Tropical Storm Philippe was a weak, short-lived and disorganized tropical cyclone which affected Central America, Cuba, and Florida during October 2017. The sixteenth named storm of the extremely-active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Philippe originated from the interaction of a tropical wave which exited the coast of West Africa on October 16, and the Central American Gyre on October 24. This formed a broad area of low pressure the next day, that later organized into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on October 28. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Philippe just six hours later, before making landfall west of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba just a few hours later. Philippe quickly degraded into a tropical depression inland, before dissipating at 0:00 UTC the following day. The remnants later formed into a new low pressure area off the coast of Florida before merging with a cold front, later that same day. Tropical Storm: peak winds of 40 mph (35 knots), lowest pressure 1000 mb. October 27 – October 29, 2017. Landfall: October 28 at 40 mph, 22.2°N 81.6°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 0.1. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL182017 (public domain).