Tropical Storm Arthur (2008)
Tropical Storm Arthur peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between May 31, 2008 and June 2, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Arthur, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- May 31, 2008 to June 2, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 6 kt (7 mph)
- Identifier
- AL012008
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 31, 09:00 | San Pedro, Belize District, Belize, 25 km away | 17.9N 88.2W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1004 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 31, 00:00 | 17.5N 87.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 06:00 | 17.8N 88.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 09:00 landfall | 17.9N 88.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 12:00 | 18.0N 88.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 31, 18:00 | 18.2N 88.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 18.3N 89.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 18.2N 89.8W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 18.0N 90.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 17.8N 90.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 17.6N 91.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2008
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane HannaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane IkeNorth Atlantic · 2008 · 195 deaths · $38 billion
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane KyleNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane LauraNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm MarcoNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm NanaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane OmarNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane PalomaNorth Atlantic · 2008 · 19 deaths
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.