Tropical Storm Priscilla (2013)
Tropical Storm Priscilla peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 13, 2013 and October 18, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Priscilla, 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
- October 13, 2013 to October 18, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 908 km (564 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP162013
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 | 12.5N 116.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 12.5N 116.7W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 12.7N 116.2W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 13.7N 115.8W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 14.7N 115.6W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 15.4N 115.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 16.1N 115.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 16.9N 115.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 17.3N 116.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 17.5N 117.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 17.6N 117.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 17.8N 118.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 18.1N 119.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 18.5N 120.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 19.0N 120.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 19.2N 121.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 19.1N 122.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 18.9N 123.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 18.8N 124.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 18.7N 124.9W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 18.6N 125.4W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AlvinEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern 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
- 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.