Hurricane Adrian (2005)
Hurricane Adrian reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between May 17, 2005 and May 21, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Adrian, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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
- May 17, 2005 to May 21, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- EP012005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 21:00 | San Lorenzo, Valle Department, Honduras, 22 km away | 13.3N 87.6W | 20 kt (23 mph) | 1007 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 18:00 | 9.8N 95.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 00:00 | 10.1N 94.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 10.5N 94.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 10.7N 93.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 10.8N 92.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 11.0N 92.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 11.5N 91.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 12.1N 91.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 12.5N 90.6W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| May 20, 00:00 | 12.6N 89.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 12.7N 89.2W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 12:00 | 12.7N 88.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 13.0N 87.9W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 20, 21:00 landfall | 13.3N 87.6W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 00:00 | 13.4N 87.4W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2005
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm NormaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2005
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.