Tropical Storm Bret (2017)
Tropical Storm Bret peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between June 18, 2017 and June 20, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 1007 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bret, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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
- June 18, 2017 to June 20, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1007 mb (29.74 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 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
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- AL022017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 02:00 | Rio Claro, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago, 24 km away | 10.1N 61.1W | 45 kt (52 mph) | 1008 mb |
| Jun 20, 09:00 | Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela, 33 km away | 10.6N 62.6W | 45 kt (52 mph) | 1008 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 7.5N 49.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 7.8N 51.7W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 8.1N 53.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 8.6N 56.5W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 9.2N 58.9W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 9.7N 60.5W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 02:00 landfall | 10.1N 61.1W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 10.4N 62.1W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 09:00 landfall | 10.6N 62.6W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 107 deaths · $150 billion
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane IrmaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 133 deaths · $77 billion
- Hurricane JoseNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane LeeNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 4,645 deaths · $92 billion
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm RinaNorth Atlantic · 2017
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.