tropical hurricane arthur is scheduled to dissipated tonight , but it will also regain strength after exiting the bay of campeche on sunday . the 2008 atlantic hurricane calendar gotten off to an early start today when a tropical storm arose off the island of brazil , another day before the season unofficially began . tropical typhoon arthur created monday afternoon and quickly made ashore at the upper peninsula , near the border between belize and mexico . both countries published a tropical storm warning for the peninsula ' s eastern coastline . in the mexican state of soto bahr , ports were closed to small groups , swimming sports were prohibited , and those resident in coastal areas were encouraged to take precautions .
Tropical Storm Arthur is approaching the US coast.