Hurricane Carlotta (2006)

Hurricane Carlotta reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 12, 2006 and July 20, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Carlotta, 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.

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The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: July 12, 2006 to July 20, 2006
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 404 km (251 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size: 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 90 kt (104 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier: EP042006

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 12, 00:00	13.5N 102.2W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 12, 06:00	14.2N 103.4W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 12, 12:00	14.9N 104.8W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 12, 18:00	15.5N 106.1W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 13, 00:00	16.0N 107.3W	60 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 13, 06:00	16.7N 108.7W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 12:00	17.3N 109.8W	70 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 18:00	17.7N 110.8W	75 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 00:00	17.9N 111.7W	70 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 06:00	18.0N 112.4W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 12:00	18.2N 113.2W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 18:00	18.5N 114.0W	60 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 15, 00:00	18.8N 115.0W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 06:00	19.0N 116.0W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 12:00	19.1N 117.0W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 15, 18:00	19.3N 118.0W	55 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 00:00	19.5N 119.0W	45 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 06:00	19.8N 120.0W	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 12:00	20.1N 121.0W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 16, 18:00	20.4N 121.9W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 17, 00:00	20.7N 122.9W	25 kt	1009 mb	Low
Jul 17, 06:00	21.0N 123.9W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 17, 12:00	21.2N 124.9W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 17, 18:00	21.3N 125.9W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 18, 00:00	21.3N 127.0W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 18, 06:00	21.3N 127.9W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 18, 12:00	21.2N 128.7W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 18, 18:00	21.1N 129.4W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 19, 00:00	21.0N 130.0W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 19, 06:00	20.9N 130.5W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 19, 12:00	20.8N 131.1W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 19, 18:00	20.7N 131.7W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 20, 00:00	20.6N 132.3W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.