Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 27 – October 6, 2009
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Grace (2009) was a tropical storm of the 2009 Atlantic season. It formed on September 27, 2009, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb on September 27, 2009, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.0 days and travelled about 3,349 miles (5,389 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 995 mb | 46.0°N 43.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 994 mb | 45.3°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 992 mb | 44.7°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 992 mb | 44.0°N 40.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 994 mb | 43.8°N 38.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 43.6°N 37.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 998 mb | 43.4°N 35.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 42.9°N 35.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 999 mb | 42.3°N 35.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 998 mb | 41.4°N 35.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 997 mb | 40.3°N 35.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 38.7°N 34.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 995 mb | 37.4°N 33.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 995 mb | 36.6°N 31.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 995 mb | 36.7°N 29.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 37.7°N 28.7°W | 104 mi SW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 38.6°N 28.5°W | 69 mi W of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 997 mb | 39.3°N 28.8°W | 96 mi WNW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 997 mb | 39.7°N 29.4°W | 137 mi WNW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 997 mb | 40.2°N 30.0°W | 183 mi NW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 40.9°N 30.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 41.4°N 31.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 996 mb | 41.4°N 31.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 996 mb | 40.8°N 32.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 995 mb | 39.9°N 32.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 994 mb | 39.1°N 31.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 993 mb | 38.5°N 29.5°W | 124 mi W of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 992 mb | 38.3°N 26.8°W | 33 mi SE of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 991 mb | 38.8°N 23.9°W | 116 mi NE of Lagoa, Portugal |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 40.2°N 21.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 42.0°N 19.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 987 mb | 44.3°N 17.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 986 mb | 46.6°N 15.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 986 mb | 48.8°N 14.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 989 mb | 50.0°N 12.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 993 mb | 50.4°N 10.6°W | 124 mi SSW of Killarney, Ireland |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 997 mb | 50.8°N 7.7°W | 83 mi SSE of Cork, Ireland |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Grace.
At its peak on September 27, 2009, Grace was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 986 mb.
9.0 days, from September 27, 2009 to October 6, 2009. It travelled about 3,349 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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