Hurricane Paul (2006)
Hurricane Paul reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between October 21, 2006 and October 26, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Paul, 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
- October 21, 2006 to October 26, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 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
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP172006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 04:00 | Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico, 41 km away | 24.8N 108.1W | 25 kt (29 mph) | 1007 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 15.7N 105.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 15.8N 106.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 15.8N 107.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 15.8N 108.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 15.8N 108.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 15.8N 109.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 15.8N 110.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 15.9N 110.8W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 16.1N 111.3W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 16.3N 111.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 16.7N 111.6W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 17.3N 111.8W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 18.0N 111.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 18.8N 111.9W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 19.8N 111.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 20.8N 111.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 21.7N 110.3W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 22.6N 109.3W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 23.7N 108.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 24.5N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 04:00 landfall | 24.8N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 25.0N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1008 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 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
- 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.