Tropical Storm Nora (2009)
Tropical Storm Nora peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 20, 2009 and September 29, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Nora, 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
- September 20, 2009 to September 29, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 747 km (464 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP172009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 12.9N 107.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 12.9N 108.9W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 12.9N 110.2W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 12.9N 111.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 13.1N 112.1W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 13.5N 113.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 13.9N 113.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 14.4N 114.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 14.9N 115.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 15.4N 115.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 15.9N 116.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 16.4N 117.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 16.8N 118.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 17.1N 118.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 17.3N 119.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 17.4N 120.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 17.4N 120.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 17.4N 121.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.3N 121.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.1N 122.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 16.7N 123.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 16.5N 124.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 16.5N 124.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 16.6N 125.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 16.8N 125.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 17.1N 126.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 17.4N 127.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 17.7N 128.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 18.0N 128.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 18.0N 129.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 17.7N 130.2W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 17.4N 130.7W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 17.0N 131.1W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 16.5N 131.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 16.0N 131.8W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 15.5N 132.2W | 20 kt | 1010 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
- 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 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.