Tropical Storm Lester (2004)
Tropical Storm Lester peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 11, 2004 and October 13, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lester, 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 11, 2004 to October 13, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 24 km (15 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP152004
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 11, 18:00 | 14.4N 96.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 14.8N 97.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 15.2N 97.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 15.7N 98.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 16.2N 99.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 16.4N 99.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 16.7N 100.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 16.7N 100.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
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 KayEastern 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.