The 2000 season

Hurricane Gilma (2000)

Hurricane Gilma reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 4, 2000 and August 11, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Hurricane Gilma. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
August 4, 2000 to August 11, 2000
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 426 km (265 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.3
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
EP092000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 4, 00:0012.0N 100.0W20 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 06:0012.3N 101.3W25 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 12:0012.8N 102.6W25 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 18:0013.8N 104.0W25 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 00:0015.0N 105.2W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 5, 06:0015.2N 106.1W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 5, 12:0015.5N 106.9W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 5, 18:0015.8N 107.8W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 6, 00:0016.2N 108.8W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 6, 06:0016.6N 109.9W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 6, 12:0017.0N 111.0W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0017.4N 112.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0017.9N 113.0W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0018.2N 114.1W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0018.4N 114.9W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0018.5N 115.8W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0018.7N 116.7W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0018.9N 117.5W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 8, 12:0019.0N 118.3W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Aug 8, 18:0019.3N 119.1W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 9, 00:0019.8N 119.7W60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0020.2N 120.2W55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0020.7N 120.6W45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0021.2N 121.1W35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0021.7N 121.6W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 06:0022.0N 122.2W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 12:0022.1N 122.7W25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 18:0022.2N 123.2W25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 00:0022.3N 123.6W25 kt1007 mbTropical 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.