Hurricane Gil (2001)
Hurricane Gil reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between September 4, 2001 and September 9, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Gil, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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
- September 4, 2001 to September 9, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1510 km (938 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- EP082001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 15.4N 122.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 15.4N 123.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 15.4N 124.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 15.4N 124.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 15.4N 124.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 15.3N 125.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 15.2N 125.5W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 15.1N 126.0W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 15.1N 126.5W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 15.0N 127.3W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 14.9N 128.0W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 15.1N 128.5W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 15.4N 128.7W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 15.9N 129.1W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 16.5N 129.5W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 17.4N 129.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 18.8N 129.8W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 20.6N 130.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 22.1N 132.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 22.4N 134.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 21.5N 136.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 20.7N 137.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 20.7N 137.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2001
- Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane FlossieEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane JulietteEastern Pacific · 2001 · 12 deaths · $400 million
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane NardaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane OctaveEastern Pacific · 2001
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.