Ernesto was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h (85 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 967 hPa. Tracking across the Gulf of Mexicoin the North Atlantic basin (, it potentially affected the US Gulf Coast, Mexico and Cuba. The storm traveled from approximately 14.4°-69.3° to 49.7°-41.9°, crossing a range of 35 latitude and 27 longitude.