Hurricane Lane (2012)
Hurricane Lane reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 15, 2012 and September 20, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 15, 2012 to September 20, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1635 km (1016 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 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
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122012
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 15, 12:00 | 13.2N 122.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 13.1N 123.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 13.1N 123.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 13.3N 124.2W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 13.7N 124.7W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 14.1N 125.2W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 14.7N 125.6W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 15.5N 126.0W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 16.4N 126.4W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.2N 126.9W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 18.0N 127.4W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 18.8N 127.9W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 19.6N 128.4W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 20.1N 129.0W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 20.5N 129.7W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 20.7N 130.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 20.8N 131.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 20.9N 131.5W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 21.0N 132.2W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 21.0N 133.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2012
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.