Tropical Storm Norma (2005)
Tropical Storm Norma peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 23, 2005 and October 1, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Norma, 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 23, 2005 to October 1, 2005
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 527 km (327 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP142005
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 23, 00:00 | 14.8N 108.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 14.9N 109.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 15.0N 109.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 15.2N 109.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 15.4N 110.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 15.7N 110.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 16.0N 110.6W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 16.3N 110.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 16.7N 111.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.1N 111.2W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.6N 111.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 18.0N 112.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 18.5N 112.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 19.0N 113.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 19.6N 114.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 20.3N 114.7W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 21.0N 115.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 21.6N 116.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 22.0N 116.7W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 22.3N 117.3W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 22.3N 117.8W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 22.2N 118.3W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 21.9N 118.7W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 21.5N 119.0W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 21.1N 119.4W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 20.6N 119.9W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 20.0N 120.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 19.5N 120.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 19.2N 120.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 18.9N 120.5W | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 18.8N 120.2W | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 18.7N 119.9W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 18.6N 119.5W | 15 kt | 1010 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
- 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
- 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.