Subtropical Storm Alpha (1972)
May 23, 6:00 PM UTC – May 29, 12:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)
- Peak
- Subtropical Storm
- Max sustained wind
- 70 mph (60 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb
- Landfalls
- 0
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (24)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-05-23 18:00 | EX | 31.5°N 77.0°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-24 00:00 | EX | 32.0°N 76.5°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-24 06:00 | EX | 32.5°N 76.0°W | 25 | 1003 | |
| 1972-05-24 12:00 | EX | 33.0°N 75.7°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-24 18:00 | EX | 33.5°N 75.5°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-25 00:00 | EX | 34.0°N 75.4°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-25 06:00 | EX | 34.3°N 75.2°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-25 12:00 | SD | 34.4°N 74.8°W | 30 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-25 18:00 | SS | 34.0°N 74.6°W | 35 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-26 00:00 | SS | 33.5°N 75.0°W | 40 | 1004 | |
| 1972-05-26 06:00 | SS | 32.5°N 75.8°W | 55 | 998 | |
| 1972-05-26 12:00 | SS | 31.5°N 76.5°W | 55 | 1001 | |
| 1972-05-26 18:00 | SS | 31.0°N 76.9°W | 60 | 1002 | |
| 1972-05-27 00:00 | SS | 30.8°N 77.1°W | 60 | 1002 | |
| 1972-05-27 06:00 | SS | 30.7°N 77.5°W | 60 | 1003 | |
| 1972-05-27 12:00 | SS | 30.6°N 78.3°W | 55 | 1003 | |
| 1972-05-27 18:00 | SS | 30.7°N 79.9°W | 60 | 988 | |
| 1972-05-28 00:00 | SS | 30.8°N 81.5°W | 50 | — | |
| 1972-05-28 06:00 | SS | 30.5°N 83.0°W | 35 | — | |
| 1972-05-28 12:00 | SD | 29.8°N 84.0°W | 30 | 1012 | |
| 1972-05-28 18:00 | SD | 29.2°N 84.7°W | 25 | 1013 | |
| 1972-05-29 00:00 | SD | 28.8°N 85.0°W | 25 | 1013 | |
| 1972-05-29 06:00 | SD | 28.4°N 85.2°W | 20 | — | |
| 1972-05-29 12:00 | SD | 27.8°N 85.5°W | 20 | 1011 |
From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.