The 2013 season

Hurricane Pewa (2013)

Hurricane Pewa reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 15, 2013 and August 26, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Pewa, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
August 15, 2013 to August 26, 2013
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1767 km (1098 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
65 kt (75 mph)
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
CP012013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 15, 00:007.6N 167.3W25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 06:007.8N 168.1W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 12:008.2N 168.9W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Aug 15, 18:008.6N 169.9W25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Aug 16, 00:008.9N 170.9W25 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 16, 06:009.2N 172.0W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 12:009.4N 173.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:009.7N 174.0W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0010.0N 175.0W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0010.4N 176.0W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0010.8N 176.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0011.2N 177.9W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0011.5N 179.0W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0011.9N 179.9W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0012.5N 179.3E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0012.9N 178.8E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0013.3N 178.4E65 kt988 mbHurricane
Aug 19, 06:0013.9N 178.0E65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 19, 12:0014.6N 177.2E60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0014.6N 176.3E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0015.3N 175.6E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0016.2N 174.8E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0017.4N 174.0E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0018.3N 172.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0018.7N 171.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0019.6N 171.3E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0020.4N 170.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0021.2N 170.0E35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 22, 00:0022.1N 169.9E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 06:0023.2N 169.6E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 12:0024.4N 169.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 18:0025.2N 169.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 00:0026.2N 169.5E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 06:0026.5N 169.5E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 12:0026.8N 169.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 18:0027.1N 169.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 00:0027.6N 169.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 06:0027.9N 168.9E25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 12:0027.9N 168.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Aug 24, 18:0028.2N 167.6E20 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Aug 25, 00:0028.3N 166.9E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Aug 25, 06:0028.4N 166.2E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Aug 25, 12:0029.2N 166.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0029.7N 165.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0030.8N 165.4E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0032.0N 165.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0033.4N 165.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0035.2N 165.8E1004 mbTropical storm

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.

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