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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 16.0N 114.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 16.3N 114.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 16.5N 114.9W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 16.7N 115.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 17.0N 115.5W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 17.4N 115.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 17.8N 116.4W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 18.2N 116.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 18.7N 117.4W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 19.0N 117.9W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 19.0N 118.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 19.0N 118.6W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 19.0N 118.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 18.9N 118.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 18.7N 118.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 18.4N 118.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 18.3N 118.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 18.2N 118.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 18.1N 118.1W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 17.8N 118.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 17.7N 118.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 17.1N 118.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 16.8N 118.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 16.4N 119.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 16.2N 119.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 16.2N 120.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 16.3N 121.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 16.5N 122.3W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 16.5N 123.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 16.5N 124.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 16.5N 126.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 16.5N 127.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 16.4N 128.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 16.3N 129.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 16.2N 129.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 16.0N 130.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 15.5N 130.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 15.2N 131.4W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 15.0N 131.8W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 15.0N 131.9W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 15.0N 132.0W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 15.0N 132.5W | 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
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane IokeEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2006
- Hurricane JohnEastern 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.