Tropical Storm Patty (2012)
Tropical Storm Patty peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between October 10, 2012 and October 13, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 10, 2012 to October 13, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb (29.68 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 465 km (289 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 2 kt (2 mph)
- Identifier
- AL162012
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 10, 18:00 | 25.5N 72.5W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 25.4N 72.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 25.4N 72.2W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 25.5N 72.2W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 25.6N 72.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 25.5N 72.4W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 25.4N 72.3W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 25.3N 72.2W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 25.4N 72.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 25.4N 71.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 25.3N 71.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
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 OscarNorth 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.