The 2006 season

Hurricane Kristy (2006)

Hurricane Kristy reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 30, 2006 and September 9, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Kristy, 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
August 30, 2006 to September 9, 2006
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 864 km (537 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier
EP122006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 30, 00:0016.0N 114.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 30, 06:0016.3N 114.4W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0016.5N 114.9W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0016.7N 115.2W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0017.0N 115.5W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0017.4N 115.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 12:0017.8N 116.4W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 18:0018.2N 116.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 00:0018.7N 117.4W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 06:0019.0N 117.9W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0019.0N 118.2W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0019.0N 118.6W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0019.0N 118.7W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0018.9N 118.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0018.7N 118.8W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0018.4N 118.7W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 3, 00:0018.3N 118.5W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 3, 06:0018.2N 118.3W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 3, 12:0018.1N 118.1W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 3, 18:0017.8N 118.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0017.7N 118.3W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0017.1N 118.3W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 12:0016.8N 118.7W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 18:0016.4N 119.1W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 00:0016.2N 119.5W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 06:0016.2N 120.2W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 12:0016.3N 121.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0016.5N 122.3W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0016.5N 123.5W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0016.5N 124.8W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0016.5N 126.1W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 18:0016.5N 127.3W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 00:0016.4N 128.2W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 06:0016.3N 129.0W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 12:0016.2N 129.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 18:0016.0N 130.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 00:0015.5N 130.9W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 06:0015.2N 131.4W20 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 8, 12:0015.0N 131.8W20 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 8, 18:0015.0N 131.9W20 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 9, 00:0015.0N 132.0W20 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 9, 06:0015.0N 132.5W20 kt1009 mbLow

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.