Friday, December 26, 2008

Hurricane Season 2008 Summary: Introduction

Finally, now that classes have ended, assignments are no longer due, and the Christmas rush has come and gone, ... It seems like it is time for me to begin my Atlantic Hurricane Season 2008 summary. Much like the National Hurricane Center's summary, my summary will contain information about each and every single storm of the season. However, I plan on interjecting my own opinions, comparisons to previous seasons, and other interesting facts throughout these posts. This summary will be divided up into several different "chapters" that I will post one at a time as I finish them. Some of the sources that I plan on utilizing are NOAA, wikipedia, and possibly some news outlets. I greatly encourage all of our readers to make their own comments on my summary because as much as I'd like to be, I am still not an expert in tropical meteorology. For now I will leave you with a tentative "table of contents" if you will. All the "parts" of the summary will hopefully be published on this site by the time the spring semester starts on January 12th. Until then, I wish everyone a belated Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!

EXPECTED "TABLE OF CONTENTS"

Part 1: Quiet Beginnings
-Look back at 2007, preseason expectations, and finally Arthur
Part 2: The Atlantic Warms
-From Bertha to Fay
Part 3: The Peak Months
-Hanna, and introductions to Gustav and Ike
Part 4: Major Hurricane Gustav
-detailed look at Gustav with a look back to Katrina from 2005
Part 5: Major Hurricane Ike
-detailed look at Ike with comparisons to the 1900 Galveston storm
Part 6: Season Finally Winding Down
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From Kyle to Paloma
Part 7: 2008 in Perspective
-conclusions, records, averages, etc, and a look towards 2009

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