Tropical Storm Aletta (2006)
Tropical Storm Aletta peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between May 27, 2006 and May 31, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Aletta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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 27, 2006 to May 31, 2006
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 140 km (87 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- EP012006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 06:00 | 14.6N 101.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 27, 12:00 | 15.0N 100.9W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 27, 18:00 | 15.5N 100.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 28, 00:00 | 15.7N 101.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 28, 06:00 | 15.6N 101.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 28, 12:00 | 15.3N 101.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 28, 18:00 | 15.7N 101.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 00:00 | 15.9N 101.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 06:00 | 16.0N 101.3W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 12:00 | 16.0N 101.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 18:00 | 16.0N 101.7W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 00:00 | 16.0N 102.1W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 06:00 | 16.0N 102.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 12:00 | 16.2N 103.2W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 18:00 | 16.3N 103.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 31, 00:00 | 16.4N 103.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane IokeEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2006
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.