Hurricane Beatriz (1999)

Hurricane Beatriz reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 7, 1999 and July 17, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Beatriz, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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: July 7, 1999 to July 17, 1999
Peak strength: Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure: 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 426 km (265 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 17.3
Fastest the center moved: 15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier: EP021999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 7, 12:00	11.7N 96.6W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 7, 18:00	11.8N 97.1W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 8, 00:00	11.8N 97.8W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 8, 06:00	12.0N 98.7W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 8, 12:00	12.2N 100.0W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 8, 18:00	12.3N 101.3W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 9, 00:00	12.4N 102.3W	25 kt		Not reported
Jul 9, 06:00	12.9N 103.0W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 9, 12:00	13.1N 103.9W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 18:00	13.4N 105.2W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 00:00	13.8N 106.7W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 06:00	14.1N 108.0W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 12:00	14.3N 109.1W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 18:00	14.4N 110.2W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 00:00	14.4N 111.5W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 06:00	14.4N 112.9W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 12:00	14.3N 114.2W	65 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 18:00	14.1N 115.2W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 00:00	14.0N 116.3W	85 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 06:00	14.0N 117.4W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 12:00	14.1N 118.3W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 18:00	14.2N 119.3W	100 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 00:00	14.5N 120.3W	105 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 06:00	14.7N 121.3W	105 kt	955 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 12:00	15.1N 122.2W	105 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 18:00	15.4N 123.0W	100 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 00:00	16.0N 124.0W	100 kt	961 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 06:00	16.4N 124.9W	95 kt	965 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 12:00	17.0N 125.7W	95 kt	967 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 18:00	17.5N 126.5W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 00:00	17.9N 127.2W	85 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 06:00	18.4N 128.0W	80 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 12:00	18.7N 128.8W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 18:00	19.0N 129.4W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 16, 00:00	19.3N 130.4W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 06:00	19.6N 131.5W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 12:00	19.7N 132.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 18:00	19.7N 132.7W	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 17, 00:00	19.8N 133.8W	25 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1999

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.