Hurricane Paula

[Jonathon]

It's going to downgrade to a Tropical Depression by Friday it looks like. And this is my 100th post!

[phw115wvwx]

It's down to 85mph, but the forecast track has the center of Paula going along the coast of Cuba for three days becoming an post-tropical depression by then.  It's like it's tracing the coastline!  That's weird.

Wasn't Paloma the P storm of 2008 that also hit Cuba?

Yes, you're correct.  Paloma was a 145 mph hurricane when it struck central Cuba.

Paula is weakening while inland over Cuba.  Winds have dropped to 60 mph, and it won't be a tropical storm for much longer.  It looks like the United States has dodged another bullet.  We've been very fortunate this year.

[Mike M]

Paula is now a remnant low, although the NHC maps are still indicating it with D's which mean depressions. Shouldn't they be L's (for remnant lows)?

[WeatherWitness]

Paula is now a remnant low, although the NHC maps are still indicating it with D's which mean depressions. Shouldn't they be L's (for remnant lows)?

Uh, the letter "L" isn't even on the legend for NHC maps, and I've never seen it used. To indicate an extratropical system, the octagonal shape with the letter indicating intensity is white instead of black.

[Mike M]

Uh, the letter "L" isn't even on the legend for NHC maps, and I've never seen it used. To indicate an extratropical system, the octagonal shape with the letter indicating intensity is white instead of black.

They did for this storm from 2008



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[phw115wvwx]

Andy and Mike, the letter L is currently used for remnant lows.  I've seen it in the 2008 and 2009 seasons.  However, NHC has been using "post-tropical" in all the terminations of storms for this year, so we're see the extratropical symbol instead.  Since Paula is long gone now, let's end this thread here.