Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 3–5, 1988
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Ernesto (1988) was a tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic season. It formed on September 3, 1988, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on September 5, 1988, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 1,872 miles (3,012 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1016 mb | 32.5°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 33.1°N 59.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 34.3°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 35.2°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 35.9°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 36.6°N 44.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 38.0°N 39.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 40.2°N 35.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 43.1°N 29.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ernesto.
At its peak on September 5, 1988, Ernesto was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
2.0 days, from September 3, 1988 to September 5, 1988. It travelled about 1,872 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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