Michael was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2000. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h (85 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 965 hPa. Tracking across the Gulf of Mexicoin the North Atlantic basin (, it potentially affected the US Gulf Coast, Mexico and Cuba. The storm traveled from approximately 29.7°-71.9° to 52.0°-50.5°, crossing a range of 22 latitude and 21 longitude.