Hurricane Barbara (2013)
Hurricane Barbara reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between May 28, 2013 and May 30, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Barbara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- May 28, 2013 to May 30, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP022013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 19:50 | Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico, 28 km away | 16.0N 94.0W | 70 kt (81 mph) | 983 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:00 | 13.9N 96.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 28, 18:00 | 14.1N 96.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 00:00 | 14.2N 96.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 06:00 | 14.6N 95.5W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 12:00 | 15.1N 94.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 18:00 | 15.7N 94.2W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| May 29, 19:50 landfall | 16.0N 94.0W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| May 30, 00:00 | 16.7N 93.9W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 30, 06:00 | 17.6N 93.9W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 12:00 | 18.2N 93.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| May 30, 18:00 | 18.8N 93.9W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AlvinEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ErickEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm UnalaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane PewaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 2013
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.