The 2003 season

Tropical Storm Andres (2003)

Tropical Storm Andres peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between May 19, 2003 and May 26, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Andres, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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 19, 2003 to May 26, 2003
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 839 km (521 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
EP012003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 19, 18:009.6N 102.2W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
May 20, 00:009.6N 103.1W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 20, 06:009.7N 104.0W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 20, 12:009.7N 105.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 20, 18:009.7N 106.1W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 21, 00:009.7N 107.3W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 21, 06:009.8N 108.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 21, 12:0010.1N 110.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 21, 18:0010.4N 111.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 22, 00:0010.5N 113.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 22, 06:0010.8N 115.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 22, 12:0011.1N 117.0W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 22, 18:0011.5N 118.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 23, 00:0011.8N 120.7W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 23, 06:0012.2N 122.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 23, 12:0012.5N 124.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 23, 18:0012.9N 125.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 24, 00:0013.4N 127.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 24, 06:0013.8N 129.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 24, 12:0014.1N 130.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 24, 18:0014.4N 131.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 25, 00:0014.6N 133.2W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
May 25, 06:0014.5N 134.6W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
May 25, 12:0014.3N 136.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
May 25, 18:0014.1N 137.8W25 kt1009 mbLow
May 26, 00:0014.1N 139.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
May 26, 06:0014.4N 140.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
May 26, 12:0014.7N 141.9W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2003

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.