Hurricane Aletta (2000)

Hurricane Aletta reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between May 21, 2000 and May 28, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Aletta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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: May 21, 2000 to May 28, 2000
Peak strength: Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure: 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 307 km (191 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.4
Fastest the center moved: 13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier: EP012000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 21, 00:00	12.0N 97.8W	25 kt		Not reported
May 21, 06:00	11.9N 97.9W	25 kt		Not reported
May 21, 12:00	11.8N 97.8W	25 kt		Not reported
May 21, 18:00	11.9N 97.5W	25 kt		Not reported
May 22, 00:00	12.1N 97.4W	25 kt		Not reported
May 22, 06:00	12.6N 98.0W	25 kt		Not reported
May 22, 12:00	13.3N 99.2W	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
May 22, 18:00	13.9N 100.2W	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 23, 00:00	14.3N 101.1W	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
May 23, 06:00	14.5N 101.8W	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 12:00	14.5N 102.5W	40 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 18:00	14.5N 103.1W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 00:00	14.6N 103.7W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 06:00	14.6N 104.3W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 12:00	14.7N 105.1W	70 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
May 24, 18:00	14.8N 105.9W	90 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 00:00	14.9N 106.6W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 06:00	15.0N 107.3W	90 kt	972 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 12:00	15.1N 107.7W	85 kt	974 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 18:00	15.0N 107.7W	85 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
May 26, 00:00	14.8N 107.7W	80 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
May 26, 06:00	14.8N 107.6W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
May 26, 12:00	14.8N 107.5W	70 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
May 26, 18:00	15.0N 107.8W	65 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
May 27, 00:00	14.8N 107.8W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 06:00	15.1N 107.5W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 12:00	15.4N 107.4W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 27, 18:00	15.6N 107.5W	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
May 28, 00:00	16.1N 107.5W	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2000

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.