The 2008 season

Hurricane Marie (2008)

Hurricane Marie reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between October 1, 2008 and October 19, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Marie, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
October 1, 2008 to October 19, 2008
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 917 km (570 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size
240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
85 kt (98 mph)
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
EP142008

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 1, 06:0016.3N 115.4W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 12:0017.0N 116.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0017.6N 117.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0017.8N 118.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0017.9N 119.3W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0017.9N 119.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0017.8N 120.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0017.7N 121.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0017.6N 121.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0017.6N 121.9W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0017.6N 122.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 00:0017.7N 122.2W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 06:0017.9N 122.2W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 12:0018.1N 122.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0018.3N 122.1W55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0018.5N 122.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0018.8N 121.9W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0018.8N 122.2W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0018.7N 122.5W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0018.7N 122.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0018.7N 123.1W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0018.7N 123.3W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 6, 18:0018.9N 123.6W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 7, 00:0018.8N 124.1W25 kt1007 mbLow
Oct 7, 06:0018.4N 124.5W25 kt1007 mbLow
Oct 7, 12:0018.1N 125.0W25 kt1008 mbLow
Oct 7, 18:0017.7N 125.5W25 kt1008 mbLow
Oct 8, 00:0017.5N 125.8W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 8, 06:0017.3N 126.3W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 8, 12:0017.1N 126.7W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 8, 18:0016.9N 127.1W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 9, 00:0016.6N 127.3W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 9, 06:0016.3N 127.5W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 9, 12:0016.0N 127.5W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 9, 18:0015.6N 127.3W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 10, 00:0015.2N 127.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 10, 06:0014.7N 126.5W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 10, 12:0014.2N 125.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 10, 18:0013.7N 125.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 11, 00:0013.1N 124.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 11, 06:0012.5N 124.3W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 11, 12:0012.2N 124.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 11, 18:0012.0N 123.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 12, 00:0012.0N 123.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 12, 06:0011.7N 122.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 12, 12:0011.5N 122.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 12, 18:0011.6N 122.7W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 13, 00:0011.7N 123.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 13, 06:0011.8N 123.2W15 kt1011 mbLow
Oct 13, 12:0011.8N 123.4W15 kt1011 mbLow
Oct 13, 18:0011.8N 123.7W15 kt1011 mbLow
Oct 14, 00:0011.7N 124.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 14, 06:0011.5N 124.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 14, 12:0011.5N 124.2W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 14, 18:0011.5N 124.5W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 15, 00:0011.5N 124.8W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 15, 06:0011.3N 125.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 15, 12:0011.1N 125.4W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 15, 18:0011.0N 126.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 16, 00:0011.0N 126.6W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 16, 06:0010.9N 127.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 16, 12:0010.9N 127.8W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 16, 18:0010.9N 128.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 17, 00:0010.9N 129.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 17, 06:0011.0N 130.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 17, 12:0011.2N 130.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 17, 18:0011.2N 131.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 18, 00:0011.0N 132.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 18, 06:0010.9N 133.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 18, 12:0010.8N 134.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 18, 18:0010.7N 136.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 19, 00:0010.6N 137.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 19, 06:0010.6N 138.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Oct 19, 12:0010.6N 139.0W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.