Hurricane Paloma
Transcript of Hurricane Paloma
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Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean:
Hurricane Paloma:
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Table of Contents:
Introductionpage: 3
Hurricane Paloma:
Arise of Paloma page: 4 Wind history
page: 5
Rainfall page: 7
Landfall page: 9
Damage page: 9Appendix page: 10Sources page: 11
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Introduction:
In this summary we are going to look at the rise and fall of hurricane Paloma. Hurricane
Paloma was a late season major hurricane and came ashore in Cuba, which was heavily
damaged by this Atlantic hurricane season. Paloma was also the last hurricane of this season
and became the closer of the Atlantic hurricane season 2008. Last but certainly not least,Paloma was one of the heaviest hurricanes of this hurricane season.
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Arise of Paloma:
Hurricane Paloma organised from an area of disturbed weather in the south western of the
Caribbean Sea. To develop the system in the region it would need more ingredients to firm a
new tropical depression or any signs of convection. This happened on November 4 th and the
system quickly became better organised and developed into a tropical depression. On thatsame time there was a mid level ridge centred in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. This combination
together with a low shear and a perfect sea water condition (warm seawater, with a lot of
condensation) caused that the storm system could develop even further. So after a couple of
hours the storm became a tropical storm with the name Paloma. On November 6 th the storm
was located in the neighbourhood of the Honduras/Nicaragua border but Paloma wasnt
finished and became so well organised that it became a hurricane the next day.
The conditions were so perfect that Paloma rapidly intensified and became a major hurricane
on November 8th. Paloma was moving to a location which the perfect spot was to intensify.
On that same day Paloma became a category 4 hurricane and also became the second
strongest hurricane in the month of November.
On peak intensity Paloma passed with her eye wall near the Cayman Islands. After a fewhours Paloma began to weaken because of a shear wind force which began to interact with
Paloma. The wind shear was increasing its wind speed while Paloma began to weaken by the
wind shear. Paloma came in the neighbourhood of Cuba and made landfall on November 9th
as probably a category 2 hurricane.
Soon after landfall Paloma began quickly to weaken and due to the strong wind shear Paloma
couldnt develop again and the convection of Paloma disappeared soon after Palomas
landfall. The once so strong storm Paloma became quickly a remnant low system and began
circling around the areas of the Bahamas and Cuba. After a few days it was absorbed by the
atmosphere and moved to Florida in the United States where it came ashore as very weak
storm system.
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Wind history:
Date/Time Latitude
(North)
Longitude
(West)
Pressure
(mbar)
Wind Speed
(knots)
Category
05 / 1800 13.7 81.7 1004 25
Tropical
Depression
06 / 0000 14.2 82.0 1004 30Tropical
Depression
06 / 0600 14.8 82.1 1003 35Tropical
Storm
06 / 1200 15.4 82.0 1000 40Tropical
Storm
06 / 1800 16.1 81.9 994 55Tropical
Storm
07 / 0000 16.8 81.8 987 65Hurricane
category 107 / 0600 17.4 81.7 985 65
Hurricane
category 1
07 / 1200 18.0 81.6 979 75Hurricane
category 1
07 / 1800 18.6 81.4 975 80Hurricane
category 1
08 / 0000 19.0 81.0 964 100Hurricane
category 3
08 / 0600 19.4 80.4 951 110Hurricane
category 3
08 / 1200 19.8 79.6 944 125 Hurricanecategory 4
08 / 1800 20.2 78.8 951 125Hurricane
category 4
09 / 0000 20.7 78.1 968 90Hurricane
category 2
09 / 0600 21.0 77.7 990 55Tropical
Storm
09 / 1200 21.3 77.8 1002 35Tropical
Storm
09 / 1800 21.6 77.9 1004 25 TropicalDepression
05 / 1800 13.7 81.7 1004 25Tropical
Depression
06 / 0000 14.2 82.0 1004 30Tropical
Depression
06 / 0600 14.8 82.1 1003 35Tropical
Storm
06 / 1200 15.4 82.0 1000 40Tropical
Storm
06 / 1800 16.1 81.9 994 55Tropical
Storm
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Rainfall:
During the activity of Hurricane Paloma there were some measuring and predictions about the
rainfall that Paloma could
cause. This picture on the right
shows the latest predictionsabout the rainfall of hurricane
Paloma. As you can see the
heaviest rainfall is in the mid
around the eye of Paloma. This
is called the eye wall. The eye
wall is the heaviest part of a
hurricane. While Paloma was
hitting the Cayman Islands,
Paloma was just after its peak
intensity and destroyed the
Cayman Islands. But whilePaloma was on its way to Cuba
she weakened and the rainfall
also weakened and was not so
heavy compared to the landfall
to the Cayman Islands.
In the tables here below I will
show the data that is giving by
the National Hurricane Center. This data is giving by the authorities and is official.
Cayman Islands:Place: Rainfall in Inches:
Cayman Brac 17.77
Grand Cayman 6.05
Cuba:Place: Rainfall in Inches:
Puerto Padre 2.83
Las Tunas 1.79
Santa Cruz del Sur 5.43
Nuevitas
Camagey 3.72
Palo Seco 10.62
Florida 1.12
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These pictures show how hurricane Paloma
developed itself. The first picture on the
left is a picture of November 6th, just after
it became a tropical storm. As you can see
there are a lot clouds with heavy rainfall,
but these arent very developed and arentworking together. As you see in the picture
below, the rainfall walls started to work
together and a great eye was made by the
system.
The system is really circling around almost
in one spot, but because the convection had
just begun to work, the whole system is yet not together as one great system.
You can see that the system is developed
in almost one strong and great system. But
still there isnt an eye yet. This picture is
taking on November the 7th on the timethat Paloma became a hurricane. The
system was still moving northeast and the
storm bands were hitting Cuba and caused
a lot of trouble with the rainfall. During
the activity of Paloma the whole area of
Cuba and the Cayman Islands where
affected by hurricane Paloma. The system
was drifting in the same area the whole
time and caused a lot of trouble with the heavy rainfall. But Paloma was ready and increased
in strength and developed into a strong and one storm. If you look at the other picture you can
see definitely the difference between the
days of development.
The ones not so developed storm had now
created a great centered eye in the mid in
only 2 days! Also you can see that Paloma
got rainfall walls circling around the eye.
These are the dark red circles in the mid.
The lighter colours represent the lower
rainfall in that coloured area.
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The last picture (right) is a picture of hurricane almost making her final landfall. As you can
see she is really weakened and the rainfall is not as heavy in the second and the third picture.
I really like this photo genesis because it is giving a fine impression about the rise and fall of
Paloma and here rainfall.
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Landfall:
Official Paloma made 1 landfall. But its eye wall moved across the Cayman Islands. Paloma
was on the time that its eye wall was moving across the Cayman Islands on the peak of its
intensity and damaged the most on the Cayman Islands. The wind shear caused that Paloma
couldnt develop, otherwise Paloma could have been the only category 5 hurricane of thisseason. Luckily the wind shear prevented this development and the damage during the
landfall was very low due to the wind shear.
In the next table are shown the time and the pressure and of course the wind speed with which
Paloma came ashore with.
Date/Time Latitude
(North)
Longitude
(West)
Pressure
(mbar)
Wind speed
(knots)
Category Place:
09 / 0100 20.7 78.1 970 85
Hurricane
Category 2
Punta San
Juan,
Camagey,Cuba
Damage:
The damage of Paloma was estimated to be around the 2 billion Dollars. This included the
damage of the Cayman Islands and Cuba. Luckily Paloma only hit these 2 countries because
she was so heavy that the damage could have been even worse.
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Sources:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35875
http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00697/eng_paloma_teaser_B_697043g.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289808main_paloma_12nov2008_HI.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289132main_paloma_7nov08_lg.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Paloma_2008_track.png
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/members/images/112575.jpg
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