Tropical Storm Bud (1978)
Tropical Storm Bud peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 17, 1978 and June 20, 1978.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bud, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1978 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- June 17, 1978 to June 20, 1978
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1560 km (969 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP021978
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 11.2N 118.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 11.8N 119.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 12.2N 120.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 12.6N 121.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 13.2N 122.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 13.9N 123.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 14.4N 124.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 15.0N 126.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 15.5N 127.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 15.9N 127.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 16.0N 128.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 15.8N 129.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 16.0N 130.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 16.2N 131.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1978
- Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane FicoEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm LaneEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane RitaEastern Pacific · 1978
- Hurricane SusanEastern Pacific · 1978
- Tropical Storm SergioEastern Pacific · 1978
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.