Tropical Storm Estelle (2004)
Tropical Storm Estelle peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 19, 2004 and August 25, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Estelle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
- August 19, 2004 to August 25, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 577 km (359 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP072004
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 19, 06:00 | 11.6N 131.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 11.6N 132.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 12.0N 134.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 12.9N 135.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 13.6N 136.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 13.9N 137.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 14.0N 138.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 14.3N 139.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 14.6N 140.1W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 15.0N 140.8W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 15.4N 141.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 15.8N 141.6W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 16.0N 142.1W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 16.1N 142.4W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 16.2N 142.8W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 16.4N 143.4W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 16.4N 144.2W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 16.3N 145.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 16.2N 145.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 16.0N 147.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 15.7N 148.2W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 15.3N 149.2W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 15.0N 150.5W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 14.5N 151.5W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 14.3N 152.5W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 14.2N 153.2W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 14.0N 154.0W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2004
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
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.