Hurricane Barbara (2019)

Hurricane Barbara reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between June 30, 2019 and July 8, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Barbara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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: June 30, 2019 to July 8, 2019
Peak strength: Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
Lowest pressure: 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 528 km (328 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 19.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size: 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 165 kt (190 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier: EP022019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jun 30, 06:00	10.4N 108.2W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 30, 12:00	10.5N 109.7W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 30, 18:00	10.7N 111.4W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 1, 00:00	10.9N 113.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 1, 06:00	11.1N 115.0W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 1, 12:00	11.3N 116.6W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 1, 18:00	11.4N 118.0W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 2, 00:00	11.6N 119.3W	80 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Jul 2, 06:00	11.9N 120.4W	90 kt	973 mb	Hurricane
Jul 2, 12:00	12.3N 121.6W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Jul 2, 18:00	12.6N 122.8W	125 kt	941 mb	Hurricane
Jul 3, 00:00	13.0N 124.0W	135 kt	930 mb	Hurricane
Jul 3, 06:00	13.3N 125.1W	135 kt	930 mb	Hurricane
Jul 3, 12:00	13.7N 126.2W	130 kt	935 mb	Hurricane
Jul 3, 18:00	14.1N 127.1W	120 kt	941 mb	Hurricane
Jul 4, 00:00	14.6N 128.0W	115 kt	947 mb	Hurricane
Jul 4, 06:00	15.1N 128.8W	105 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Jul 4, 12:00	15.7N 129.6W	100 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 4, 18:00	16.3N 130.4W	90 kt	968 mb	Hurricane
Jul 5, 00:00	16.9N 131.2W	85 kt	971 mb	Hurricane
Jul 5, 06:00	17.4N 132.1W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 5, 12:00	18.1N 133.1W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 5, 18:00	18.6N 134.3W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 6, 00:00	18.7N 135.6W	45 kt	998 mb	Low
Jul 6, 06:00	18.7N 137.0W	45 kt	999 mb	Low
Jul 6, 12:00	18.6N 138.4W	40 kt	1001 mb	Low
Jul 6, 18:00	18.6N 139.9W	40 kt	1003 mb	Low
Jul 7, 00:00	18.5N 141.5W	40 kt	1005 mb	Low
Jul 7, 06:00	18.4N 143.2W	35 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jul 7, 12:00	18.0N 145.1W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jul 7, 18:00	17.6N 147.0W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jul 8, 00:00	17.2N 148.8W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jul 8, 06:00	16.8N 150.7W	30 kt	1010 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2019

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.