Hurricane Lane (2006)
Hurricane Lane reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between September 13, 2006 and September 17, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Lane, 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
- September 13, 2006 to September 17, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb (28.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 19:15 | La Cruz, Sinaloa, Mexico, 37 km away | 24.1N 107.2W | 110 kt (127 mph) | 954 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 15.7N 101.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 16.2N 101.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 16.7N 102.6W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 17.2N 103.6W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 17.6N 104.4W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 18.0N 105.0W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 18.5N 105.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 19.3N 106.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 20.3N 106.3W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 21.3N 106.6W | 90 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 22.2N 106.9W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 23.1N 107.1W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 24.0N 107.2W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 19:15 landfall | 24.1N 107.2W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 24.7N 107.3W | 65 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 25.4N 107.4W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 26.0N 107.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
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 KristyEastern 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.