Only seven hurricanes formed and two major hurricanes. Your hands clasped at the base of my spine We went up to Hurricane Utah, as we do each year, for the Nelson family reunion. The storm maintained a poorly-organized structure throughout its duration, with the low-level center embedded within a larger gyre and little central thunderstorm activity. The season started on June 1 and ended on November 30. Ex-Hurricane Ophelia October On 16 October Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought very strong winds to the west of the UK and Ireland. Blurred Vision. It was an above-average season, featuring sixteen named storms, eight of which became hurricanes, and five which further became major hurricanes. The depression weakened into a remnant low on August 7 while on land over Texas. The tropical storm made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula near Cancún early on July 21, leaving at least 17 people dead in Guatemala, and one person in the Yucatán. The highest concentration of damage in the Bahamas occurred on Inagua, where 70–80 percent of houses sustained roof damage, of which approximately 25 percent saw major damage or were destroyed. [12] Fay weakened into a tropical depression along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Bertha again began to quickly strengthen on July 9 as a new eye had formed and the system became more symmetrical. Tell all your friends about it so we have a good turnout. Storm surge was severe in western sections of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, causing significant damage to coastal property and businesses. However, the system did not develop a well-defined circulation until around 12:00 UTC on July 20, at which time it was designated as Tropical Storm Dolly about 310 mi (500 km) east of Chetumal, Quintana Roo. [50] Heavy rainfall, reaching 4.77 in (121 mm) at L.F. Wade International Airport,[51] flooded roadways. Home; Archive for June, 2008. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was an active hurricane season with seventeen depressions, sixteen of them becoming tropical storms, eight of those storms becoming hurricanes, and five of those storms becoming major hurricanes (Category 3+).The season officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30. Once inland, Dolly weakened to a tropical storm early on July 24 and ultimately degenerated to a remnant low around 00:00 UTC on July 26. Marco's tiny circulation quickly weakened once inland, dissipating by 00:00 UTC on October 8. [31] Ike was estimated to have caused about $7.3 billion in damage across Cuba, making it the costliest hurricane on record there until Hurricane Irma in 2017. As it entered warmer waters, it slowly gained tropical characteristics and was declared Subtropical Storm Laura early on September 29. During the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season there was a total of sixteen named storms: 16 tropical storms, 8 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes. Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. It was upgraded to a tropical storm later that day and named Hanna. The season started on June 1 and ended on November 30. [37][32], A tropical wave entered the Atlantic on August 19, leading to the formation of a tropical depression around 00:00 UTC on August 28 approximately 315 mi (505 km) east-northeast of the northernmost Leeward Islands. It quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Gustav early that afternoon and into Hurricane Gustav early on August 26. [56] Some 35–40 cars were pulled from submerged streets in Marco Island, with some vehicles submerged in as much as 2 ft (0.6 m) of water. The number of storms elected each year varied. [78], A tropical wave departed Africa on August 13, coalescing into a tropical depression south of Puerto Rico by 00:00 UTC on August 25 and intensifying into Tropical Storm Gustav twelve hours later. Noted hurricane experts Dr. Philip J. Klotzbach, Dr. William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University (CSU) – as well as forecasters at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Met Office (UKMO), Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), Weather Services International (WSI) – issued forecasts of hurricane activity prior to the start of the season. I’m still learning, but I’m getting there. Buy Photos. [44] Across the Lesser Antilles, the combination of strong winds and frequent lightning caused widespread power outages. [57] Generally lesser rainfall totals occurred across the Southeastern United States,[51] though record daily accumulations around 3.43 in (87.1 mm) resulted in minor flooding in Wilmington, North Carolina. The name Laura was previously used in 1971. Arthur is the first reported tropical storm to form in May since Tropical Storm Arlene in 1981. Fay eventually weakened into a remnant low around noon on August 26 while located over Alabama. Continuing to intensify, it became a 150 mph storm that afternoon near 5 P.M. EDT. Despite two significant tornado outbreaks, on January 7 and June 7, and an intense wind and tornado event on August 4, the flooding of mid September was by far the biggest weather event in the Chicago area for 2008. [28][45][46] The only storm of the season to not reach tropical storm status, Tropical Depression Sixteen, contributed to a significant flooding event in Central America, with the cyclone itself directly blamed for at least nine deaths. An impinging upper-level trough directed Paloma toward the northeast while enhancing outflow, prompting a period of rapid intensification that brought the storm to its peak as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) around 12:00 UTC on November 8, the third strongest November hurricane on record in the Atlantic. After making landfall just north of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, at 00:00 UTC on September 29, Kyle accelerated northeastward. So much has happened, I don't know if I can write it all. A strong tropical disturbance tracked across the northeastern Caribbean Sea in the third week of September. The dates for Hurricane Festival are confirmed as Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2008. On nearby Little Cayman, a fewer number of buildings were destroyed while trees and power lines were downed. Throughout both archipelagos, damage climbed to between $50–200 million. Hurricane Hernan Track Saffir-Simpson Scale Color Legend: Hernan formed from a low pressure area southwest of Mexico on August 6 and quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. Thursday, June 19, 2008. Ike produced a damaging, destructive, and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts resulting in 74 hurricane-related deaths statewide.8 Ike likely will be the third costliest natural disaster in the United States, behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew.8 Thirty-four Texas counties were declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency9; 15 counties … I have been so busy lately, it is hard to believe Jayson has been gone 11 days already. [40] The Atlantic basin tropical cyclones of 2008 collectively caused roughly $49.4 billion in damage and at least 1,074 fatalities. The trough extended into the Gulf of Mexico the following day and resulted in the development of a circulation that subsequently crossed Florida on July 17. [17] On July 2, WSI held firm to their April forecast;[18] the organization was forced to slightly increase the number of named storms and hurricanes later that month. The most recent occurrence of no storms in June or July was in 1992. ACE is a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. Posted by Avinash Friday, June 6, 2008 comments (0) The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale This is used to give an estimate of the potential property damage and flooding expected along the coast from a hurricane landfall. In Reality, The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was a near normal season with 16 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 5 major. [30] Hurricane Ike was the most destructive storm of the season, as well as the strongest, devastating Cuba as a major hurricane and later making landfall near Galveston, Texas, at Category 2 (nearly Category 3) intensity. Gustav and Ike both qualified for automatic induction and therefore did not have to be voted in.) After dropping to tropical storm strength it became a hurricane again on October 17. Notes: Before 2007, the Hall of Fame was much less organized. Thousands of residences were inundated,[80] some with as much as 5 ft (1.5 m) of water, and sewage systems were congested. A reconnaissance aircraft measured peak winds of 30 mph (45 km/h), and the depression maintained these winds as it made landfall just west of Punta Patuca, Honduras, at 12:30 UTC on October 15. Most meteorological organizations rate the intensity of a storm by this figure, so the lower the minimum pressure of the storm, the more intense or "stronger" it is considered to be. Some forecasters question whether Arthur's very short lifespan would have been reported and named in the years prior to today's technology. [20] Following an active start to the season, CSU upped their predictions in an August 5 update, calling for 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes, and an ACE index of 175 units. The low persisted for two days before dissipating. The Bolivar Peninsula was worst affected by the surge, while Galveston Island (where waves topped the seawall) and the Port Arthur areas also saw a lot of damage. Impacts from the storm were generally minor,[103] though some low-lying cities were flooded by heavy rainfall. [116], On April 22, 2009, at the 31st Session of the RA IV Hurricane Committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Gustav, Ike, and Paloma from its rotating name lists due to the number of deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. Hurricane Proof Our lives under construction. Sheltered Lives. It dissipated six hours later. [95] More than 40,000 customers were left without electricity at the height of the storm. On July 18, Bertha strengthened back to a hurricane as its forward motion increased. [52] Fifty-five people were injured off the coast of Delaware while an additional four individuals were injured off North Carolina. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s)—denoted by bold location names—damages, and death totals. There are three types of plate boundaries; divergent, convergent, and transform. At its strongest, the storm’s winds reached sustained speeds of 100 miles per hour, with higher gusts. It tracked westward into the Caribbean Sea where it encountered better conditions for cyclone development, and became a tropical depression on the morning of August 25, west of the Windward Islands. Gradual intensification occurred as the cyclone passed well west of Bermuda; it attained hurricane strength around 12:00 UTC on September 27 and reached peak winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) a day later. [7], The 2008 hurricane season officially began on June 1,[21] though Tropical Storm Arthur formed one day earlier. Twelve hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Hanna. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is when many of the tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008. These two plates moving away from each other cause rift valleys to form on land and ocean rifts to form in the ocean. 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The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1st, 2008 and ended November 30th, 2008. Roads were obstructed by both floodwaters and fallen objects. [47] In mid- to late October, the tropical depression combined with another area of low pressure as well as a cold front to produce torrential rainfall across Central America. [1] When Arthur made landfall on Belize, it caused about $78 million USD worth of damage and killed 5 people.[1]. Can you believe that that happened over three months ago? Across Hispaniola, torrential rainfall exacerbated flooding that had already occurred during Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gustav. The impacts of northerly wind shear initially curtailed intensification; the following day, however, a more favorable environmental regime allowed the storm to attain maximum winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Hurricane Michelle was the fifth costliest tropical cyclone in Cuban history and strongest of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season.The thirteenth named storm and seventh hurricane that year, Michelle developed from a tropical wave that had traversed into the western Caribbean Sea on October 29; the wave had initially moved off the coast of Africa 13 days prior. Ike weakened back to a Category 2 hurricane before re-intensifying back to a Category 4. 1 Seasonal forecasts 2 Season Summary 3 Storms 3.1 Tropical Storm Arthur 3.2 Hurricane Bertha 3.3 Hurricane Cristobal 3.4 Tropical Storm Dolly 3.5 Tropical Storm Edouard 3.6 Hurricane Fay 3.7 Hurricane Gustav 3.8 Hurricane Hanna 3.9 Hurricane Ike 3.10 Hurricane Josephine 3.11 Hurricane Kyle 3.12 … Basements were flooded and roads were washed out along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. Heavy rainfall across Massachusetts and Connecticut led to significant flooding. However, wind shear and dry air quickly weakened Omar to a minimal hurricane that afternoon as it raced towards the northeast at 26 mph (41 km/h). It moved south of Cape Verde and slowly strengthened. Along the coastline, storm tides generally varied between 4–5 ft (1.2–1.5 m), with a peak of 5.09 ft (1.55 m) near Intracoastal City. Early on July 21 Dolly made landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula. Landslides damaged roadways. Kathleen Koclanes. In general, Maritimers were spared of the expected damage.[18]. Dry air and cooler waters eroded the storm's eyewall after peak intensity, but Dolly still harbored winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) at its landfall on South Padre Island, Texas, at 18:20 UTC. The 2008 Pacific hurricane season was a near average season which produced seventeen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived. This storm intensified to hurricane strength for a brief period on July 1, making Boris the first hurricane of the 2008 season in the eastern Pacific. It intensified into Tropical Storm Cristobal twelve hours later. The "strength" of a tropical cyclone is measured by the minimum barometric pressure, not wind speed. Posted on June 5, 2008 | 2 comments. [4] TSR released their final outlook for the season that day, raising their values to 18.2 (±2.9) named storms, 9.7 (±1.7) hurricanes, 4.5 (±1.4) major hurricanes, and an ACE index of 191 (±42) units. We welcome folks to participate in the net on a weekly basis. High amounts of flooding happened in much of eastern Florida, along with some wind damage. This contributed to minor inland flooding. 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be issued on the 5th June 2008. Soon after Gustav made landfall in Cuba, firstly on the island of Isla de la Juventud and later on the mainland near Los Palacios in Pinar del Río Province, causing severe damage, although it is difficult to predict how much damage it caused. After briefly weakening below major hurricane strength, a relaxation in the upper-level winds allowed Ike to reattain Category 4 strength while entering the Turks and Caicos Islands; it then made several landfalls at a slightly reduced intensity. Dolly killed a few people in Mexico and the United States, but in Guatemala Dolly killed at least 17 people. This led to the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur by 00:00 UTC on May 31. The team will issue seasonal updates of its 2008 Atlantic basin hurricane activity forecast on June 3, Aug. 5, Sept. 2 and Oct. 1. No projections for the number of hurricanes, major hurricanes, or ACE were given. [98] In the Northeastern United States, two people were killed by large waves in Rhode Island. * July–November only: 15 storms observed in this period. Tropical Storm Nana formed on October 12 from a disturbance which had been drifting toward the northwest over the previous couple days in the middle of the tropical Atlantic Ocean roughly halfway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles. Thursday, June 26, 2008. Hurricane Winds and Steamed Chocolate Milk. In Texas, the hurricane caused moderate structural damage to the roofs of homes on South Padre Island, where maximum sustained winds of 78 mph (126 km/h), gusting to 107 mph (172 km/h), were recorded. The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was the time from June 1 to November 30, 1995 when hurricanes officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean. It originated from a well-defined tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa on August 28 and then became a tropical depression on September 1 about 775 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. The system began to organize almost immediately after entering the Atlantic, developing into a tropical depression around 00:00 UTC on September 2 and intensifying into Tropical Storm Josephine six hours later. Tropical Storm Arthur formed near the Belize coast late on May 30,[1] forming out of the interaction between a tropical wave and what was left of Tropical Storm Alma, which was a tropical storm in the East Pacific. 9, RA IV Hurricane Committee Thirty-First Session Final Report, "Atlantic hurricane best track (HURDAT version 2)", Satellite movie of 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, HPC rainfall page for 2008 Tropical Cyclones, National Hurricane Center's Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_Atlantic_hurricane_season&oldid=1001654984, Articles which contain graphical timelines, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––. [37], Throughout the Dominican Republic, over 1,239 homes were damaged, of which 12 were destroyed, and about 50 communities were isolated. [49], In late May, a westward-moving tropical wave and the mid-level remnants of Tropical Storm Alma from the East Pacific combined over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. [113], The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2008. Das Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel– alle Infos zum Festival, Line-up, Ticketverkauf, Fotos, News & Hintergünde. Little Eli's Ventures. [nb 3] It officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30. It was expected to hit Louisiana so the mayor of New Orleans evacuated the city. Problem: Windows firewall on the remote computer blocks the connection. Bertha became the longest-lived July tropical cyclone on record for the basin, the first of several long-lived systems during 2008. [36], Hanna produced heavy rainfall across mountainous sections of Puerto Rico, leading to mudslides that damaged bridges and roads. [2][3], The first forecast for the 2008 hurricane season was released by CSU on December 7, 2007. On November 5, the low pressure system became Tropical Depression Seventeen while just east of Nicaragua. A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 9 to 12 named storms, with 5 to 7 of those reaching hurricane strength, and 1 to 3 major hurricanes. The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1, 2003 and ended November 30, 2003.However, Tropical Storm Ana formed on April 20, long before the official start of the season. Dolly weakened a little, back to a category 1 later that day. hurricane robertson ... Thursday, June 26, 2008. okay okay. As the wave moved west into the Caribbean, it produced gale-force winds and its satellite presentation resembled that of a tropical storm at times. 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