The 2019 season

Hurricane Pablo (2019)

Hurricane Pablo reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 23, 2019 and October 29, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Pablo, 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
North Atlantic
Dates
October 23, 2019 to October 29, 2019
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 649 km (403 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
240 nmi (444 km, 276 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
450 nmi (833 km, 518 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
85 kt (98 mph)
Fastest the center moved
35 kt (40 mph)
Identifier
AL182019

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 23, 18:0040.0N 38.3W40 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 00:0040.2N 38.4W50 kt998 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 06:0039.0N 39.9W50 kt995 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 12:0036.9N 39.3W50 kt990 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 18:0035.8N 36.9W45 kt988 mbExtratropical
Oct 25, 00:0035.9N 35.1W45 kt988 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0036.3N 34.0W45 kt988 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0036.4N 33.2W40 kt989 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0035.9N 32.7W40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0035.5N 31.8W40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0035.2N 30.7W40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0035.1N 29.1W45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0035.6N 26.6W50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0037.0N 23.8W55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0039.5N 20.7W60 kt983 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0041.9N 18.8W65 kt980 mbHurricane
Oct 27, 18:0044.1N 17.3W70 kt977 mbHurricane
Oct 28, 00:0045.5N 17.0W60 kt982 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0046.3N 17.6W45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0046.5N 17.9W35 kt995 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 18:0046.6N 17.6W35 kt995 mbExtratropical
Oct 29, 00:0046.8N 16.4W30 kt995 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic 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.