Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 9–15, 2006
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 Norman (2006) was a tropical storm of the 2006 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 9, 2006, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on October 10, 2006, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 1,428 miles (2,298 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 14.2°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 14.8°N 117.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 15.4°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 15.9°N 117.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 16.2°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 16.4°N 118.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 16.5°N 118.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 16.6°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 16.7°N 117.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 16.7°N 116.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 16.8°N 115.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 17.0°N 115.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 16.9°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 16.5°N 114.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 16.2°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 15.9°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 15.7°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 15.4°N 111.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 15.1°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.8°N 110.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.7°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.5°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 14.5°N 105.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 15.3°N 104.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 16.4°N 103.6°W | 142 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 17.6°N 103.6°W | 86 mi SSW of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 18.2°N 104.1°W | 52 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 18.8°N 104.6°W | 28 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Norman.
At its peak on October 10, 2006, Norman was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb.
6.8 days, from October 9, 2006 to October 15, 2006. It travelled about 1,428 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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