Tropical Storm Alma (2008)
Tropical Storm Alma peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between May 29, 2008 and May 30, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Alma, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- May 29, 2008 to May 30, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP012008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 20:00 | León, Leon Department, Nicaragua, 20 km away | 12.3N 87.0W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 994 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 00:00 | 10.1N 86.5W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 29, 06:00 | 10.7N 86.7W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 12:00 | 11.3N 86.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 18:00 | 12.0N 86.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 20:00 landfall | 12.3N 87.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 30, 00:00 | 12.9N 87.1W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 30, 06:00 | 14.1N 87.4W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 12:00 | 15.0N 88.0W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2008
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KikaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm IselleEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KarinaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm OdileEastern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm PoloEastern Pacific · 2008
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.