Tropical Storm Ernesto (1982)
Tropical Storm Ernesto peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 30, 1982 and October 3, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 30, 1982 to October 3, 1982
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 712 km (442 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- AL081982
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 24.8N 65.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 25.3N 66.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 25.9N 67.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 26.5N 67.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 27.3N 67.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 27.9N 67.1W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 28.5N 66.2W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 29.1N 65.1W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 29.8N 63.0W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 30.5N 60.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 32.0N 58.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1982
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.