 . However , the remnant moisture led to minor flooding on the island of St. Croix .   = = Meteorological history = =   Tropical Storm Josephine formed as a tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa near the end of August 2008 . It tracked south of Cape Verde and slowly developed , and on September 2 the disturbance became Tropical Depression Ten while located south @-@ southeast of the Cape Verde islands . As the depression became more organized , an eye @-@ like feature developed in the upper levels of the system . The depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Josephine six hours after forming . Josephine was located in an area which was supportive for rapid intensification but was not forecast to intensify quickly .   Josephine continued to intensify throughout the afternoon as the storm became more symmetrical . However , due to the location of the storm , there was a lack of accurate wind speed readings , and the National Hurricane Center was uncertain of its actual intensity . Despite the lack of wind shear around the storm , the center became slightly exposed and ceased further intensification . The storm was also heading into an area where shear was forecasted to significantly increase due to an upper @-@ level trough diving southward . Despite convection being partially removed from the center of Josephine , the storm intensified slightly in the early morning hours on September 3 as thunderstorm activity to the south of the center became more organized . The intensification was forecast to be short in duration as the trough to the north was deepening , causing the wind shear to the west to become stronger .   Josephine reached its peak intensity of 65 mph ( 100 km / h ) around 8 a.m. ( EDT ) as it continued to become more organized . However , there were indications that it had already begun to weaken . Outflow towards the north was becoming restricted and arc clouds began emanating from the storm , a sign that dry air was entering the system . During the afternoon hours , the structure of Josephine began to rapidly deteriorate as strong wind shear and dry air took their toll . By the late night , the center was almost completely exposed and only a band of convection persisted near the center .   Despite continuing effects from the strong wind shear , a large , deep burst of convection formed in the northern semicircle of Josephine . The center was found to have shifted towards the new convection leading to an increase in intensity . The forecast showed a slight decrease in wind shear as Josephine continued westward and no change in intensity over the 5 @-@ day forecast was predicted . However , the convection decreased once more and the low became completely exposed by the late morning hours and Josephine weakened again . By the afternoon , the center of Josephine was only a swirl of clouds , devoid of convection . During the overnight hours on September 4 into the morning of September 5 , convection associated with Josephine began to redevelop somewhat , mostly to the north of the circulation , due to the strong southerly wind shear . By mid @-@ morning , Josephine re @-@ intensified slightly due to the redevelopment of some convection . However , the redevelopment was short lived and wind shear again took its toll on Josephine by late morning . The convection around the system became dislocated from the center and Josephine weakened slightly .   The weakening trend continued through the afternoon as the storm was being affected by strong southerly shear . Josephine became almost fully devoid of any convection by mid @-@ afternoon and the storm weakened to 40 mph ( 65 km / h ) , barely holding on to tropical storm status . Josephine regained a small amount of convection in the late night hours , but not enough to still be classified a tropical storm . Due to the lack of convection , Josephine was downgraded to a Tropical Depression at 11p.m. ( EDT ) with winds of 35 mph ( 55 km / h ) . Since there was no convection around the system , it would have normally been classified a remnant low but , due to the possibility of the storm regenerating over the next several days , it was considered a tropical depression . The next morning , Josephine was downgraded to a remnant low as strong wind shear and dry air caused the demise of the storm . No redevelopment was expected with Josephine as it began to move over colder waters and remain under strong wind shear until it dissipated .   However , the remnant low associated with Josephine began to show signs of redevelopment during the afternoon on September 7 . Convection around the system increased significantly and the low was no longer exposed . On September 8 , wind shear took over the system again . Convection around the remnant low was torn away and the low was exposed once more . The National Hurricane Center did not state the chance of regeneration once the low became exposed . Finally , on September 9 , wind shear and dry air led to the remnants of Josephine deteriorating into an open wave . However , on September 10 , the remnants
Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġremnant Ġmoisture Ġled Ġto Ġminor Ġflooding Ġon Ġthe Ġisland Ġof ĠSt . ĠCro ix Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠMeteor ological Ġhistory Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠTropical ĠStorm ĠJoseph ine Ġformed Ġas Ġa Ġtropical Ġwave Ġthat Ġemerged Ġoff Ġthe Ġwest Ġcoast Ġof ĠAfrica Ġnear Ġthe Ġend Ġof ĠAugust Ġ2008 Ġ. ĠIt Ġtracked Ġsouth Ġof ĠCape ĠVer de Ġand Ġslowly Ġdeveloped Ġ, Ġand Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ2 Ġthe Ġdisturbance Ġbecame ĠTropical ĠDepression ĠTen Ġwhile Ġlocated Ġsouth Ġ@ - @ Ġsoutheast Ġof Ġthe ĠCape ĠVer de Ġislands Ġ. ĠAs Ġthe Ġdepression Ġbecame Ġmore Ġorganized Ġ, Ġan Ġeye Ġ@ - @ Ġlike Ġfeature Ġdeveloped Ġin Ġthe Ġupper Ġlevels Ġof Ġthe Ġsystem Ġ. ĠThe Ġdepression Ġwas Ġupgraded Ġto ĠTropical ĠStorm ĠJoseph ine Ġsix Ġhours Ġafter Ġforming Ġ. ĠJoseph ine Ġwas Ġlocated Ġin Ġan Ġarea Ġwhich Ġwas Ġsupportive Ġfor Ġrapid Ġintens ification Ġbut Ġwas Ġnot Ġforecast Ġto Ġintensify Ġquickly Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJoseph ine Ġcontinued Ġto Ġintensify Ġthroughout Ġthe Ġafternoon Ġas Ġthe Ġstorm Ġbecame Ġmore Ġsymm etrical Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġlocation Ġof Ġthe Ġstorm Ġ, Ġthere Ġwas Ġa Ġlack Ġof Ġaccurate Ġwind Ġspeed Ġreadings Ġ, Ġand Ġthe ĠNational ĠHurricane ĠCenter Ġwas Ġuncertain Ġof Ġits Ġactual Ġintensity Ġ. ĠDespite Ġthe Ġlack Ġof Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġaround Ġthe Ġstorm Ġ, Ġthe Ġcenter Ġbecame Ġslightly Ġexposed Ġand Ġceased Ġfurther Ġintens ification Ġ. ĠThe Ġstorm Ġwas Ġalso Ġheading Ġinto Ġan Ġarea Ġwhere Ġshe ar Ġwas Ġforecast ed Ġto Ġsignificantly Ġincrease Ġdue Ġto Ġan Ġupper Ġ@ - @ Ġlevel Ġtrough Ġdiving Ġsouth ward Ġ. ĠDespite Ġconve ction Ġbeing Ġpartially Ġremoved Ġfrom Ġthe Ġcenter Ġof ĠJoseph ine Ġ, Ġthe Ġstorm Ġintensified Ġslightly Ġin Ġthe Ġearly Ġmorning Ġhours Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ3 Ġas Ġthunder storm Ġactivity Ġto Ġthe Ġsouth Ġof Ġthe Ġcenter Ġbecame Ġmore Ġorganized Ġ. ĠThe Ġintens ification Ġwas Ġforecast Ġto Ġbe Ġshort Ġin Ġduration Ġas Ġthe Ġtrough Ġto Ġthe Ġnorth Ġwas Ġdeepening Ġ, Ġcausing Ġthe Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġto Ġbecome Ġstronger Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJoseph ine Ġreached Ġits Ġpeak Ġintensity Ġof Ġ65 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ100 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġaround Ġ8 Ġa . m . Ġ( ĠEDT Ġ) Ġas Ġit Ġcontinued Ġto Ġbecome Ġmore Ġorganized Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthere Ġwere Ġindications Ġthat Ġit Ġhad Ġalready Ġbegun Ġto Ġweaken Ġ. ĠOut flow Ġtowards Ġthe Ġnorth Ġwas Ġbecoming Ġrestricted Ġand Ġarc Ġclouds Ġbegan Ġemanating Ġfrom Ġthe Ġstorm Ġ, Ġa Ġsign Ġthat Ġdry Ġair Ġwas Ġentering Ġthe Ġsystem Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġafternoon Ġhours Ġ, Ġthe Ġstructure Ġof ĠJoseph ine Ġbegan Ġto Ġrapidly Ġdeterior ate Ġas Ġstrong Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġand Ġdry Ġair Ġtook Ġtheir Ġtoll Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġlate Ġnight Ġ, Ġthe Ġcenter Ġwas Ġalmost Ġcompletely Ġexposed Ġand Ġonly Ġa Ġband Ġof Ġconve ction Ġpersisted Ġnear Ġthe Ġcenter Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDespite Ġcontinuing Ġeffects Ġfrom Ġthe Ġstrong Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġ, Ġa Ġlarge Ġ, Ġdeep Ġburst Ġof Ġconve ction Ġformed Ġin Ġthe Ġnorthern Ġsemic irc le Ġof ĠJoseph ine Ġ. ĠThe Ġcenter Ġwas Ġfound Ġto Ġhave Ġshifted Ġtowards Ġthe Ġnew Ġconve ction Ġleading Ġto Ġan Ġincrease Ġin Ġintensity Ġ. ĠThe Ġforecast Ġshowed Ġa Ġslight Ġdecrease Ġin Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġas ĠJoseph ine Ġcontinued Ġwest ward Ġand Ġno Ġchange Ġin Ġintensity Ġover Ġthe Ġ5 Ġ@ - @ Ġday Ġforecast Ġwas Ġpredicted Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġconve ction Ġdecreased Ġonce Ġmore Ġand Ġthe Ġlow Ġbecame Ġcompletely Ġexposed Ġby Ġthe Ġlate Ġmorning Ġhours Ġand ĠJoseph ine Ġweakened Ġagain Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġafternoon Ġ, Ġthe Ġcenter Ġof ĠJoseph ine Ġwas Ġonly Ġa Ġswirl Ġof Ġclouds Ġ, Ġdevoid Ġof Ġconve ction Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġovernight Ġhours Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ4 Ġinto Ġthe Ġmorning Ġof ĠSeptember Ġ5 Ġ, Ġconve ction Ġassociated Ġwith ĠJoseph ine Ġbegan Ġto Ġredevelop Ġsomewhat Ġ, Ġmostly Ġto Ġthe Ġnorth Ġof Ġthe Ġcirculation Ġ, Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġstrong Ġs outher ly Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġ. ĠBy Ġmid Ġ@ - @ Ġmorning Ġ, ĠJoseph ine Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġintensified Ġslightly Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġredevelopment Ġof Ġsome Ġconve ction Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġredevelopment Ġwas Ġshort Ġlived Ġand Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġagain Ġtook Ġits Ġtoll Ġon ĠJoseph ine Ġby Ġlate Ġmorning Ġ. ĠThe Ġconve ction Ġaround Ġthe Ġsystem Ġbecame Ġdisl ocated Ġfrom Ġthe Ġcenter Ġand ĠJoseph ine Ġweakened Ġslightly Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġweakening Ġtrend Ġcontinued Ġthrough Ġthe Ġafternoon Ġas Ġthe Ġstorm Ġwas Ġbeing Ġaffected Ġby Ġstrong Ġs outher ly Ġshe ar Ġ. ĠJoseph ine Ġbecame Ġalmost Ġfully Ġdevoid Ġof Ġany Ġconve ction Ġby Ġmid Ġ@ - @ Ġafternoon Ġand Ġthe Ġstorm Ġweakened Ġto Ġ40 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ65 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġ, Ġbarely Ġholding Ġon Ġto Ġtropical Ġstorm Ġstatus Ġ. ĠJoseph ine Ġregained Ġa Ġsmall Ġamount Ġof Ġconve ction Ġin Ġthe Ġlate Ġnight Ġhours Ġ, Ġbut Ġnot Ġenough Ġto Ġstill Ġbe Ġclassified Ġa Ġtropical Ġstorm Ġ. ĠDue Ġto Ġthe Ġlack Ġof Ġconve ction Ġ, ĠJoseph ine Ġwas Ġdown graded Ġto Ġa ĠTropical ĠDepression Ġat Ġ11 p . m . Ġ( ĠEDT Ġ) Ġwith Ġwinds Ġof Ġ35 Ġmph Ġ( Ġ55 Ġkm Ġ/ Ġh Ġ) Ġ. ĠSince Ġthere Ġwas Ġno Ġconve ction Ġaround Ġthe Ġsystem Ġ, Ġit Ġwould Ġhave Ġnormally Ġbeen Ġclassified Ġa Ġremnant Ġlow Ġbut Ġ, Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġpossibility Ġof Ġthe Ġstorm Ġregener ating Ġover Ġthe Ġnext Ġseveral Ġdays Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġconsidered Ġa Ġtropical Ġdepression Ġ. ĠThe Ġnext Ġmorning Ġ, ĠJoseph ine Ġwas Ġdown graded Ġto Ġa Ġremnant Ġlow Ġas Ġstrong Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġand Ġdry Ġair Ġcaused Ġthe Ġdemise Ġof Ġthe Ġstorm Ġ. ĠNo Ġredevelopment Ġwas Ġexpected Ġwith ĠJoseph ine Ġas Ġit Ġbegan Ġto Ġmove Ġover Ġcolder Ġwaters Ġand Ġremain Ġunder Ġstrong Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġuntil Ġit Ġdissip ated Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġremnant Ġlow Ġassociated Ġwith ĠJoseph ine Ġbegan Ġto Ġshow Ġsigns Ġof Ġredevelopment Ġduring Ġthe Ġafternoon Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ7 Ġ. ĠCon ve ction Ġaround Ġthe Ġsystem Ġincreased Ġsignificantly Ġand Ġthe Ġlow Ġwas Ġno Ġlonger Ġexposed Ġ. ĠOn ĠSeptember Ġ8 Ġ, Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġtook Ġover Ġthe Ġsystem Ġagain Ġ. ĠCon ve ction Ġaround Ġthe Ġremnant Ġlow Ġwas Ġtorn Ġaway Ġand Ġthe Ġlow Ġwas Ġexposed Ġonce Ġmore Ġ. ĠThe ĠNational ĠHurricane ĠCenter Ġdid Ġnot Ġstate Ġthe Ġchance Ġof Ġregeneration Ġonce Ġthe Ġlow Ġbecame Ġexposed Ġ. ĠFinally Ġ, Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ9 Ġ, Ġwind Ġshe ar Ġand Ġdry Ġair Ġled Ġto Ġthe Ġremnants Ġof ĠJoseph ine Ġdeteriorating Ġinto Ġan Ġopen Ġwave Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ10 Ġ, Ġthe Ġremnants