 55.39 178.78 -- 997 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 27 00:00 GMT 55.1 178.9 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 26 21:00 GMT 55.01 179.16 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 26 18:00 GMT 55 179.5 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 21:00 GMT 53.38 -179.41 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 18:00 GMT 53.2 178.5 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 15:00 GMT 53.23 177.81 -- 1,001 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 12:00 GMT 53.2 177.1 -- 1,002 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 09:00 GMT 52.58 175.2 -- 1,003 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 06:00 GMT 52.1 173.3 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 03:00 GMT 52.45 172.12 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 25 00:00 GMT 53.1 171.5 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 21:00 GMT 53.52 171.39 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 18:00 GMT 53.9 171.6 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 15:00 GMT 54.27 171.68 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 12:00 GMT 54.6 171.9 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 09:00 GMT 54.87 172.36 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 06:00 GMT 55.1 173 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 03:00 GMT 55.36 173.79 -- 1,005 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 24 00:00 GMT 55.5 174.5 -- 1,006 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 21:00 GMT 55.41 174.92 -- 1,006 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 18:00 GMT 55.2 175.1 -- 1,006 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 15:00 GMT 55.01 175.12 -- 1,006 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 12:00 GMT 54.8 175 -- 1,006 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 09:00 GMT 54.53 174.89 -- 1,004 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 06:00 GMT 54.3 174.7 -- 1,002 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 03:00 GMT 54.17 174.45 -- 1,002 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 23 00:00 GMT 54.1 174.1 -- 1,002 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 21:00 GMT 54.02 173.75 -- 1,001 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 18:00 GMT 54 173.2 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 15:00 GMT 54.13 172.47 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 12:00 GMT 54.2 171.2 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 09:00 GMT 54.02 169.13 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 06:00 GMT 53.6 166.8 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 03:00 GMT 53.04 164.72 -- 1,001 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 22 00:00 GMT 52.3 163 -- 1,002 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 21:00 GMT 51.46 161.8 -- 1,001 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 18:00 GMT 50.5 161 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 15:00 GMT 49.33 160.41 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 12:00 GMT 48.3 160 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 09:00 GMT 47.75 159.67 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 06:00 GMT 47.4 159.2 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 03:00 GMT 46.95 158.41 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 21 00:00 GMT 46.5 157.4 -- 1,000 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 21:00 GMT 46.04 156.29 -- 999 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 18:00 GMT 45.6 155.1 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 15:00 GMT 45.18 153.92 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 12:00 GMT 44.8 152.8 -- 998 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 09:00 GMT 44.46 151.94 -- 997 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 06:00 GMT 44.2 150.9 -- 996 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 03:00 GMT 44.08 149.44 -- 995 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 20 00:00 GMT 43.9 147.5 -- 994 mb Extratropical --
      Aug 19 21:00 GMT 43.36 144.96 -- 993 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 18:00 GMT 42.8 142.5 -- 993 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 15:00 GMT 42.56 140.86 -- 991 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 12:00 GMT 42.5 139.5 -- 990 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 09:00 GMT 42.63 138.01 -- 989 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 06:00 GMT 42.5 136.5 -- 988 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 03:00 GMT 41.58 134.87 -- 987 mb Unknown --
      Aug 19 00:00 GMT 40.5 133.5 -- 986 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 21:00 GMT 39.93 132.76 -- 985 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 18:00 GMT 39.5 132 -- 984 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 15:00 GMT 38.96 130.54 -- 983 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 12:00 GMT 38.3 129 -- 982 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 09:00 GMT 37.51 127.91 -- 981 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 06:00 GMT 36.6 127 -- 980 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 03:00 GMT 35.59 125.94 -- 977 mb Unknown --
      Aug 18 00:00 GMT 34.6 125.2 -- 975 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 21:00 GMT 33.75 125.11 -- 972 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 18:00 GMT 33 125.3 -- 969 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 15:00 GMT 32.3 125.37 -- 966 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 12:00 GMT 31.7 125.4 -- 963 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 09:00 GMT 31.21 125.37 -- 961 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 06:00 GMT 30.8 125.3 -- 959 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 03:00 GMT 30.44 125.18 -- 958 mb Unknown --
      Aug 17 00:00 GMT 30.1 125.1 -- 957 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 21:00 GMT 29.74 125.17 -- 956 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 18:00 GMT 29.4 125.3 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 15:00 GMT 29.11 125.43 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 12:00 GMT 28.8 125.5 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 09:00 GMT 28.45 125.41 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 06:00 GMT 28 125.3 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 03:00 GMT 27.37 125.29 -- 955 mb Unknown --
      Aug 16 00:00 GMT 26.8 125.4 -- 956 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 21:00 GMT 26.54 125.66 -- 957 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 18:00 GMT 26.4 126 -- 958 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 15:00 GMT 26.2 126.37 -- 959 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 12:00 GMT 26 126.7 -- 960 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 09:00 GMT 25.81 126.92 -- 962 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 06:00 GMT 25.6 127.1 -- 964 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 03:00 GMT 25.35 127.34 -- 966 mb Unknown --
      Aug 15 00:00 GMT 25 127.6 -- 969 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 21:00 GMT 24.53 127.86 -- 970 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 18:00 GMT 24 128.1 -- 971 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 15:00 GMT 23.48 128.29 -- 972 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 12:00 GMT 23 128.5 -- 974 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 09:00 GMT 22.6 128.76 -- 975 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 06:00 GMT 22.2 129.1 -- 977 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 03:00 GMT 21.75 129.67 -- 979 mb Unknown --
      Aug 14 00:00 GMT 21.2 130 -- 981 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 21:00 GMT 20.52 129.58 -- 982 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 18:00 GMT 19.8 129 -- 983 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 15:00 GMT 19.15 128.8 -- 984 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 12:00 GMT 18.6 128.8 -- 985 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 09:00 GMT 18.18 128.96 -- 986 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 06:00 GMT 17.9 129.2 -- 988 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 03:00 GMT 17.8 129.42 -- 991 mb Unknown --
      Aug 13 00:00 GMT 17.6 129.6 -- 995 mb Unknown --
      Aug 12 21:00 GMT 17.06 129.66 -- 996 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 18:00 GMT 16.3 129.7 -- 998 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 15:00 GMT 15.36 129.81 -- 999 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 12:00 GMT 14.5 130 -- 1,000 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 09:00 GMT 14.02 130.31 -- 1,001 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 06:00 GMT 13.7 130.7 -- 1,002 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 03:00 GMT 13.37 131.1 -- 1,002 mb Tropical Depression --
      Aug 12 00:00 GMT 13 131.5 -- 1,002 mb Tropical Depression --

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