Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2008*
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The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized and the year’s tropical cyclones are described. Sixteen named storms formed in 2008. Of these, eight became hurricanes with five of them strengthening into major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale). There was also one tropical depression that did not attain tropical storm strength. These totals are above the long-term means of 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. The 2008 Atlantic basin tropical cyclones produced significant impacts from the Greater Antilles to the Turks and Caicos Islands as well as along portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast. Hurricanes Gustav, Ike, and Paloma hit Cuba, as did Tropical Storm Fay. Haiti was hit by Gustav and adversely affected by heavy rains from Fay, Ike, and Hanna. Paloma struck the Cayman Islands as a major hurricane, while Omar was a major hurricane when it passed near the northern Leeward Islands. Six consecutive cyclones hit the United States, including Hurricanes Dolly, Gustav, and Ike. The death toll from the Atlantic tropical cyclones is approximately 750. A verification of National Hurricane Center official forecasts during 2008 is also presented. Official track forecasts set records for accuracy at all lead times from 12 to 120 h, and forecast skill was also at record levels for all lead times. Official intensity forecast errors in 2008 were below the previous 5-yr mean errors and set records at 72–120 h.
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Climate elasticity modeling was complicated by severe tropical weather events (2006 and 2008 hurricane seasons) in Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, and the outcomes of the attribution analysis for these areas do not reflect the actual fire impact.
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- Authors
- Brown, D. P., Beven, J. L., Franklin, J. L., & Blake, E. S.
- Affiliations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brown, Daniel P.
- Venue
- Monthly Weather Review
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Published
- 2010-05-01
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1975-2001
- ISSN
- 0027-0644 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-0493
- OpenAlex
- W2019697732
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 3.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Monthly Weather Review (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Ocean Service
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Keywords
- tropical cyclones, major hurricanes, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, hurricane impacts, hurricane fatalities, Saffir-Simpson scale
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