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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks March 2002
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

           
               GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MARCH 2002


          !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!

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NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180

NOTE:  The tracking information for Northwest Pacific Basin tropical
       cyclones is based primarily upon operational warnings from the
       Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. Air Force and Navy at
       Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.      Comparisons were made with track 
       coordinates given in advisories from the meteorological services 
       of Japan (JMA) and the Philippines (PAGASA).  In general, whenever
       the center position differed by more than 40-50 nm from JTWC's, an
       entry was made in the Remarks column.

       Michael V. Padua, owner of the Typhoon 2000 webpage, sent me the
       PAGASA and JMA tracks for the cyclones, and Huang Chunliang of
       Fuzhou City, China, sent me the tracks from the National 
       Meteorological Center of China (NMCC) and the Hong Kong 
       Observatory (HKO).  A special thanks to Michael and Chunliang 
       for their assistance.

       The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
       10-min avg MSW and central pressure estimates were obtained from
       JMA's advisories.  The 10-min MSW estimates from the other centers
       follow the primary tracks in a separate table.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Super Typhoon MITAG (02W / 0202 / BASYANG)          26 Feb - 08 Mar
   Tropical Depression (03W / CALOY)                   19 - 25 Mar

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Storm Name: MITAG                 Cyclone Number: 02W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: BASYANG     JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0202

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 26 1800   6.0 N  155.7 E         25
02 FEB 27 0000   6.1 N  155.3 E         25
02 FEB 27 0600   6.5 N  155.2 E  1002   35    30
02 FEB 27 1200   6.6 N  154.6 E  1002   35    30
02 FEB 27 1800   6.4 N  153.9 E  1000   35    30
02 FEB 28 0000   6.7 N  153.3 E  1000   35    30  JMA: 7.2 N, 153.9 E
02 FEB 28 0600   7.0 N  153.1 E   998   35    30  JMA: 7.2 N, 152.1 E
02 FEB 28 1200   7.2 N  152.0 E   998   40    35  JMA: 7.1 N, 151.4 E
02 FEB 28 1800   7.2 N  151.2 E   996   45    40  JMA: 7.3 N, 150.4 E
02 MAR 01 0000   7.1 N  149.4 E   990   45    45  JMA: 7.0 N, 148.8 E
02 MAR 01 0600   6.6 N  147.8 E   985   70    50
02 MAR 01 1200   6.5 N  147.0 E   985   70    50
02 MAR 01 1800   6.7 N  145.5 E   980   70    55
02 MAR 02 0000   6.9 N  144.2 E   975   70    60
02 MAR 02 0600   7.6 N  142.9 E   970   75    65
02 MAR 02 1200   8.0 N  141.2 E   965   80    70
02 MAR 02 1800   8.5 N  139.3 E   965  100    70
02 MAR 03 0000   8.9 N  137.7 E   965  100    70  40 nm SSW of Yap
02 MAR 03 0600   9.5 N  136.7 E   960   95    75
02 MAR 03 1200  10.2 N  135.3 E   960  100    75
02 MAR 03 1800  10.6 N  134.2 E   960  105    75
02 MAR 04 0000  10.8 N  133.1 E   950  115    80
02 MAR 04 0600  11.1 N  132.5 E   945  115    85
02 MAR 04 1200  11.8 N  132.0 E   945  115    85
02 MAR 04 1800  12.4 N  131.3 E   945  115    85
02 MAR 05 0000  13.2 N  130.5 E   940  115    90
02 MAR 05 0600  13.7 N  130.0 E   930  140    95
02 MAR 05 1200  14.2 N  129.9 E   930  140    95
02 MAR 05 1800  14.7 N  130.0 E   930  140    95
02 MAR 06 0000  15.4 N  130.1 E   930  130    95
02 MAR 06 0600  16.0 N  130.4 E   930  125    95
02 MAR 06 1200  16.6 N  130.9 E   940  125    90
02 MAR 06 1800  17.1 N  131.5 E   950  115    80
02 MAR 07 0000  17.5 N  132.4 E   950   95    80
02 MAR 07 0600  17.9 N  133.5 E   960   75    70  JMA: 18.3 N, 133.6 E
02 MAR 07 1200  17.7 N  134.4 E   965   65    60  JMA: 18.4 N, 134.7 E
02 MAR 07 1800  18.0 N  134.9 E   980   55    50  JMA: 19.0 N, 135.4 E
02 MAR 08 0000  17.6 N  135.5 E   990   45    45  NMCC: 19.0 N, 136.3 E
02 MAR 08 0600  17.1 N  135.3 E   994   25    40
02 MAR 08 1200  16.8 N  135.0 E  1000         30  JMA warning

Note: The 10-min avg MSW estimates given in the track above were all
taken from JMA's warnings.  The following table gives the 10-min avg
MSW values estimated by NMCC and PAGASA:

   Date   Time     Estimated 10-min avg MSW in kts
          (GMT)     NMCC        PAGASA
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02 FEB 28 1200       35
02 FEB 28 1800       40
02 MAR 01 0000       45
02 MAR 01 0600       55
02 MAR 01 1200       55
02 MAR 01 1800       60
02 MAR 02 0000       60
02 MAR 02 0600       65
02 MAR 02 1200       70
02 MAR 02 1800       75
02 MAR 03 0000       75
02 MAR 03 0600       75
02 MAR 03 1200       80
02 MAR 03 1800       80           75
02 MAR 04 0000       90           85
02 MAR 04 0600      100           85
02 MAR 04 1200      100           85
02 MAR 04 1800      100           85
02 MAR 05 0000      100           90
02 MAR 05 0600      110           90
02 MAR 05 1200      110           95
02 MAR 05 1800      100           95
02 MAR 06 0000      100           95
02 MAR 06 0600       90           95
02 MAR 06 1200       90           95
02 MAR 06 1800       80           85
02 MAR 07 0000       60           80
02 MAR 07 0600       50           70
02 MAR 07 1200       45           60
02 MAR 07 1800       40
02 MAR 08 0000       35

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 03W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: CALOY       JMA Tropical Storm Number: None

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 19 1200   7.0 N  133.5 E         25
02 MAR 19 1800   6.3 N  132.7 E         25
02 MAR 20 0000   6.7 N  131.4 E  1004   25    25  JMA: 8.0 N, 131.3 E
02 MAR 20 0600   7.0 N  130.0 E  1004   30    30
02 MAR 20 1200   7.3 N  129.2 E  1004   30    30  PAGASA: 8.0 N, 129.6 E
02 MAR 20 1800   6.9 N  128.6 E  1004   30    30  PAGASA: 8.0 N, 128.8 E
02 MAR 21 0000   6.8 N  127.6 E  1004   30    30  PAGASA: 8.1 N, 127.8 E
02 MAR 21 0600   7.2 N  126.9 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 8.6 N, 126.5 E
02 MAR 21 1200   8.0 N  126.1 E  1006   30    30  JMA: 8.7 N, 125.4 E
02 MAR 21 1800   8.2 N  125.2 E  1006   25    30  JMA: 9.2 N, 124.9 E
02 MAR 22 0000   9.8 N  124.0 E  1006   30    30  Over Bohol (near Cebu)
02 MAR 22 0600  10.3 N  123.0 E  1004   30    30  Over Negros
02 MAR 22 1200  10.7 N  122.2 E  1004   30    30  Over Panay
02 MAR 22 1800  11.0 N  120.5 E  1004   30    30  PAGASA: 11.0 N, 121.0 E
02 MAR 23 0000  11.4 N  119.3 E  1004   30    25  PAGASA: 11.2 N, 120.0 E
02 MAR 23 0600  11.3 N  118.1 E  1004   30    25  PAGASA: 11.3 N, 118.8 E
02 MAR 23 1200  11.3 N  116.9 E  1004   30    30  PAGASA: 12.0 N, 117.8 E
02 MAR 23 1800  11.1 N  115.8 E         30
02 MAR 24 0000  11.5 N  114.5 E         30
02 MAR 24 0600  11.9 N  114.0 E         25
02 MAR 24 1200  12.7 N  113.6 E         25
02 MAR 24 1800  13.6 N  113.7 E         25
02 MAR 25 0000  13.6 N  113.5 E         20
02 MAR 25 0600  14.2 N  113.5 E         25
02 MAR 25 1200  14.6 N  112.9 E         25

Note: For this depression the 10-min avg MSW estimates were taken from
PAGASA's warnings.  JMA's bulletins covered the exact same times and
their MSW was 30 kts for the entire period.   Caloy's center was over
eastern Mindanao at 21/1200 UTC.

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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E

NOTE:  The tracking coordinates, 10-min avg MSW, and estimates of
       central pressure were obtained from the RSMC La Reunion's
       (MFR) advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW values were taken
       from JTWC's warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Very Intense Tropical Cyclone HARY (MFR 11 / 18S)   05 - 15 Mar
   Tropical Cyclone IKALA (MFR 12 / 20S)               22 - 31 Mar
                            
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Storm Name: HARY                  Cyclone Number: 18S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 11

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 05 0600  10.9 S   66.6 E  1003         25
02 MAR 05 1200  11.2 S   66.2 E  1002         25
02 MAR 05 1800  11.0 S   65.3 E   999   30    30
02 MAR 06 0000  11.3 S   64.0 E   999   35    30  JTWC: 11.2 S, 64.9 E
02 MAR 06 0600  11.2 S   63.2 E   995         35
02 MAR 06 1200  11.3 S   62.5 E   995   40    35
02 MAR 06 1800  11.4 S   61.0 E   991         40
02 MAR 07 0000  11.4 S   59.6 E   986   55    45
02 MAR 07 0600  11.2 S   58.6 E   984         50
02 MAR 07 1200  11.2 S   57.2 E   976   65    60
02 MAR 07 1800  11.5 S   56.5 E   974         60
02 MAR 08 0000  11.5 S   55.2 E   950  105    85
02 MAR 08 0600  11.2 S   54.2 E   935         95
02 MAR 08 1200  11.4 S   53.6 E   930  120    95
02 MAR 08 1800  11.3 S   52.8 E   915        110
02 MAR 09 0000  11.7 S   52.7 E   915  125   110
02 MAR 09 0600  12.4 S   52.2 E   920        110
02 MAR 09 1200  13.4 S   51.7 E   930  125   100  JTWC: 12.9 S, 51.9 E
02 MAR 09 1800  14.2 S   51.1 E   910        115
02 MAR 10 0000  14.8 S   50.7 E   905  140   120
02 MAR 10 0600  15.4 S   50.4 E   915        110
02 MAR 10 1200  16.2 S   50.4 E   930  135    95  On coast of Madagascar
02 MAR 10 1800  17.0 S   50.6 E   940         90
02 MAR 11 0000  18.1 S   50.7 E   945  115    85
02 MAR 11 0600  19.3 S   50.8 E   945         85
02 MAR 11 1200  20.7 S   51.6 E   945  115    85
02 MAR 11 1800  22.3 S   52.4 E   945         85
02 MAR 12 0000  23.5 S   53.0 E   945  100    85
02 MAR 12 0600  24.8 S   53.8 E   945         85
02 MAR 12 1200  26.2 S   54.7 E   945   95    85
02 MAR 12 1800  27.6 S   55.7 E   950   80    85
02 MAR 13 0000  28.8 S   56.7 E   968   70    70  JTWC: 28.3 S, 55.9 E
02 MAR 13 0600  29.1 S   56.8 E   980         55
02 MAR 13 1200  29.7 S   57.0 E   980   45    60  Extratropical
02 MAR 13 1800  30.0 S   58.3 E   980         60
02 MAR 14 0000  30.3 S   58.4 E   985         55
02 MAR 14 0600  30.9 S   58.7 E   985         55
02 MAR 14 1200  31.1 S   59.5 E   985         50
02 MAR 14 1800  32.1 S   60.6 E   985         50
02 MAR 15 0000  32.1 S   61.2 E   985         50
02 MAR 15 0600  32.2 S   61.6 E   985         40
02 MAR 15 1200  32.5 S   63.3 E   980         35

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Storm Name: IKALA                 Cyclone Number: 20S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 12

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 22 1200   8.5 S   82.6 E  1004         25
02 MAR 22 1800   8.5 S   80.1 E  1003   25    25  Reaching 30 kts locally
02 MAR 23 0600   8.4 S   78.7 E  1002         25              "
02 MAR 23 1200   9.0 S   78.0 E  1002         25              "
02 MAR 23 1800   9.1 S   77.2 E  1002   25    25              "
02 MAR 24 0000   9.5 S   76.6 E  1002         25              "
02 MAR 24 0600  10.6 S   76.0 E   999   30    30
02 MAR 24 1200  10.9 S   74.7 E   999         30
02 MAR 24 1800  11.7 S   73.5 E   997   40    30  JTWC: 11.3 S, 74.5 E
02 MAR 25 0000  11.5 S   72.8 E   997         30  Reaching 35 kts locally
02 MAR 25 0600  11.5 S   72.5 E   995   40    35
02 MAR 25 1200  11.4 S   72.4 E   992         40
02 MAR 25 1800  11.6 S   73.0 E   990   55    45  JTWC: 12.0 S, 72.6 E
02 MAR 26 0000  12.8 S   73.4 E   985         50
02 MAR 26 0600  13.4 S   73.7 E   978   65    55
02 MAR 26 1200  14.1 S   74.2 E   976         55
02 MAR 26 1800  15.0 S   74.5 E   968   75    65
02 MAR 27 0000  15.6 S   74.7 E   950         85
02 MAR 27 0600  16.1 S   75.4 E   945  105    85
02 MAR 27 1200  17.1 S   76.1 E   940         90
02 MAR 27 1800  18.0 S   76.7 E   945  105    85  JTWC: 17.4 S, 76.5 E
02 MAR 28 0000  18.2 S   77.3 E   955         80
02 MAR 28 0600  18.7 S   78.5 E   965   60    65  JTWC: 18.9 S, 77.9 E
02 MAR 28 1200  19.1 S   79.6 E   985         50
02 MAR 28 1800  20.1 S   80.5 E   985   45    50  
02 MAR 29 0000  20.3 S   81.3 E   990         45
02 MAR 29 0600  20.7 S   82.0 E   995         45
02 MAR 29 1200  21.4 S   81.9 E   995         45
02 MAR 29 1800  21.5 S   81.0 E   995         45  Extratropical
02 MAR 30 0000  22.2 S   80.0 E   995         45
02 MAR 30 0600  23.7 S   79.7 E   995         45
02 MAR 30 1200  24.4 S   78.5 E   998         40
02 MAR 30 1800  25.3 S   77.1 E   999         35
02 MAR 31 0000  27.4 S   76.0 E   999         35
02 MAR 31 0600  28.8 S   76.0 E   999         40
02 MAR 31 1200  29.5 S   75.7 E   999         40

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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 160E

NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centres at Brisbane, Queensland (west of 160E); from Nadi, Fiji
       (east of 160E and north of 25S); and from Wellington, New
       Zealand (east of 160E and south of 25S).   Also, the central
       pressure estimates and 10-min avg MSW values were obtained from
       the Southern Hemisphere centres' warnings while the 1-min avg MSW
       estimates were taken from JTWC's warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
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   Tropical Cyclone DES (17P / 12F)                    04 - 07 Mar

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Storm Name: DES                   Cyclone Number: 17P     Basin: AUE/SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 12F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 04 1200  19.0 S  155.5 E  1001         30
02 MAR 04 1800  19.5 S  156.0 E  1001         30
02 MAR 05 0000  19.5 S  158.3 E  1000         30  Gales in S semicircle
02 MAR 05 0600  19.3 S  158.6 E   998   35    30           "
02 MAR 05 0900  19.4 S  159.5 E   993         40
02 MAR 05 1200  19.4 S  160.3 E   987         45  Nadi warning
02 MAR 05 1800  19.3 S  160.8 E   985   45    50
02 MAR 06 0000  20.0 S  162.2 E   985         50
02 MAR 06 0600  21.3 S  162.7 E   985   45    50
02 MAR 06 1200  22.0 S  163.8 E   985         50
02 MAR 06 1800  22.9 S  165.0 E   990   35    40  JTWC: 22.5 S, 164.4 E
02 MAR 06 2100  23.3 S  166.0 E   995         35  Downgraded to Trop Dep
02 MAR 07 0000  23.7 S  166.5 E   997         35
02 MAR 07 0600  24.3 S  168.5 E   997   35    35  Peripheral gales
02 MAR 07 1100  25.0 S  170.0 E   996         35  Wellington warning
02 MAR 07 1700  25.0 S  171.0 E  1000         35
02 MAR 07 2300  25.0 S  172.0 E   992         35  See Note

Note: Des had become a severely sheared system by the time it was down-
graded to a tropical depression at 06/2100 UTC.   Gales noted in the
warnings from that time forward were well-removed from the center.

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SOUTH PACIFIC (SPA) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for South Pacific
       Basin tropical cyclones was taken from real-time operational
       warnings issued by the Nadi TCWC, Fiji for positions north of
       25S and from the Wellington, New Zealand office for positions
       south of 25S.  Warnings from JTWC were utilized for the purpose
       of making comparisons and for supplying information for times
       when the Nadi or Wellington warnings were unavailable.   The
       10-min avg MSW values were taken from the Fiji or New Zealand
       warnings while the 1-min avg MSW values were obtained from the
       JTWC warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Depression (13F / 19P)                     13 - 16 Mar
   Tropical Depression (14F)                           18 - 23 Mar

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 19P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 13F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 13 2100  16.7 S  161.0 E  1002
02 MAR 14 1800  20.3 S  164.4 E         35        JTWC warning
02 MAR 14 2100  19.7 S  166.0 E  1002         30  30-kt winds well to S
02 MAR 15 0600  21.5 S  169.3 E  1002   35    30  Some gales to south
02 MAR 15 1800  22.6 S  173.1 E         35        JTWC warning
02 MAR 15 2100  22.3 S  174.0 E  1002         30
02 MAR 16 0600  24.0 S  176.0 E  1002   30    30  JTWC: 23.3 S, 176.7 E

Note: Fiji issued gale warnings in association with this depression from
the 14th to the 16th for a band of gales well-removed from the center to
the south.

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 14F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 MAR 18 2100  15.0 S  170.0 W  1005
02 MAR 19 2100  15.3 S  169.0 W  1002        
02 MAR 20 0600  16.0 S  169.0 W  1002        
02 MAR 20 2100  16.0 S  171.0 W  1002             See Note
02 MAR 21 0600  21.0 S  172.0 W  1003             Relocated
02 MAR 21 2100  22.2 S  176.5 W  1002
02 MAR 22 2100  22.0 S  179.0 W  1004
02 MAR 23 2100  25.0 S  180.0 W  1004

Note: The Tropical Disturbance Summaries (TDS) issued by Nadi did not
specify any maximum surface winds, so I have refrained from attempting
to estimate any.  Gale warnings were issued from 20/1900 through 22/0700
UTC for some associated peripheral gales created by the depression's
proximity to a high-pressure system northeast of New Zealand.  The TDS
issued at 20/2100 UTC indicated that another similar tropical disturb-
ance was located near 19.0S, 171.0W.  It seems likely that this system
was considered the dominant center for TD-14F from 21/0600 UTC forward,
given the large jump in position between 20/2100 and 21/0600 UTC.

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             !!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTE - PLEASE READ  !!!!!!

     It has been brought to my attention that I should repeat in the
  cyclone tracks file the caveat which is included in the Author's
  Note at the end of the cyclone summaries.   The tropical cyclone
  tracks which I prepare are based upon the operational warnings/
  advisories/advices/bulletins from the various tropical cyclone
  warning agencies around the world.   Users of these tracks should
  be aware that they are preliminary and subject to revision during
  post-seasonal analyses of the cyclones by the forecasters and
  analysts at the several warning centers.

     For the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific basins, official tropical
  cyclone reports and "best tracks" can be found at the website of
  the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>

     The Joint Typhoon Warning Center's website contains links to their
  Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports which include that agency's "best
  tracks" for tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific basin, the
  North Indian Ocean, and the Southern Hemisphere:

     http://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>

     In the near future I shall contact the other tropical warning
  centers to see if I can locate any links to sites where their "best
  tracks" might be archived.

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Document: trak0203.htm
Updated: 27th December 2006

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