Tropical Storm Polo (2008)
Tropical Storm Polo peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between November 2, 2008 and November 5, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Polo, 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
- November 2, 2008 to November 5, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1220 km (758 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP182008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 8.3N 108.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 8.6N 109.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 8.7N 110.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 8.6N 111.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 8.7N 112.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 9.0N 113.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 9.4N 114.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 9.6N 116.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 9.7N 117.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 9.7N 118.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 9.7N 119.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2008
- Tropical Storm AlmaEastern Pacific · 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
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.