Tropical Storm Paul (2000)
Tropical Storm Paul peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 25, 2000 and October 29, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Paul, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 25, 2000 to October 29, 2000
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1049 km (652 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- EP182000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.09 inches (180 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| KEALAKOMO | 7.09 in (180 mm) | 0.00N 0.00E |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 10.2N 108.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 10.2N 109.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 10.4N 111.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 10.4N 112.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 10.4N 114.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 10.3N 115.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 10.3N 116.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 10.6N 117.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 11.1N 118.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 11.5N 119.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 11.7N 120.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 11.7N 122.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 11.7N 123.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 11.7N 124.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 11.6N 126.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 11.7N 128.5W | 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
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern 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.