Tropical Storm Earl (2004)
Tropical Storm Earl peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 13, 2004 and August 15, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 1009 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Earl, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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 13, 2004 to August 15, 2004
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1009 mb (29.80 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 125 km (78 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL052004
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 9.0N 45.6W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 9.2N 47.4W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 9.6N 49.2W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 10.1N 51.4W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 10.5N 53.5W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 11.0N 55.9W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 11.5N 58.3W | 45 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 11.8N 60.8W | 45 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 12.1N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2004
- Hurricane AlexNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Tropical Storm BonnieNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane GastonNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane IvanNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Tropical Storm MatthewNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Tropical Storm NicoleNorth Atlantic · 2004
- Tropical Storm OttoNorth Atlantic · 2004
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.