Hurricane Paloma

8/14/2019 Hurricane Paloma

1/12

Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean:

Hurricane Paloma:


2/12

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

2


3/12

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.

3


4/12

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.

4


5/12

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

5


6/12


7/12

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

7


8/12

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.

8


9/12

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.

9


10/12

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.

10


11/12


12/12

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

12
http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00697/eng_paloma_teaser_B_697043g.jpghttp://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289808main_paloma_12nov2008_HI.jpghttp://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289132main_paloma_7nov08_lg.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Paloma_2008_track.pnghttp://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/members/images/112575.jpghttp://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/00697/eng_paloma_teaser_B_697043g.jpghttp://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289808main_paloma_12nov2008_HI.jpghttp://www.nasa.gov/images/content/289132main_paloma_7nov08_lg.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Paloma_2008_track.pnghttp://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/members/images/112575.jpg

Hurricane Paloma

Documents

Transcript of Hurricane Paloma