Hurricane Fausto (2008)

Hurricane Fausto reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 16, 2008 and July 24, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Fausto, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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: July 16, 2008 to July 24, 2008
Peak strength: Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure: 977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 512 km (318 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 10.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size: 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 105 kt (121 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier: EP072008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 16, 06:00	10.0N 95.2W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 16, 12:00	11.0N 96.9W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 18:00	11.3N 98.9W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 00:00	11.5N 101.0W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 06:00	11.7N 102.1W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 12:00	12.0N 103.2W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 18:00	12.5N 104.4W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 18, 00:00	12.9N 105.4W	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 18, 06:00	13.2N 106.4W	60 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 18, 12:00	13.5N 107.2W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 18, 18:00	13.9N 108.0W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 19, 00:00	14.2N 108.6W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 19, 06:00	14.6N 109.1W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 19, 12:00	14.9N 109.6W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 19, 18:00	15.4N 110.0W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 20, 00:00	16.0N 110.6W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 20, 06:00	16.8N 111.3W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 20, 12:00	17.5N 112.2W	80 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Jul 20, 18:00	18.3N 113.0W	80 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Jul 21, 00:00	18.9N 114.0W	80 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Jul 21, 06:00	19.5N 115.0W	75 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Jul 21, 12:00	20.0N 116.2W	70 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Jul 21, 18:00	20.3N 117.2W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 22, 00:00	20.5N 118.1W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 22, 06:00	20.9N 119.1W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 22, 12:00	21.3N 120.0W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 22, 18:00	21.7N 121.0W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 23, 00:00	22.1N 121.9W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jul 23, 06:00	22.6N 123.0W	25 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jul 23, 12:00	23.0N 123.7W	25 kt	1009 mb	Low
Jul 23, 18:00	23.8N 124.6W	25 kt	1009 mb	Low
Jul 24, 00:00	24.0N 125.7W	25 kt	1010 mb	Low
Jul 24, 06:00	24.4N 126.7W	20 kt	1013 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2008

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.