Tropical Storm Peter (2003)
Tropical Storm Peter peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between December 7, 2003 and December 11, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Peter, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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
- December 7, 2003 to December 11, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1738 km (1080 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL212003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 27.5N 34.5W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 26.1N 34.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 24.1N 35.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 22.4N 36.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 20.7N 37.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 20.4N 37.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 20.0N 37.4W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 19.5N 37.2W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 21.0N 37.0W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 00:00 | 22.2N 37.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 06:00 | 23.1N 37.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 10, 12:00 | 23.8N 37.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 10, 18:00 | 25.0N 36.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 00:00 | 26.0N 36.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 11, 06:00 | 27.5N 35.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ErikaNorth Atlantic · 2003 · 2 deaths · $12,000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane FabianNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane IsabelNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane JuanNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm LarryNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm NicholasNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm OdetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
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.