Tropical Storm Oscar (2012)
Tropical Storm Oscar peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between October 2, 2012 and October 5, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Oscar, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 2, 2012 to October 5, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1721 km (1069 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL152012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 12.4N 38.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 13.6N 38.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 15.0N 39.6W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 16.3N 40.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 17.4N 41.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 18.2N 41.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 18.9N 42.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 19.5N 42.2W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 20.2N 42.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 21.0N 41.5W | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 21.8N 40.6W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 22.7N 39.4W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 23.5N 37.8W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 12 deaths
- Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane NadineNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billion
- Tropical Storm TonyNorth Atlantic · 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.