Tropical Storm Trudy (2014)
Tropical Storm Trudy peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 17, 2014 and October 19, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Trudy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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 17, 2014 to October 19, 2014
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- EP202014
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 09:15 | Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico, 47 km away | 16.5N 98.8W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 13.9N 98.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 14.6N 98.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 15.3N 99.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 15.8N 99.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 16.2N 98.9W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 09:15 landfall | 16.5N 98.8W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 16.7N 98.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 17.1N 98.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 17.3N 98.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2014
- Hurricane AmandaEastern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm BorisEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane CristinaEastern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm ElidaEastern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm FaustoEastern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm WaliEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane KarinaEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane LowellEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane RachelEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane SimonEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane AnaEastern Pacific · 2014
- Hurricane VanceEastern Pacific · 2014
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.