Tropical Storm Tony (2012)
Tropical Storm Tony peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between October 21, 2012 and October 26, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Tony, 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 21, 2012 to October 26, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1175 km (730 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL192012
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 21, 18:00 | 20.1N 50.8W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 20.4N 51.2W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 20.8N 51.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 21.3N 51.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 21.9N 51.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 22.5N 51.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 23.6N 51.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 24.7N 51.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 25.7N 50.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 26.5N 49.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 27.2N 48.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 27.9N 46.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 28.7N 44.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 29.5N 42.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 30.1N 40.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 30.6N 37.6W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 31.0N 35.1W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 31.3N 32.6W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 31.2N 30.5W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 30.9N 28.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billion
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.