Hurricane Blas (2022)

Hurricane Blas reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 14, 2022 and June 22, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Blas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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 14, 2022 to June 22, 2022
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 278 km (173 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size: 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 100 kt (115 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier: EP022022

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jun 14, 06:00	13.6N 102.5W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 14, 12:00	14.0N 102.1W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 14, 18:00	14.4N 102.0W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 15, 00:00	14.6N 102.0W	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 15, 06:00	14.7N 102.1W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 15, 12:00	14.9N 102.3W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jun 15, 18:00	15.1N 102.5W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Jun 16, 00:00	15.4N 103.0W	75 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
Jun 16, 06:00	15.7N 103.7W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Jun 16, 12:00	15.8N 104.3W	70 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Jun 16, 18:00	16.1N 105.1W	70 kt	982 mb	Hurricane
Jun 17, 00:00	16.6N 105.9W	70 kt	982 mb	Hurricane
Jun 17, 06:00	17.0N 106.9W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Jun 17, 12:00	17.4N 108.2W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Jun 17, 18:00	17.4N 109.2W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jun 18, 00:00	17.6N 109.9W	65 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Jun 18, 06:00	17.8N 110.4W	55 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 18, 12:00	18.0N 110.8W	45 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 18, 18:00	18.3N 111.3W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 19, 00:00	18.6N 111.7W	40 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 19, 06:00	18.8N 112.0W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 19, 12:00	18.9N 112.2W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 19, 18:00	19.0N 112.4W	35 kt	1003 mb	Low
Jun 20, 00:00	19.1N 112.7W	35 kt	1004 mb	Low
Jun 20, 06:00	19.1N 113.0W	30 kt	1005 mb	Low
Jun 20, 12:00	19.1N 113.4W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 20, 18:00	19.0N 113.8W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 21, 00:00	19.0N 114.3W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 21, 06:00	19.1N 114.6W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 21, 12:00	19.2N 114.9W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 21, 18:00	19.3N 115.4W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 22, 00:00	19.3N 115.9W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 22, 06:00	19.3N 116.4W	20 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jun 22, 12:00	19.3N 116.6W	20 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jun 22, 18:00	19.2N 116.8W	20 kt	1009 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2022

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.