The 2009 season

Hurricane Neki (2009)

Hurricane Neki reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 15, 2009 and October 27, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Neki, 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
October 15, 2009 to October 27, 2009
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 509 km (316 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
130 kt (150 mph)
Fastest the center moved
83 kt (96 mph)
Identifier
CP032009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 15, 12:0012.3N 130.3W20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 15, 18:0012.3N 131.7W20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 00:0011.9N 132.7W20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 06:0011.6N 134.2W20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 12:0011.3N 136.0W20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 18:0011.2N 137.6W25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 17, 00:0011.3N 139.8W25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Oct 17, 06:0011.3N 141.4W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 17, 12:009.4N 149.6W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 17, 18:009.3N 150.2W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 18, 00:009.2N 150.9W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 18, 06:009.0N 152.0W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 18, 12:008.7N 153.1W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Oct 18, 18:008.4N 156.2W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 00:008.5N 156.5W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 06:008.9N 157.3W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 19, 12:009.4N 158.0W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0010.3N 159.1W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0011.1N 160.4W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0011.9N 161.7W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0012.8N 162.8W55 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0013.9N 163.7W60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0015.0N 164.8W65 kt992 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 06:0015.9N 165.7W75 kt985 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 12:0016.6N 166.4W90 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 18:0017.6N 166.6W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 00:0018.3N 166.7W110 kt950 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 06:0019.0N 166.7W105 kt956 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 12:0019.7N 166.6W100 kt965 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 18:0020.4N 166.4W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 00:0021.1N 166.2W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 06:0021.9N 165.9W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 12:0022.5N 165.6W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 18:0022.9N 165.4W60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0023.3N 165.2W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0023.6N 164.9W55 kt999 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0024.0N 164.4W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0024.5N 164.0W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0024.7N 163.9W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0024.7N 163.9W50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0024.6N 164.0W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0024.7N 164.2W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0024.8N 164.7W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0025.3N 164.9W35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0025.9N 165.0W35 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0027.1N 165.6W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 27, 00:0028.8N 165.3W30 kt1010 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.