Tropical Storm Gert (2011)
Tropical Storm Gert peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between August 13, 2011 and August 17, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gert, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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, 2011 to August 17, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 561 km (349 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 34 kt (39 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072011
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, 06:00 | 26.2N 58.0W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 26.9N 59.4W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 27.3N 60.6W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 27.5N 61.5W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 27.7N 62.3W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 28.1N 62.9W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 28.8N 63.1W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 29.6N 63.3W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 30.6N 63.4W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 31.6N 63.2W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 32.9N 62.7W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 34.2N 61.6W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 35.6N 60.3W | 45 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 37.1N 58.1W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 38.6N 55.8W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 40.1N 53.4W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 41.5N 50.9W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 42.9N 48.3W | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 44.9N 44.8W | 30 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2011
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2011 · 56 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane RinaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm SeanNorth Atlantic · 2011
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.