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Just over 1 million Cubans had been evacuated on Sunday, officials said. In Baracoa, 200 homes are already gone and waves were running 23 feet (7 meters) high. Forecasters say the storm could spend two days over Cuba, weakening to a Category 1, but regain Category 3 as it nears the Gulf coast.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN9645380320080908 Hurricane Ike lashes Cuba on way to Gulf of Mexico] Reuters</ref> At 9:45 PM [[EDT]] or 0145 ([[UTC]]) on Sunday September 7th. The Hurricane made landfall on the north coast of eastern Cuba in the province of [[Holguin]] near Puerto de Sama, with winds of 125 mph, 205 km/hr.<ref>[http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT4+shtml/080149.shtml? HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE] National Hurricane Center</ref>
Just over 1 million Cubans had been evacuated on Sunday, officials said. In Baracoa, 200 homes are already gone and waves were running 23 feet (7 meters) high. Forecasters say the storm could spend two days over Cuba, weakening to a Category 1, but regain Category 3 as it nears the Gulf coast.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN9645380320080908 Hurricane Ike lashes Cuba on way to Gulf of Mexico] Reuters</ref> At 9:45 PM [[EDT]] or 0145 ([[UTC]]) on Sunday September 7th. The Hurricane made landfall on the north coast of eastern Cuba in the province of [[Holguin]] near Puerto de Sama, with winds of 125 mph, 205 km/hr.<ref>{{cite web| author=PASCH/KIMBERLAIN| publisher=National Hurricane Center| date=2008-09-07 | accessdate=2008-09-04| title= HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE |url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT4+shtml/080149.shtml?}}</ref>


==Current storm information==
==Current storm information==

Revision as of 02:38, 8 September 2008

This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2008. For other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Ike.

21°06′N 75°12′W / 21.100°N 75.200°W / 21.100; -75.200

Hurricane Ike
Current storm status
Category 3 hurricane (1-min mean)
Satellite image
Forecast map
As of:9:50 p.m. EDT September 7 (0150 UTC September 8)
Location:21.1°N 75.2°W ± 15 nm
About 60 mi (100 km) N of Guantanamo
About 30 mi (45 km) E of Punto de Sama
Sustained winds:110 knots | 125 mph | 205 km/h (1-min mean)
gusting to 135 knots | 155 mph | 250 km/h
Pressure:945 mbar (hPa) | 27.91 inHg
Movement:W at 12 kt | 14 mph | 22 km/h
See more detailed information.

Hurricane Ike is the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane and third major hurricane and the second category 4 of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.[1] A Cape Verde-type hurricane, it started as a tropical disturbance off the coast of Africa near the end of August, then tracked south of Cape Verde and slowly developed. On September 1, it became a tropical storm west of the Cape Verde islands.[2][3]

Storm history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On August 29, a fast-moving tropical wave exited the African coastline. The wave slowly intensified over the next several days while moving generally towards the west-northwest. On September 1, the wave developed a sufficient amount of convection and was designated Tropical Depression Nine. The depression had developed a large amount of convection as well as cyclonically curved bands. Satellite estimates were already indicating that the depression was a tropical storm, however, the National Hurricane Center did not classify it as such because the convection was newly formed.[4] The depression continued to intensify as it became better organized and at 5 p.m. (EDT), it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ike.[5][6] Ike was located in an environment which was supportive of intensification and the forecast showed Ike becoming a Hurricane within 36 hours of its upgrade.[7][8]

Image of Hurricane Ike on September 4, 2008 as it began to near peak intensity. The image was taken by the International Space Station (ISS) from over 220 miles (350 km) above the hurricane.

During the overnight hours of September 1, Ike stopped intensifying as part of the eastern band began to erode as northerly wind shear began to impact the system.[9] By late morning on September 2, Ike began to intensify again as shear relaxed a little on the system.[10] Throughout the day, deep convection developed around the center of Ike indicating that the storm was still intensifying. Ike also quickened its movement to 18 mph (30 km/h) due to a strengthening mid-level high located to the north-northeast of Ike.[11] Again intensification stopped during the overnight hours as the structure of Ike remained mostly unchanged.[12]

Ike remained at the same intensity and structure through the early morning hours of September 3. However, by the late morning, Ike began to intensify again. Microwave satellites depicted an eye beginning to form and Ike strengthened just below hurricane status.[13] The eye continued to become better defined and by mid-afternoon Ike was upgraded to a hurricane.[14] Ike was in an area that lacked vertical wind shear and intensification was likely.[15] Due to the lack of wind shear, Ike began to undergo explosive intensification and was upgraded to a major hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) only three hours after being upgraded to a hurricane. During the three hour span, the pressure dropped 24 mbar.[16][17] Ike continued to intensify and was further upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale three hours later with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) and a pressure of 948 mbar (27.99 inHg).[18]

By the early morning hours on September 4, Ike had reached its peak intensity of 145 mph (230 km/h) with a pressure of 935 mbar (27.61 inHg), making it the most intense storm thus far in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Ike was now forecast to weaken as the upper-level high to the north of the system continued to strengthen resulting in stronger northerly wind shear affecting Ike.[19] The explosive intensification lasted roughly 24 hours as Ike intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane with a pressure drop of 61 mbar. By the late morning, Ike began to weaken as the cloud tops around the eye began to warm. Models were forecasting Ike to encounter strong wind shear and slowly weaken but maintain major hurricane status.[20] This trend of the clouds warming continued through the afternoon and Ike continued to weaken slowly. By mid-afternoon, Ike was barely a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h).[21] Ike began to show signs of intensification once more during the late night hours. The eye became more clear and better defined and the clouds around the eye began to deepen and become colder.[22]

Image of Hurricane Ike on September 6th, 2008 nearing the southeastern Bahamas

The show of possible strengthening did not last long. By the morning of September 5, northerly wind shear began to erode the northern part of the system and the cloud tops around the eye began to warm once more. The structure of the eye became less prominent as microwave satellite imagery showed that the inner structure of Ike was not deteriorating or beginning to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle.[23] A later pass made by the satellite found that the northern eye wall had eroded and most of the convection was in the southern semi-circle of the storm. This indicated that Ike was continuing to weaken as it remained in a hostile environment. This weakening soon stopped the next day, and Ike once again became an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane.[24][25]

Hurricane Ike in Infared on September 8th, about to make landfall in Cuba

It made landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricane in Holguin Province, Cuba on the evening of September 7.

Preparations

On September 5, the governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, declared a state of emergency in advance of Ike's arrival, which was expected to be as early as September 8. In Key West, authorities issued a mandatory evacuation for all visitors for September 6. FEMA positioned supplies, and emergency response crews in Florida and along the Gulf Coast. [26]

Florida Keys officials began resident evacuations on the low-lying chain of islands in phases, starting at the end in Key West by 8 a.m. Sunday and continuing throughout the day — at noon for the Middle Keys, and at 4 p.m. for the Upper Keys, including Key Largo. Visitors were told to leave on Saturday.[27]

Impact

Deaths by country
Haiti 48
Dominikanische Republik 1
Total 49

Turks- und Caicosinseln

Power was lost throughout Grand Turk Island, and 80% of the homes on that island were damaged.[28] After the eye of the storm passed over, it continued west at 15 mph (24 km/h) headed directly for eastern Cuba.[29][30] It is unknown how well the islands stood up to Ike's massive storm surge.[31]

Hispaniola

The outer bands of Ike caused additional flooding in Haiti, which was already devastated by Hanna and also hit hard by Fay and Gustav. The last bridge still standing into the city of Gonaives was washed away, slowing relief in the community considerably and creating a deeper humanitarian and food crisis in the hard-hit region. 48 deaths have been reported in Haiti from Ike, all in the coastal community of Cabaret which was swept away by floodwaters and mudslides.[32]

Ike's winds caused one death in the Dominican Republic from a fallen tree.[32]

Cuba

Just over 1 million Cubans had been evacuated on Sunday, officials said. In Baracoa, 200 homes are already gone and waves were running 23 feet (7 meters) high. Forecasters say the storm could spend two days over Cuba, weakening to a Category 1, but regain Category 3 as it nears the Gulf coast.[33] At 9:45 PM EDT or 0145 (UTC) on Sunday September 7th. The Hurricane made landfall on the north coast of eastern Cuba in the province of Holguin near Puerto de Sama, with winds of 125 mph, 205 km/hr.[34]

Current storm information

As of 8 p.m. EDT September 7 (0000 UTC September 8), Hurricane Ike is located within 15 nautical miles of 21.1°N 75.2°W, about 60 mi (100 km) north of Guantanamo, Cuba and about 30 mi (45 km) east of Punto de Sama, Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are 105 kt (120 mph, 195 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is 945 mbar (hPa; 27.91 InHg), and the system is moving west at 12 kt (14 mph, 22 km/h).

Hurricane-force winds extend out up to 60 mi (95 km) from the center of Ike, and tropical storm-force winds extend out up to 145 mi (230 km) from the center.

Storm surge levels of 9 to 12 feet (2.7 to 3.6 m) are expected in the warning areas north of Ike. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches (100 to 200 mm), with isolated amounts up to 12 inches (300 mm), are expected in the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches (150 to 250 mm), are expected in eastern and central Cuba and western Hispaniola, with isolated storm total amounts as high as 15 inches (375 mm) possible. Lesser amounts of 1 to 3 inches (25 to 75 mm) are expected in the Florida Keys.

Watches and warnings

Hurricane warning levels
Hurricane warning
Hurricane conditions
expected within 36 hours.
Hurricane watch
Hurricane conditions
possible within 48 hours.
Tropical storm warning
Tropical storm conditions expected within 36 hours.
Tropical storm watch
Tropical storm conditions possible within 48 hours.
Storm surge warning
Life-threatening storm surge possible within 36 hours.
Storm surge watch
Life-threatening storm surge possible within 48 hours.
Extreme wind warning
Winds reaching Category 3 status or higher likely (issued two hours or less before onset of extreme winds).

As of 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) September 7, the following warnings and watches are in effect:

Hurricane warning
Hurricane watch
Tropical storm warning
Tropical storm watch

For latest official information see:

References

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