The 2017 season

Hurricane Norma (2017)

Hurricane Norma reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 14, 2017 and September 22, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Hurricane Norma. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 14, 2017 to September 22, 2017
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 226 km (140 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
6 kt (7 mph)
Identifier
EP172017

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 14, 06:0016.4N 109.5W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Sep 14, 12:0016.9N 109.4W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0017.4N 109.3W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0017.9N 109.4W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0018.3N 109.5W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0018.6N 109.7W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0018.8N 110.0W60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0018.9N 110.1W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0019.0N 110.2W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0019.2N 110.2W60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0019.5N 110.2W55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0019.8N 110.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0020.2N 110.3W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0020.6N 110.5W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0021.0N 110.8W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0021.1N 111.2W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0021.2N 111.6W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0021.3N 112.0W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0021.4N 112.5W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0021.4N 113.1W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0021.4N 113.6W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 12:0021.5N 114.2W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 18:0021.7N 114.8W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 20, 00:0021.9N 115.4W30 kt1006 mbLow
Sep 20, 06:0022.0N 116.0W25 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 20, 12:0022.1N 116.6W25 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 20, 18:0022.1N 117.2W25 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 21, 00:0022.1N 117.5W25 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 21, 06:0022.4N 117.5W25 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 21, 12:0022.5N 117.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Sep 21, 18:0022.6N 117.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Sep 22, 00:0022.5N 116.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
Sep 22, 06:0022.3N 116.0W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.