The

2008 Atlantic hurricane season The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly $50 billion (2008 USD) in damage. The season ranked as the third costliest ever at the time, but ha ...

was an event in the annual

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season in the north

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. An above-average

Atlantic hurricane season The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year from June through November when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean, referred to in North American countries as hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions. In addition ...

season, it was the first on record to have a

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in every month from July to November. The season officially began on June 1, 2008, and ended on November 30, 2008, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most

s develop in the Atlantic basin. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Arthur, formed on May 30, and the last,

Hurricane Paloma Hurricane Paloma was the seventh most intense November Atlantic hurricane on record. It was the sixteenth tropical storm, eighth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. A late-season hurricane, it set several r ...

, dissipated on November 10. Pre-season forecasts noted a high possibility for an above average number of tropical cyclones, primarily due to lingering

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effects and abnormally warm

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s across the Atlantic basin. Altogether, 16 of the 17 tropical cyclones observed during the season developed into tropical storms. Of these, eight became hurricanes with five intensifying further into major hurricanes. With the exception of Tropical Storm Nana, every tropical cyclone during the season affected land to an extent. This timeline includes information that was not operationally released, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the

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, such as a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening,

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s, and dissipations during the season. By convention, meteorologists use one

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when issuing forecasts and making observations:

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(UTC), and also use the

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(where 00:00 = midnight UTC). The National Hurricane Center uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. The time zones utilized (east to west) prior to 2020 were:

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, and

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. In this timeline, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective regional time included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for

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s and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (

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, or

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s), following the convention used in the

's products. Direct wind observations are rounded to the nearest whole number. Atmospheric pressures are listed to the nearest

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and nearest hundredth of an

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Timeline

May

;May 31 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT May 30) – Tropical Storm Arthur develops from an

area of low pressure In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations. Low-pressure areas are commonly associated with inclement weather (such as cloudy, windy, with possible ...

roughly east of

Belize City, Belize Belize City is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2010 census, Belize City has a population of 57,169 people in 16,162 households. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, wh ...

. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Arthur attains its peak intensity with winds of and a

barometric pressure Atmospheric pressure, also known as barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as , which is equivalent to 1013.25 millibars, 7 ...

of 1004 mbar (

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; 29.65

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). * 0900 UTC (5:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Arthur makes

in northeastern Belize, about midway between Belize City and

Chetumal, Mexico Chetumal (, , ; yua, label=Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 i ...

, with winds of .

June

;June 1 * The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Arthur weakens to a tropical depression over the Yucatan, roughly north of the northern border of

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and Mexico. ;June 2 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT June 1) – Tropical Depression Arthur degenerates into a non-

convective Convection is single or multiphase fluid flow that occurs spontaneously due to the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces on a fluid, most commonly density and gravity (see buoyancy). When the cause of the convect ...

remnant low pressure area.

July

;July 3 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Two develops from a

tropical wave A tropical wave (also called easterly wave, tropical easterly wave, and African easterly wave), in and around the Atlantic Ocean, is a type of atmospheric trough, an elongated area of relatively low air pressure, oriented north to south, which ...

roughly south-southeast of the

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. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Two strengthens into Tropical Storm Bertha to the south of the Cape Verde Islands. ;July 7 Bertha 2008 track

* 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, the first of the season, roughly east of the northern

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. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) –

Hurricane Bertha The name Bertha has been used for ten tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Tropical Storm Bertha (1957), a moderate tropical storm that threatened areas devastated by Hurricane Audrey two months earlier, but did not become a hurricane and ca ...

rapidly strengthens into a major hurricane—a storm with winds of or higher. * 2100 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha attains its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . ;July 8 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. ;July 9 * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha restrengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. ;July 10 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. ;July 13 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Bertha weakens to a tropical storm. ;July 18 * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane for a second time. ;July 19 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST July 18) – Tropical Depression Three develops from an area of low pressure roughly east of the

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border. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Three strengthens into Tropical Storm Cristobal off the coast of South Carolina. ;July 20 Hurricane_Dolly_July_23,_2008

* 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST July 19) – Hurricane Bertha weakens into a tropical storm once again. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Bertha transitions into an

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. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Dolly develops from a tropical wave east of Chetumal, Mexico. ;July 21 * 0530 UTC (1:30 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Dolly makes landfall near Cancun, Mexico with winds of . ;July 22 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Cristobal reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . ;July 23 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT July 22) – Tropical Storm Dolly intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Cristobal is absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone. * 1400 UTC (9:00 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Dolly strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane and reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of off the coast of Texas. * 1820 UTC (1:20 p.m. CDT) – Hurricane Dolly makes landfall on the Texas mainland, about southeast of

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, with winds of . * 2000 UTC (3:00 p.m. CDT) – Hurricane Dolly makes landfall on the Texas mainland, roughly south of Port Mansfield, Texas, with winds of . ;July 24 * 0600 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Dolly weakens to a tropical storm. ;July 25 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT July 24) – Tropical Storm Dolly weakens to a tropical depression over extreme northern Mexico. ;July 26 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT July 25) – Tropical Depression Dolly degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area over the mountainous terrain of inland Mexico.

August

;August 3 * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Five develops from an area of low pressure roughly south of

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. ;August 4 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 3) – Tropical Depression Five strengthens into Tropical Storm Edouard to the southeast of Louisiana. ;August 5 * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Edouard reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . At this time, Edouard also makes landfall at McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. ;August 6 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 6) – Tropical Storm Edouard weakens to a tropical depression over inland Texas. * 0600 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Edouard degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area over northern Texas. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – A tropical depression develops just west of the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico. * 1430 UTC (10:30 a.m. EDT) – The tropical depression near Puerto Rico strengthens into Tropical Storm Fay and makes landfall near El Cabo, Dominican Republic with winds of . ;August 16 * 1145 UTC (7:45 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall along eastern Gonavé Island, Haiti with winds of . ;August 17 * 0900 UTC (5:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall east of Cabo Cruz, Cuba with winds of . ;August 18 Fay 19 aug 2008 1615Z

* 0700 UTC (3:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm makes landfall west of

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with winds of . * 2030 UTC (4:30 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes its first landfall on Florida, near

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, with winds of . ;August 19 * 0845 UTC (4:45 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes its second landfall on Florida, just east of

Cape Romano Cape Romano is a cape on the Gulf Coast of Florida, United States, below Naples, just beyond the southwestern tip of Marco Island and northwest of the Ten Thousand Islands in Collier County. Calusa Indians founded the settlement and called it M ...

, with winds of . * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . ;August 21 * 1900 UTC (3:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes its third landfall on Florida, near Flagler Beach, with winds of . ;August 23 * 0615 UTC (2:15 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes a record-breaking fourth landfall on Florida, just southwest of Carrabelle, with winds of . ;August 24 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 23) – Tropical Storm Fay weakens to a tropical depression. ;August 25 Hurricane_Gustav_30_Aug_2008_1605z

* 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 24) – Tropical Depression Seven forms from a tropical wave roughly northeast of

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. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Seven rapidly intensifies into Tropical Storm Gustav. ;August 26 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) –

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makes landfall on the southwestern peninsula of Haiti with winds of * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 26) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a tropical storm over the southwestern peninsula of Haiti. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay merges with a larger extratropical cyclone. ;August 28 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 27) – Tropical Depression Eight forms from an area of low pressure roughly east-northwest of the northern Leeward Islands. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Hanna. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall near

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with winds of . ;August 29 * 0200 UTC (10:00 p.m. EDT August 28) – Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall just east of

Lionel Town, Jamaica Lionel Town is a settlement in the Clarendon parish of Jamaica. It has a population of 5,416 as of 2009. Lionel Town has a Community Hospital. Lionel Town Community Hospital The town is named after the British colonial administrator General Si ...

with winds of . * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav restrengthens into a hurricane. ;August 30 * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the southeastern coast of the Isle of Youth, Cuba with winds of . * 2200 UTC (6:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . Additionally, Gustav makes landfall just east of

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at this intensity.

September

;September 1 Hanna_2008-09-01_over_Bahamas

* 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Nine forms from a tropical wave roughly west of the Cape Verde Islands. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Nine strengthens into Tropical Storm Ike. * 1500 UTC (10:00 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Gustav makes landfall near

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with winds of . * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Hanna strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane north of the Dominican Republic. ;September 2 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT September 1) – Hurricane Gustav weakens to a tropical storm over southwestern Louisiana. * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 2) – Hurricane Hanna reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . Additionally, the system makes landfall near Providencials Island, Caicos Islands at this intensity. * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 1) – Tropical Depression Ten forms from a tropical wave roughly south-southeast of Sal, Cape Verde Islands. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Ten strengthens into Tropical Storm Josephine. * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Gustav weakens to a tropical depression. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Hanna weakens to a tropical storm. ;September 3 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Josephine reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Ike strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane roughly east-northwest of the northern Leeward Islands. * 1900 UTC (3:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall near Middle Caicos Island with winds of . ;September 4 Josephine_2008_track

* 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 3) –

Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike () was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a sim ...

rapidly strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Ike reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Gustav transitions into an extratropical cyclone over Missouri. ;September 5 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. ;September 6 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 5) – Tropical Storm Josephine weakens to a tropical depression. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Josephine degenerates into a non-convective remnant low-pressure area. * 0720 UTC (3:20 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall near the North Carolina/South Carolina border with winds of . * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Ike rapidly strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane. ;September 7 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Hanna transitions into an extratropical cyclone. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. * 1300 UTC (9:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on

Great Inagua Island Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas, comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town. History The original settlers were the Lucayan people, who arrived some ...

, Bahamas with winds of . ;September 8 HGX_N0R_Legend_0

* 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT September 7) – Hurricane Ike restrengthens to a Category 4 hurricane. * 0215 UTC (10:15 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike makes landfall near Cabo Lucrecia, Cuba with winds of . * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. ;September 9 * 1400 UTC (10:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike makes landfall near Punta La Capitana, Cuba with winds of . ;September 10 * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Ike restrengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. ;September 13 * 0700 UTC (2:00 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Ike makes landfall at the north end of Galveston Island, Texas with winds of . * 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Hurricane Ike rapidly weakens to a tropical storm. ;September 14 * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Ike transitions into an extratropical cyclone. ;September 25 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 24) – A tropical depression forms from a tropical wave about north of the Dominican Republic. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – The tropical depression north of the Dominican Republic strengthens into Tropical Storm Kyle. ;September 27 Kyle 28 sept 2008 1800Z

* 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Kyle strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane roughly west of Bermuda. ;September 28 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Kyle reaches its maximum intensity with winds of . * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Kyle reaches its minimum barometric pressure of . ;September 29 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 28) – Hurricane Kyle makes landfall near

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. A port town, industries include fishing, and tourism. It is the terminus of a ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine, run by Bay Ferries. History Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the regi ...

with winds of . * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Kyle weakens to a tropical storm and transitions into an extratropical cyclone. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Subtropical Laura forms from an extratropical low pressure area roughly south-southeast of

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. ;September 30 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Subtropical Storm Laura transitions into a tropical storm. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Laura reaches its minimum barometric pressure of .

October

;October 1 * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Laura degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area. ;October 6 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT October 5) – Tropical Depression Thirteen forms from an area of low pressure over Terminos Lagoon, Campeche. * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthens into

Tropical Storm Marco The name Marco has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Tropical Storm Marco (1990), hugged west coast of Florida, making landfall as a tropical depression, causing heavy rain and moderate damage * Hurricane Marco (1996), f ...

roughly northeast of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. ;October 7 Marco_6_oct_2008

* 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT October 6) – Tropical Storm Marco reaches its peak intensity of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) –Tropical Storm Marco makes landfall east of Misantla, Veracruz with winds of . * 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Marco weakens to a tropical depression. ;October 8 * 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Marco dissipates over the mountainous terrain of inland Mexico. ;October 12 * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – A tropical depression forms from an area of low pressure roughly west of the Cape Verde Islands. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – The tropical depression west of the Cape Verde Islands strengthens into Tropical Storm Nana. ;October 13 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 12) – Tropical Storm Nana reaches its peak intensity of and a barometric pressure of . * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Fifteen forms from an area of low pressure roughly south of the southeastern tip of Dominican Republic. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Nana weakens to a tropical depression roughly west of the Cape Verde Islands. ;October 14 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Fifteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Omar roughly north-northeast of

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. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Nana degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area in the central Atlantic. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Sixteen forms from a tropical wave roughly northeast of the coast of the Nicaragua/Honduras border. At this time, the depression also reaches its peak intensity of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 1230 UTC (8:30 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen makes landfall just west of Punta Patuca, Honduras with winds of . ;October 15 Omar 2008 track

* 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 14) – Tropical Storm Omar strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane. ;October 16 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 15) –

Hurricane Omar Hurricane Omar was a powerful tropical cyclone that took an unusual southwest to northeast track through the eastern Caribbean Sea during mid-October 2008. Forming out of a tropical disturbance on October 13, Omar initially moved slowly in t ...

strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 15) – Tropical Depression Sixteen degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area over the mountainous terrain of east-central Honduras. * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar rapidly strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane. At this time, Omar also reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. ;October 18 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 17) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a tropical storm. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Omar degenerates into a non-convective remnant low-pressure area.

November

;November 5 * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Seventeen develops in the southwestern Caribbean Sea roughly southeast of the Nicaragua/Honduras border. ;November 6 Paloma_2008-11-08_at_1835_UTC

* 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Seventeen strengthens into Tropical Storm Paloma roughly east of the Nicaragua/Honduras border. ;November 7 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT November 6) – Tropical Storm Paloma rapidly intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane. ;November 8 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT November 7) –

strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane. * 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Paloma strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane and attains its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 2300 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Paloma rapidly weakens into a Category 2 hurricane and makes landfall in Cuba with winds of . ;November 9 * 0100 UTC (9:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Paloma makes landfall near Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba with winds of . * 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Paloma weakens to a tropical storm over Cuba. * 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Paloma weakens to a tropical depression. ;November 10 * 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT November 9) – Tropical Depression Paloma degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area over Cuba. ;November 30 * The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends. * what about dec

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2008 Tropical Cyclone Advisory Archive

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