2008 Atlantic Hurricanes & Tropical Storms

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SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES NATIONAL RADAR WHAT CAUSES HURRICANES?

 2008 TROPICAL STORMS & HURRICANES


2008 Tropical storm and hurricane advisory pages
become active if and when the storms form.

Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Names are chosen in advance by a committee of the World Meteorological Organization, and are recycled every 6 years (except for unusually intense and damaging hurricanes, whose names are then retired).
Tropical Weather Outlook
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

A VERY LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER LOCATED ROUGHLY MIDWAY
BETWEEN THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES IS
GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD
FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.

SHOWER ACTIVITY NEAR THE LESSER ANTILLES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
TROPICAL WAVE. ALTHOUGH SURFACE PRESSURES REMAIN LOW IN THIS
AREA...SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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 SATELLITE IMAGERY (ATLANTIC BASIN)

 ATLANTIC STORMS CLIMATOLOGY

Total named storms (tropical storms & hurricanes)
as of given dates, and compared to normal.


Total hurricanes as of given dates, and compared to normal.