000 ABPZ30 KNHC 011449 TWSEP MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM PDT SUN JUN 1 2008 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM ALMA...DEVELOPED DURING MAY. ALTHOUGH ON AVERAGE A NAMED STORM FORMS ABOUT EVERY OTHER MAY...THIS IS THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT ONE HAS FORMED DURING THE MONTH. ALMA ORIGINATED FROM A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT FORMED EARLY ON 27 MAY ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. THE LOW SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE ASSOCIATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND EARLY ON 29 MAY A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CABO BLANCO COSTA RICA. THE DEPRESSION TURNED NORTHWARD AND REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATER THAT DAY. ALMA REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 65 MPH WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA. A FEW HOURS LATER...ALMA MADE LANDFALL AT THAT SAME INTENSITY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC COAST OF NICARAGUA NEAR LEON. AFTER LANDFALL...ALMA CONTINUED NORTHWARD AND WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER HONDURAS. THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION OF ALMA DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN HONDURAS ON 30 MAY. ALMA WAS THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA SINCE 1949...AND WAS THE FIRST TO DO SO ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF NICARAGUA. INITIAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT LEAST ONE FATALITY OCCURRED IN NICARAGUA DUE TO FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH) DEATHS ----------------------------------------------------------------- TS ALMA 29-30 MAY 65 1* ----------------------------------------------------------------- * PRELIMINARY TOTAL NOTES...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) $$ FORECASTER BROWN/BLAKE/KNABB/FRANKLIN
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