Bud — 2024

Tropical Storm Bud formed from a disturbance in the far eastern Pacific and became a tropical depression at 1200 UTC on 24 July 2024 about 400 nautical miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It strengthened into a tropical storm later that day and moved generally northwestward. Bud reached its peak on 25 July and then weakened, becoming a remnant low by 26–27 July and dissipating by 29 July. Its path took it across Clarion Island during its brief life. Bud passed over Clarion Island on 25 July while at or near its strongest observed winds. There were no coastal watches or warnings issued for the Mexican mainland, and the NHC report lists no landfall on the Mexican mainland. The only notable overland interaction recorded was its passage across Clarion Island on 25 July. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were 50 kt (about 58 mph) at 0600 and 1200 UTC on 25 July, and its lowest estimated central pressure was 1001 mb at the same times. Those peak values are based largely on a Clarion Island surface observation that recorded sustained winds of 49 kt and a gust to 63 kt and a station pressure of 1004 mb on 25 July. Reported storm surge and rainfall impacts were minimal in the official record. The report does not list any coastal surge heights for populated mainland locations, nor does it list rainfall totals for named cities or counties. The primary observations cited were wind and pressure measurements from Clarion Island. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Bud in the NHC report. Regions most affected were limited to Clarion Island, where tropical-storm-force winds were observed for a few hours. The report notes that genesis and forecast guidance struggled with Bud because of the system’s small size and short time in favorable conditions; NHC genesis probabilities and some early track and intensity forecasts underestimated or missed its development.