Tropical Storm Gilma (2006)
Tropical Storm Gilma peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 1, 2006 and August 5, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gilma, 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
- August 1, 2006 to August 5, 2006
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 492 km (306 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP082006
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 1, 00:00 | 12.8N 103.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 13.3N 104.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 13.8N 105.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 14.1N 105.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 14.4N 105.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 14.7N 106.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 14.9N 106.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 15.0N 107.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 15.2N 107.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 15.3N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 15.4N 108.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 15.7N 109.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 16.2N 110.2W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 16.9N 110.8W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 17.4N 111.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 17.7N 111.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 17.8N 112.2W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2006
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 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
- 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.