Ernesto was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the Caribbean Sea in 2012. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h (85 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 973 hPa. Tracking across the Caribbean Seain the North Atlantic basin (, it potentially affected the Caribbean islands, Central America and the US East Coast. The storm traveled from approximately 11.6°-97.2° to 18.8°-46.7°, crossing a range of 7 latitude and 50 longitude.