Tropical Storm Kristy (2000)
Tropical Storm Kristy peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 31, 2000 and September 3, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Kristy. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 31, 2000 to September 3, 2000
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 2356 km (1464 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 13.0N 131.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 13.2N 132.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 13.4N 132.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 13.5N 133.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 13.7N 133.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 13.8N 133.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 13.8N 133.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 13.5N 133.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 13.2N 133.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 13.2N 133.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 13.6N 133.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 14.3N 133.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 14.7N 133.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2000
- Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm UpanaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm ChanchuEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 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.