tropical storm arthur is projected to disappear later , but it will likely regain strength after departing the bay of campeche on sunday . the 2008 tropical hurricane cycle got off to an earliest ending early as a southern storm formed off the island of panama , one day before the season officially begins . tropical hurricane fay formed saturday afternoon and later created landfall at the yucatan peninsula , in the boundaries between belize and mexico . both countries issued a tropical storm signal for the peninsula ' s eastern coastline . in the mexican state of roo quintana , ports were opened to fishing boats , water polo were banned , and those resident in coastal locations were encouraged to took caution .
Tropical Storm Arthur is approaching the US coast.