Tropical Storm Fabian (1997)
Tropical Storm Fabian peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between October 4, 1997 and October 8, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fabian, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 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
- October 4, 1997 to October 8, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 658 km (409 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- AL081997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 24.2N 64.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 24.7N 64.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 25.2N 64.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 25.7N 63.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 26.3N 63.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 26.8N 62.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 27.2N 61.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 27.7N 61.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 28.2N 60.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 28.8N 59.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 29.2N 57.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 29.5N 56.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 29.1N 56.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 28.6N 55.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 28.4N 53.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 28.7N 51.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 29.2N 48.8W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Hurricane BillNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Hurricane ErikaNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 1997
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.