From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)
Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)
Tropical Storm Hermine
(SSHS)
Tropical storm ( SSHS)
Storm path
Hermine on August 30
on August 25. The next day, the activity separated from
the front and began to show cyclonic turning. A weak
Formed August 27, 2004 surface circulation soon developed; it is estimated that
Dissipated August 31, 2004 the disturbance formed into a tropical depression at
1800 UTC on August 27. After fluctuations in intensity of
Highest winds 1-minute sustained:
the associated convection, the depression tracked west-
60 mph (95 km/h)
northwestward, and was named Tropical Storm Hermine
Lowest pressure 1002 mbar (hPa; 29.59 inHg) on August 29.[1]
Initially, due to wind shear, the center of circulation
Fatalities None
was located to the north of the area of convection. De-
Damage Minimal spite this, the shear was not strong enough to prevent
Areas affected Massachusetts, New Brunswick additional intensification,[2] and Hermine attained peak
winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum central pres-
Part of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season sure of 1002 mb on August 30.[1] The storm began to turn
towards the north under the steering currents of a sub-
Tropical Storm Hermine was a moderate tropical storm tropical ridge.[3] By midday on August 30, the low-level
that made landfall in southeastern Massachusetts. The center had become entirely exposed from the cloud pat-
eighth tropical cyclone and named storm of the 2004 At- tern, and the convection remained disorganized.[4] Her-
lantic hurricane season, it formed from the same frontal mine continued northward, weakening due to increased
zone over the western Atlantic that spawned Hurricane wind shear caused by nearby Gaston.[1]
Gaston. Hermine remained weak and disorganized for its As the cyclone approached landfall in southern Mass-
entire existence, peaking with winds of 60 mph (97 km/ achusetts, the circulation became devoid of any thunder-
h). The storm began to weaken as it tracked northward, storm activity, leaving a resemblance of a low-level swirl
and made landfall in southern Massachusetts on August of clouds. However, a buoy reported sustained winds of
31. Hermine had minimal effects, mostly limited to gusty 35 mph (56 km/h), thus keeping the storm at tropical
winds and locally heavy rainfall. As the extratropical storm status.[5] Early on August 31, Hermine came ashore
remnants progressed northward, moderate rain fell in near New Bedford, Massachusetts, as a minimal tropical
parts of New Brunswick, resulting in minor basement storm. It progressed northward, and rapidly weakened
flooding and road closures. while becoming extratropical. The remnants were ab-
sorbed by a frontal zone later that same day.[1]
Meteorological history
Hermine’s origins can be traced back to the same nearly Impact
stationary frontal zone over the subtropical Atlantic that At 1700 UTC on August 30, a tropical storm warning was
spawned Hurricane Gaston. Satellite imagery indicated issued for southeastern Massachusetts from Woods Hole
that cloudiness began to develop to the south of Bermuda
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004hermine.shtml.
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[2] Avila (2004). "Tropical Storm Hermine Discussion
Number 1". National Hurricane Center.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/dis/
al082004.discus.001.shtml?. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
[3] Jarvinen (2004). "Tropical Storm Hermine
Discussion Number 3". National Hurricane Center.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/dis/
al082004.discus.003.shtml?. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
[4] Lawrence (2004). "Tropical Storm Hermine
Discussion Number 4". National Hurricane Center.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/dis/
al082004.discus.004.shtml?. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
Tropical Storm Hermine; Hurricane Gaston is seen over land [5] Jarvinen (2004). "Tropical Storm Hermine
Discussion Number 6". National Hurricane Center.
to Plymouth. The advisory was discontinued at 0900 UTC http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/dis/
on August 31. Though no wind damage was reported on al082004.discus.006.shtml?. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
land, the storm produced tropical storm-force winds and [6] David Longshore (2008). Encyclopedia of Hurricanes,
a few bands of heavy rain in eastern Massachusetts.[1][6] Typhoons, and Cyclones. Checkmark Books. p. 320.
Rainfall in Cape Cod was generally less than .05 in ISBN 0-8160-7409-7.
(1.3 mm); because Tropical Storm Gaston passed through [7] "2004 Tropical Cyclone Season Summary".
the area shortly after Hermine, differentiating the rain- Canadian Hurricane Centre. 2004.
fall amounts between the two storms was difficult.[1] http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/
As the storm’s remnants tracked northward into the storm04.html. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
Bay of Fundy, locally heavy rainfall occurred in parts
of New Brunswick, peaking at around 55 mm (2.2 in). In
Moncton, New Brunswick, minor basement flooding and
External links
street closures were reported.[7] Overall, no fatalities or • Tropical Cyclone Report
known damages occurred. • Canadian Hurricane Centre Summary
Tropical cyclones of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
See also A B C D E F G H Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
• Other storms of the same name I 10 J K L M N O TD TS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
• List of New England hurricanes
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References mons
[1] ^ National Hurricane Center (2004). "Tropical
Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Hermine". NOAA.
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• 2004 natural disasters in the United States
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