Tropical Storm Bud (1988)
Tropical Storm Bud peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 20, 1988 and June 22, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bud, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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 20, 1988 to June 22, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 84 km (52 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP021988
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 20, 18:00 | 11.5N 91.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 12.4N 92.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 13.3N 93.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 14.0N 94.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 14.5N 95.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 14.8N 96.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 15.1N 97.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 15.5N 98.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 16.0N 100.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane UlekiEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm WilaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
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.