&sq=&lang=&file=File:Philippe_2017-10-28_1854Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Philippe moving over Florida, Cuba, and The Bahamas on October 28 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 28, 2017 |
| Dissipated | October 29, 2017 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 40 mph (65 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 1000 mbar (hPa); 29.53 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 5 total |
| Damage | $100 million (2017 USD) |
| Areas affected | Central America, Cayman Islands, Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, East Coast of the United States |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Philippe was a weak and disorganized tropical cyclone which affected Central America, Cuba, and Florida during October 2017. The sixteenth named storm of the extremely-active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Philippe originated from the interaction of a tropical wave which exited the coast of West Africa on October 16, and the Central American Gyre on October 24. This formed a broad area of low pressure the next day, that later organized into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on October 28. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Philippe just six hours later, before making landfall west of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba just a few hours later. Philippe quickly degraded into a tropical depression inland, before dissipating at 0:00 UTC the following day. The remnants later formed into a new low pressure area off the coast of Florida before merging with a cold front, later that same day.[1]