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Introduction
Arthur:
• Arise of Arthur
• Wind history
• Rainfall
• Landfall
Appendix
Sources
Introduction:
Is this paper I’m going to tell you something more about the rise and fall of tropical storm
Arthur/Alma. Arthur was the first tropical storm of the hurricane season of 2008. Moreover,
Arthur has been the first tropical storm since 1981 that began in the month of May. Arthur
caused a lot of damage in the poor country of Belize and the impact was big!
Arise of Tropical Storm Arthur:
Tropical storm Arthur arose in the end of May (29 May 2008) in the western Caribbean Sea.
Arthur arose as a result of a tropical wave and the remnants of tropical storm Alma. Tropical
Storm Alma was active in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. She moved over Honduras and
Guatamala and came in contact with the tropical wave. Together they formed the first Tropical
Storm of the hurricane season: Arthur.
This picture shows the path that Tropical Storm Arthur has made when he was active. The
light blue buttons are the path as a Tropical Storm. The dark blue buttons are when Arthur
became a Tropical Depression.
Wind history:
What we see in this table down here, is that Arthur didn’t have very hard wind speed. 1 Knots
is 1.85 km/hour. So the fastest wind speed Arthur had was about 74 km/hour.
Date/Time Latitude Longitude Pressure Wind speed Category
(North) (West) (knots)
31 / 0000 17.5 87.5 1005 35 tropical
storm
31 / 0600 17.8 88.0 1004 40 Tropical
storm
31 / 1200 18.0 88.4 1005 35 Tropical
Storm
31 / 1800 18.2 88.8 1005 35 Tropical
Storm
01 / 0000 18.3 89.2 1006 35 Tropical
Storm
01 / 0600 18.2 89.8 1006 35 Tropical
Storm
01 / 1200 18.0 90.4 1006 30 Tropical
Depression
01 / 1800 17.8 90.8 1006 30 Tropical
Depression
02 / 0000 17.6 91.1 1006 25 Remnant
Low
02 / 0600 - - - - dissipated
Rainfall:
In the time that Tropical Storm Arthur was active there was a difference in rainfall. You see in
the picture below two places with a rainfall of 300 and more. You can see that this is on the
coast of Belize (that is where Arthur made landfall) and you see that there is a spot on the
coast of San Salvador. That is the place that Alma made landfall.
As one tropical storm, Arthur/Alma has caused a lot of damage by the rainfall in Belize. That
was the biggest danger Tropical Storm Arthur caused. The rainfall made Tropical Storm
Arthur a dangerous storm.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Arthur_31_May_2008.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U2R3sSnYFCk/SO4KqmSxE8I/AAAAAAAAAjM/_A35tCkN0yc/
s1600-h/tropical-storm-arthur-churning-in-yucatan.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/2008/152/Img-2008-05-31-03-GOE-12-
IR.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U2R3sSnYFCk/SO4JRQYU3zI/AAAAAAAAAi8/fkzpVC1kbHg/s160
0-h/Checker-16x16.png
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ms-word/TCR-AL012008_Arthur.doc
http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/O8/tropical-storm-arthur-lg.jpg
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/images/112317_m.jpg