Tropical Storm Elida (1996)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 30, 1996 to September 6, 1996

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

994 mb (29.35 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 101 km (63 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.4

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

EP081996

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

• Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 290 kt · 969 mb
• Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 180 kt · 979 mb
• Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm60 kt · 991 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 4115 kt · 946 mb
• Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane YatesEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 4130 kt · 935 mb
• Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1996Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996Tropical Depression30 kt

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center