The 2009 season

Hurricane Andres (2009)

Hurricane Andres reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 19, 2009 and June 24, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Andres, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
June 19, 2009 to June 24, 2009
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.3
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
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
75 kt (86 mph)
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
EP022009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 19, 18:0015.2N 95.7W20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jun 20, 00:0015.4N 96.6W20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 20, 06:0015.3N 97.6W20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jun 20, 12:0015.0N 98.3W25 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Jun 20, 18:0014.8N 98.8W25 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Jun 21, 00:0014.7N 99.3W25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jun 21, 06:0014.6N 99.8W25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jun 21, 12:0014.6N 100.8W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jun 21, 18:0014.6N 101.2W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0014.9N 101.5W40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0015.3N 101.7W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0015.8N 101.9W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0016.2N 102.2W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0016.7N 102.6W60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0017.2N 103.1W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 12:0017.8N 103.9W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 18:0018.4N 104.8W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 00:0018.9N 105.6W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0019.5N 106.5W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0020.2N 107.2W30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Jun 24, 18:0021.5N 107.5W25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2009

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.