Tropical Depression PALOMA Public Advisory Home Public Adv Discussion Wind Probs Maps/Charts Archive 000 WTNT32 KNHC 100237 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION PALOMA ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172008 1000 PM EST SUN NOV 09 2008 ...PALOMA DISSIPATING INLAND OVER EAST-CENTRAL CUBA... ...FINAL ADVISORY BEING ISSUED... AT 1000 PM EST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF WEAKENING TROPICAL DEPRESSION PALOMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.0 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES... 70 KM...NORTH OF CAMAGUEY CUBA AND ABOUT 180 MILES...285 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE REMNANTS OF PALOMA SHOULD EMERGE OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. THE REMNANTS OF PALOMA MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS. REPEATING THE 1000 PM EST POSITION...22.0 N...78.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. $$ FORECASTER STEWART
Hurricane Paloma on November 7 
, which the  yesterday labeled as "extremely dangerous", has recently hit Cuba.

In preparation of this, at 1500  yesterday, the Cuban provinces of  and  were issued with a Hurricane warning by the country's government. Due to updated forecasts, it has also removed the waning for the province of Sancti Spiritus.

220,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas in the  province, while 170,000 were evacuated from the province of .

The Hurricane is now weakening, however, with the NOAA stating that "continued weakening is expected over the next day or two, even after Paloma moves off the coast of Cuba."

The NOAA has also stated that "Paloma is expected to produce additional rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches over eastern Cuba.  Rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches are possible over the central Bahamas."

Hurricane Paloma was the seventeenth tropical depression of the . Paloma developed out of a strong tropical disturbance off the northern coast of Honduras on November 5. The disturbance had slowly developed into a tropical depression. The depression then became a tropical storm then a hurricane.