Hurricane Paul (2012)
Hurricane Paul reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 13, 2012 and October 18, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 959 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Paul. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 13, 2012 to October 18, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 959 mb (28.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 325 nmi (602 km, 374 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 120 kt (138 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- EP162012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 13.8N 112.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 13.9N 113.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 14.0N 113.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 14.1N 114.2W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 14.3N 114.6W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 14.6N 115.0W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 15.1N 115.1W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 15.8N 115.1W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 16.8N 114.8W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 17.9N 114.4W | 105 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 19.2N 113.8W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 20.7N 113.1W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 22.7N 112.5W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 24.2N 112.4W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 25.2N 112.5W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 26.0N 113.0W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 26.7N 113.7W | 35 kt | 993 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 27.5N 114.7W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Low |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 28.4N 115.9W | 30 kt | 998 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 LaneEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern 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.