Tropical Storm Erin (2013)
Tropical Storm Erin peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between August 15, 2013 and August 19, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1006 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Erin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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 15, 2013 to August 19, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1006 mb (29.71 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 631 km (392 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL052013
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 15, 00:00 | 13.9N 23.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 14.1N 24.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 14.3N 25.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 14.7N 27.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 15.3N 28.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 15.9N 30.0W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 16.5N 31.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 17.3N 32.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 18.0N 33.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 18.8N 34.7W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 19.6N 35.5W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 20.3N 36.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 20.6N 37.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 20.6N 38.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 20.5N 38.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 20.4N 39.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 20.3N 40.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 20.2N 41.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 20.1N 42.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 20.0N 42.8W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2013 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2013 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm DorianNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm FernandNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Hurricane IngridNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2013
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.