Tropical Storm Ignacio (2009)
Tropical Storm Ignacio peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 22, 2009 and August 28, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ignacio, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 22, 2009 to August 28, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 645 km (401 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122009
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 22, 18:00 | 14.3N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 15.0N 109.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 15.5N 109.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 15.9N 111.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 16.1N 112.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 16.0N 113.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 16.0N 114.7W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 16.2N 115.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 16.6N 116.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 17.2N 117.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 17.7N 117.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 18.3N 118.9W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 19.1N 120.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 19.8N 121.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 20.4N 122.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 21.2N 123.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 22.2N 124.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 23.2N 125.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 24.1N 126.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 25.1N 127.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 26.4N 128.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 27.8N 128.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 28.5N 128.5W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 29.3N 128.5W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 30.0N 128.5W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane AndresEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane CarlosEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm LanaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm MakaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm MartyEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm OlafEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 2009
- Hurricane NekiEastern Pacific · 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.