Tropical Storm Maka (2009)
Tropical Storm Maka peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 8, 2009 and August 18, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Maka, 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 8, 2009 to August 18, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1037 km (644 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 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
- CP012009
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 8, 18:00 | 10.0N 159.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 10.7N 160.2W | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 11.2N 161.4W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 11.7N 162.5W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 12.0N 163.7W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 12.3N 165.0W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 12.5N 166.3W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 12.8N 167.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 13.1N 168.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 13.4N 169.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 13.7N 170.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 13.9N 171.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 14.1N 171.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 14.3N 172.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 14.4N 173.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 14.2N 175.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 14.3N 176.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 14.4N 178.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 14.3N 179.7W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 14.2N 179.7E | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 14.0N 179.2E | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 13.8N 178.6E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 13.1N 177.3E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 13.3N 175.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 13.5N 174.6E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 13.7N 174.0E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 14.4N 173.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 14.9N 173.1E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 15.3N 173.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 15.8N 173.2E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 16.0N 173.2E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 16.1N 173.2E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 16.3N 173.1E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 16.3N 172.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 16.2N 172.6E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 16.1N 172.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 16.1N 172.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 16.0N 171.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 15.9N 171.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 16.0N 170.7E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 15.9N 170.2E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
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
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2009
- Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.