The 1997 season

Tropical Storm Andres (1997)

Tropical Storm Andres peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 1, 1997 and June 7, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Andres, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
June 1, 1997 to June 7, 1997
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Fastest the center moved
11 kt (13 mph)
Identifier
EP011997

Deaths and damage

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

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Jun 7, 01:00Puerto El Triunfo, Usulutan, El Salvador, 29 km away13.2N 88.8W25 kt (29 mph)1003 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 1, 00:0010.4N 95.4W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jun 1, 06:0010.5N 95.5W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jun 1, 12:0010.7N 95.7W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jun 1, 18:0010.8N 95.8W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jun 2, 00:0011.0N 96.0W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jun 2, 06:0011.2N 96.2W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jun 2, 12:0011.4N 96.3W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 2, 18:0012.0N 96.7W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 00:0013.0N 97.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 06:0013.6N 97.3W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 12:0014.1N 97.1W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 18:0014.4N 96.1W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 00:0014.6N 95.1W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 06:0014.8N 94.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 12:0014.8N 93.8W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 18:0014.7N 93.5W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 00:0014.5N 93.0W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 06:0014.1N 92.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 12:0013.5N 91.8W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 18:0012.9N 91.2W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 00:0012.4N 90.3W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 06:0012.0N 89.6W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 6, 12:0012.0N 89.1W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jun 6, 18:0012.3N 88.8W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jun 7, 00:0013.0N 88.8W25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jun 7, 01:00 landfall13.2N 88.8W25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jun 7, 06:0013.7N 88.7W20 ktNot reported

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1997

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.