Tropical Storm Ernesto (2000)
Tropical Storm Ernesto peaked at 35 kt in the North Atlantic between September 1, 2000 and September 3, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 1008 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Ernesto. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 1, 2000 to September 3, 2000
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1008 mb (29.77 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 817 km (508 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL082000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 14.8N 45.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 15.0N 47.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 15.6N 48.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 16.2N 49.5W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 16.9N 50.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 17.5N 52.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 18.2N 53.6W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 18.8N 55.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 19.4N 56.6W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 20.0N 58.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2000 · 26 deaths · $11 million
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane KeithNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2000
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.