Hurricane Fernanda (2005)
Hurricane Fernanda reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 9, 2005 and August 17, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Fernanda, 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
- August 9, 2005 to August 17, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 978 mb (28.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1073 km (667 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP062005
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 9, 12:00 | 14.0N 113.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 14.3N 114.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 14.8N 115.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 15.1N 116.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 15.4N 118.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 15.6N 118.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 16.1N 119.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 16.3N 120.2W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 16.7N 120.8W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 17.1N 121.6W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 17.6N 122.2W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 17.9N 122.6W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 18.3N 123.5W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 18.6N 124.3W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 18.8N 125.1W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 19.1N 126.0W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 19.2N 126.7W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 19.2N 127.5W | 65 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 19.2N 128.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 19.0N 129.0W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 18.7N 129.6W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 18.3N 130.3W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 17.9N 131.0W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 17.6N 131.8W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 17.3N 132.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 17.1N 133.7W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 17.2N 134.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 17.1N 135.8W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 17.0N 137.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 16.8N 138.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 16.6N 139.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 16.5N 140.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 16.4N 141.0W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2005
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 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
- 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.