Tropical Storm Bret (1987)
Tropical Storm Bret peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 18, 1987 and August 24, 1987, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bret, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1987 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 18, 1987 to August 24, 1987
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 269 km (167 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL051987
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 14.8N 20.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 14.9N 22.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 15.0N 24.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 15.1N 26.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 15.2N 27.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.3N 29.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 15.4N 31.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 15.5N 32.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 15.6N 34.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 15.7N 35.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 15.8N 37.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 15.9N 38.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 16.0N 39.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 16.4N 41.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 16.9N 42.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 17.1N 43.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 17.5N 45.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 17.8N 46.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 18.1N 47.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 18.4N 48.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 19.0N 49.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 19.8N 50.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 20.5N 51.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 21.4N 52.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 22.2N 53.8W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 23.8N 54.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Tropical Storm DennisNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
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.