Hurricane Bud (2012)

Hurricane Bud reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between May 20, 2012 and May 26, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 961 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Bud, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: May 20, 2012 to May 26, 2012
Peak strength: Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure: 961 mb (28.38 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 10 km (6 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size: 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 120 kt (138 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier: EP022012

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 20, 12:00	9.0N 98.1W	25 kt	1006 mb	Low
May 20, 18:00	9.1N 98.7W	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
May 21, 00:00	9.1N 99.3W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
May 21, 06:00	9.2N 99.9W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
May 21, 12:00	9.3N 100.4W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
May 21, 18:00	9.4N 100.9W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
May 22, 00:00	9.7N 101.6W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 06:00	10.2N 102.6W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 12:00	10.8N 103.6W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 18:00	11.7N 104.6W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 00:00	12.5N 105.6W	45 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 06:00	12.9N 106.6W	50 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 12:00	13.1N 107.4W	55 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 18:00	13.6N 107.7W	60 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 00:00	14.1N 107.7W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
May 24, 06:00	14.6N 107.4W	80 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
May 24, 12:00	15.2N 107.0W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
May 24, 18:00	16.0N 106.5W	95 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 00:00	16.8N 106.1W	100 kt	961 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 06:00	17.5N 105.8W	95 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 12:00	18.2N 105.6W	85 kt	973 mb	Hurricane
May 25, 18:00	18.9N 105.5W	70 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
May 26, 00:00	19.5N 105.6W	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 06:00	20.1N 105.7W	40 kt	1002 mb	Low
May 26, 12:00	20.5N 105.8W	25 kt	1007 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2012

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.