Tropical Storm Kay (2004)
Tropical Storm Kay peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 4, 2004 and October 7, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kay, 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
- October 4, 2004 to October 7, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 918 km (570 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP142004
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 13.8N 111.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 13.9N 112.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 14.1N 114.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 14.4N 115.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 15.0N 116.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 15.3N 116.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 15.8N 116.9W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 16.1N 117.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 16.0N 117.9W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 15.5N 118.5W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 14.8N 119.3W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 14.0N 120.0W | 20 kt | 1007 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
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern 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 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.