Hurricane Max (2017)
Hurricane Max reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 13, 2017 and September 15, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Max. 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
- September 13, 2017 to September 15, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP162017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 18:00 | Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico, 42 km away | 16.6N 99.2W | 80 kt (92 mph) | 980 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 15.9N 101.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 16.0N 101.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 16.2N 101.2W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 16.3N 100.8W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 16.4N 100.2W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 18:00 landfall | 16.6N 99.2W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 16.8N 98.6W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 17.0N 98.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane IrwinEastern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm JovaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm RamonEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 2017
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.