Tropical Storm Lidia (2005)
Tropical Storm Lidia peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 17, 2005 and September 19, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lidia, 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
- September 17, 2005 to September 19, 2005
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb (29.68 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1064 km (661 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 12.5N 114.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 12.4N 115.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 12.3N 115.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 12.3N 115.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 12.6N 115.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 13.3N 114.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.2N 114.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
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
- 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
- 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.