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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks May 2003
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

 
                GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 2003


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


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NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180


                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates, central pressure and 1-minute average
  maximum sustained wind values were obtained from the operational
  forecast/advisories issued by the Tropical Prediction Center/National
  Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, for locations east of longitude
  140W, and from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu,
  Hawaii, for locations west of longitude 140W.  A 1-minute averaging
  period is the standard used by all U. S. civilian and military
  warning services for tropical cyclone warnings.


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

   Tropical Storm ANDRES (01E)                         20 - 26 May

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Storm Name: ANDRES                Cyclone Number: 01E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

03 MAY 20 0000   9.6 N  103.1 W  1006   30
03 MAY 20 0600   9.7 N  104.2 W  1006   30
03 MAY 20 1200   9.8 N  105.2 W  1004   35
03 MAY 20 1800   9.8 N  106.1 W  1004   35
03 MAY 21 0000   9.7 N  107.3 W  1004   35
03 MAY 21 0600   9.7 N  108.7 W  1004   35
03 MAY 21 1200   9.8 N  110.0 W  1004   35
03 MAY 21 1800  10.4 N  111.9 W  1004   35
03 MAY 22 0000  10.5 N  113.5 W  1004   35
03 MAY 22 0600  10.7 N  115.1 W  1002   40
03 MAY 22 1200  11.2 N  116.9 W  1002   40
03 MAY 22 1800  11.5 N  118.8 W  1004   35
03 MAY 23 0000  11.8 N  120.7 W  1004   35
03 MAY 23 0600  12.2 N  122.4 W  1002   40
03 MAY 23 1200  12.5 N  124.1 W  1002   40
03 MAY 23 1800  13.0 N  126.0 W  1003   35
03 MAY 24 0000  13.4 N  127.6 W  1005   35
03 MAY 24 0600  13.7 N  129.0 W  1005   35
03 MAY 24 1200  14.0 N  130.5 W  1005   35
03 MAY 24 1800  14.4 N  131.8 W  1002   40
03 MAY 25 0000  14.6 N  133.3 W  1005   35
03 MAY 25 0600  14.8 N  134.6 W  1007   30
03 MAY 25 1200  14.7 N  136.0 W  1008   30
03 MAY 25 1800  14.1 N  137.9 W  1009   25
03 MAY 26 0000  14.1 N  139.2 W  1009   25

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


                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
  values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
  Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
  located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The central pressure and 10-minute
  average maximum sustained wind estimates for most systems were obtained
  from warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), which
  is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
  ological Centre for the basin.  In a few instances, information from
  warnings issued by other Asian warning centers may have been utilized.
  The center position coordinates from JMA and other centers were com-
  pared with those from JTWC and annotations made in the Remarks column
  when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm or more.

     Michael V. Padua of Naga City in the Philippines, owner of the
  Typhoon 2000 website, sends me cyclone tracks based upon warnings
  issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Philippines'
  Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration
  (PAGASA).  Also, Huang Chunliang of Fuzhou City, China, sends me
  each month tracks obtained from warnings issued by the National
  Meteorological Center of China (NMCC), the Central Weather Bureau
  of Taiwan (CWBT) and the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO).    A very
  special thanks to Michael and Chunliang for the assistance they so
  reliably provide.


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

   Tropical Storm (03W / BATIBOT)                      17 - 20 May
   Typhoon CHAN-HOM (04W / 0303)                       18 - 28 May
   Tropical Storm LINFA (05W / 0304 / CHEDENG)         25 - 31 May
   Tropical Storm NANGKA (06W / 0305 / DODONG)         31 May - 04 Jun

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 03W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: BATIBOT     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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03 MAY 17 0600   7.1 N  130.5 E  1004         30  JMA Warning
03 MAY 17 1200   7.3 N  128.0 E  1004         30       "
03 MAY 17 1800   7.3 N  127.9 E  1004   25    30    
03 MAY 18 0000   7.9 N  128.0 E  1004   25    30
03 MAY 18 0600   7.7 N  129.9 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 8.6 N, 130.3 E
03 MAY 18 1200   8.1 N  130.0 E  1004   30    30
03 MAY 18 1800   8.6 N  130.0 E  1002   30    30
03 MAY 19 0000   9.1 N  130.8 E  1002   35    30
03 MAY 19 0600   9.7 N  131.6 E  1002   35    30  PAGASA: 9.0 N, 130.4 E
03 MAY 19 1200  10.3 N  132.7 E  1002   30    30  PAGASA: 9.3 N, 129.9 E
03 MAY 19 1800  10.7 N  131.1 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 9.7 N, 134.1 E
03 MAY 20 0000  11.8 N  131.1 E  1006   30    30  PAGASA: 10.8 N, 128.6 E
03 MAY 20 0600  12.8 N  130.8 E  1004   25    30  PAGASA: 11.2 N, 128.5 E
03 MAY 20 1200  13.0 N  130.0 E  1008         25  PAGASA: 11.0 N, 130.0 E

Note: The JMA and JTWC center position coordinates were surprisingly
close for such a weak, diffuse system.  PAGASA's coordinates were
consistently well to the west of the other two during the period they
were issuing warnings on Tropical Depression Babibot.  At 1800 UTC
on 19 May, PAGASA's position was 9.8N, 129.2E, or 5 degrees west of
JMA's coordinates.    NMCC and HKO did not issue warnings on this
system.  The MSW (10-min avg) assigned by both PAGASA and CWBT was
25 kts for the entire duration of the depression.

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Storm Name: CHAN-HOM              Cyclone Number: 04W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0303

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

03 MAY 18 1200   6.0 N  147.0 E  1006         25  JMA Warnings
03 MAY 18 1800   6.2 N  148.9 E  1004         30       "
03 MAY 19 0000   6.7 N  149.1 E  1006   25    30  JMA: 7.2 N, 150.3 E
03 MAY 19 0600   6.8 N  149.7 E  1004   35    30  JMA: 7.5 N, 149.3 E
03 MAY 19 1200   7.0 N  150.0 E  1002   35    30  JMA: 6.9 N, 148.6 E
03 MAY 19 1800   7.4 N  149.8 E  1000   35    30  JMA: 7.4 N, 147.5 E
03 MAY 20 0000   7.3 N  151.2 E  1004   35    30
03 MAY 20 0600   7.6 N  151.1 E  1000   35    30
03 MAY 20 1200   8.0 N  150.7 E   998   55    35
03 MAY 20 1800   8.6 N  150.0 E   996   55    40  JMA: 8.8 N, 150.7 E
03 MAY 21 0000   8.8 N  150.1 E   994   55    45
03 MAY 21 0600   9.2 N  150.3 E   990   55    50
03 MAY 21 1200  10.3 N  150.5 E   985   55    55
03 MAY 21 1800  11.1 N  150.9 E   985   60    55
03 MAY 22 0000  11.8 N  151.0 E   980   65    55  JMA: 11.3 N, 150.8 E
03 MAY 22 0600  12.7 N  151.1 E   980   65    55
03 MAY 22 1200  13.2 N  151.2 E   980   65    55
03 MAY 22 1800  14.2 N  151.3 E   975   65    60
03 MAY 23 0000  14.9 N  151.1 E   975   85    60
03 MAY 23 0600  15.6 N  151.1 E   965   95    70
03 MAY 23 1200  16.4 N  151.4 E   950  105    80
03 MAY 23 1800  17.4 N  151.6 E   940  115    85
03 MAY 24 0000  18.2 N  151.6 E   940  115    85
03 MAY 24 0600  19.4 N  152.1 E   940  115    85
03 MAY 24 1200  19.9 N  152.5 E   940  115    85
03 MAY 24 1800  21.1 N  153.8 E   940  115    85
03 MAY 25 0000  22.4 N  154.8 E   950  115    75
03 MAY 25 0600  23.6 N  155.7 E   955   90    70
03 MAY 25 1200  25.2 N  156.6 E   955   90    70
03 MAY 25 1800  26.9 N  157.6 E   960   65    70
03 MAY 26 0000  28.3 N  158.5 E   965   65    65
03 MAY 26 0600  29.6 N  160.5 E   975   55    60  JMA: 30.1 N, 160.6 E
03 MAY 26 1200  30.5 N  162.5 E   985   55    45  JMA: 31.8 N, 162.1 E
03 MAY 26 1800  32.0 N  164.2 E   985   45    45  JMA: 33.2 N, 164.9 E
03 MAY 27 0000  33.8 N  166.7 E   990   45    40
03 MAY 27 0600  34.8 N  169.5 E   996         35  JMA Warnings
03 MAY 27 1200  37.0 N  172.0 E   996         35  Extratropical
03 MAY 27 1800  36.0 N  174.0 E  1000         40
03 MAY 28 0000  36.0 N  177.0 E  1004         35
03 MAY 28 0600  35.0 N  178.0 E  1008         25
03 MAY 28 1200  35.0 N  179.0 W  1012         25
03 MAY 28 1800  35.0 N  176.0 W  1014         25

Note: The estimated 10-min avg MSW values from NMCC and CWBT are
tabulated below.  Typhoon Chan-hom remained outside the AORs of
PAGASA and HKO.

   Date   Time      Estimated 10-min avg MSW in knots
          (GMT)        NMCC      CWBT
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03 MAY 19 0000                    25
03 MAY 19 0600                    25
03 MAY 19 1200                    25
03 MAY 19 1800                    25
03 MAY 20 0000                    25
03 MAY 20 0600                    30
03 MAY 20 1200          35        35
03 MAY 20 1800          35        40
03 MAY 21 0000          35        50
03 MAY 21 0600          45        50
03 MAY 21 1200          50        55
03 MAY 21 1800          60        55
03 MAY 22 0000          60        55
03 MAY 22 0600          60        60
03 MAY 22 1200          60        60
03 MAY 22 1800          60        60
03 MAY 23 0000          65        65
03 MAY 23 0600          70        70
03 MAY 23 1200          75        80
03 MAY 23 1800          75        85
03 MAY 24 0000          75        85
03 MAY 24 0600          75        85
03 MAY 24 1200          75        85
03 MAY 24 1800          75        85
03 MAY 25 0000          75        80
03 MAY 25 0600          75        75
03 MAY 25 1200          75        75
03 MAY 25 1800          70        75
03 MAY 26 0000          65        65
03 MAY 26 0600          65        60
03 MAY 26 1200          50        50
03 MAY 26 1800          50        45
03 MAY 27 0000                    40
03 MAY 27 0600                    35

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Storm Name: LINFA                 Cyclone Number: 05W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: CHEDENG     JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0304

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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03 MAY 25 0000  16.5 N  118.6 E         25
03 MAY 25 0600  16.4 N  118.4 E  1000   30    30
03 MAY 25 1200  16.3 N  118.2 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 17.3 N, 118.5 E
03 MAY 25 1800  16.2 N  118.4 E  1000   45    30  JMA: 17.1 N, 118.5 E
03 MAY 26 0000  16.1 N  118.2 E   994   45    35
03 MAY 26 0600  16.1 N  118.5 E   990   45    45
03 MAY 26 1200  16.0 N  119.1 E   990   45    45  JMA: 16.8 N, 119.2 E
03 MAY 26 1800  16.1 N  119.4 E   990   55    45  JMA: 16.7 N, 119.3 E
03 MAY 27 0000  16.1 N  119.8 E   985   55    50  JMA: 16.2 N, 119.2 E
03 MAY 27 0600  16.1 N  120.5 E   992   45    35  JMA: 16.5 N, 121.3 E
03 MAY 27 1200  16.4 N  121.7 E   992   35    35
03 MAY 27 1800  16.3 N  122.7 E   990   40    40
03 MAY 28 0000  16.7 N  122.9 E   992   25    40  JMA: 18.7 N, 123.6 E
03 MAY 28 0600  17.5 N  123.4 E   992   25    40  JMA: 19.3 N, 123.9 E
03 MAY 28 1200  18.3 N  124.0 E   990   25    40  JMA: 20.5 N, 124.6 E
03 MAY 28 1800  18.4 N  124.3 E   990   25    40  JMA: 20.9 N, 125.3 E
03 MAY 29 0000  22.3 N  125.8 E   990   30    40
03 MAY 29 0600  22.7 N  127.0 E   990   35    40
03 MAY 29 1200  23.1 N  128.0 E   985   40    45  JMA: 22.5 N, 128.2 E
03 MAY 29 1800  24.3 N  129.3 E   980   55    55
03 MAY 30 0000  25.6 N  130.2 E   980   55    55
03 MAY 30 0600  27.4 N  130.7 E   985   60    50
03 MAY 30 1200  29.8 N  131.3 E   980   55    50
03 MAY 30 1800  32.0 N  132.0 E   980   50    50
03 MAY 31 0000  34.0 N  134.0 E   988         45  JMA Wrng/Extratropical
03 MAY 31 0600  35.0 N  134.0 E   988         45  Inland
03 MAY 31 1200  36.0 N  135.0 E   992         40

Note:  On 28 May the original center of Tropical Storm Linfa weakened
east of Luzon as another LLCC about 2 degrees to the north-northeast
became the dominant center.  All the Asian TCWC's began following this
new LLCC as of 28/0000 UTC while JTWC continued to track the old center
through 28/1800 UTC.   This is the reason for the large deltas in
center position and intensity on the 28th.  The 10-min avg MSW estimates
from NMCC, PAGASA, HKO and CWBT are tabulated below.

   Date   Time      Estimated 10-min avg MSW in knots
          (GMT)     NMCC     PAGASA       HKO     CWBT
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03 MAY 25 0600                 30                  25
03 MAY 25 1200                 35          25      30
03 MAY 25 1800                 35          25      30
03 MAY 26 0000       30        40          35      35
03 MAY 26 0600       40        45          40      40
03 MAY 26 1200       40        45          45      45
03 MAY 26 1800       40        50          45      45
03 MAY 27 0000       40        55          50      50
03 MAY 27 0600       40        40          50      45
03 MAY 27 1200       40        40          40      45
03 MAY 27 1800       40        40          40      45
03 MAY 28 0000       40        40          40      40
03 MAY 28 0600       35        40          40      40
03 MAY 28 1200       35        40          35      40
03 MAY 28 1800       35        40                  40
03 MAY 29 0000       35        40                  40
03 MAY 29 0600       35        40                  40
03 MAY 29 1200       40        40                  45
03 MAY 29 1800       45        50                  50
03 MAY 30 0000       45                            55
03 MAY 30 0600       45                            50
03 MAY 30 1200       45                            50
03 MAY 30 1800       45                            50
03 MAY 31 0000       45                            45

Note: NMCC initially upgraded Linfa to tropical storm status with
35-kt winds at 26/0300 UTC.  HKO's final warning on Linfa, still as
a 35-kt tropical storm, was at 28/1500 UTC.  The agency did upgrade
the system back to severe tropical storm status after it had exited
their AOR.

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Storm Name: NANGKA                Cyclone Number: 06W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: DODONG      JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0305

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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03 MAY 31 0000  16.0 N  117.3 E  1000         25  PAGASA Warning
03 MAY 31 0600  16.5 N  117.0 E   998         30         "
03 MAY 31 1200  17.8 N  117.2 E   998   25    30  PAGASA: 17.0 N, 116.7 E
03 MAY 31 1800  17.2 N  116.8 E   998   30    30
03 JUN 01 0000  17.4 N  117.2 E   998   30    30  JMA: 17.3 N, 116.3 E
03 JUN 01 0600  17.6 N  117.2 E   996   35    35  JMA: 16.8 N, 117.2 E
03 JUN 01 1200  18.0 N  117.5 E   990   35    40  JMA: 18.4 N, 118.2 E
03 JUN 01 1800  19.2 N  118.5 E   985   40    50
03 JUN 02 0000  19.9 N  119.2 E   985   45    50  JMA: 20.5 N, 119.2 E
03 JUN 02 0600  20.6 N  120.0 E   985   50    55
03 JUN 02 1200  22.0 N  122.0 E   990   50    50  JMA: 21.3 N, 121.6 E
03 JUN 02 1800  22.4 N  123.1 E   992   30    45
03 JUN 03 0000  23.0 N  125.2 E   994   30    40
03 JUN 03 0600  23.7 N  127.5 E   992         45  JMA Warnings
03 JUN 03 1200  25.7 N  130.4 E   994         45
03 JUN 03 1800  27.4 N  134.6 E   994         45
03 JUN 04 0000  29.1 N  135.5 E   994         40
03 JUN 04 0600  30.0 N  136.0 E   994         40  Extratropical

Note:  The 10-min avg MSW estimates from NMCC, PAGASA, HKO and CWBT
are tabulated below.

   Date   Time      Estimated 10-min avg MSW in knots
          (GMT)     NMCC     PAGASA       HKO     CWBT
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03 MAY 31 0000                 25
03 MAY 31 0600                 30                  25
03 MAY 31 1200                 30                  25
03 MAY 31 1800                                     25
03 JUN 01 0000       30                    25      25
03 JUN 01 0600       30        35          35      35
03 JUN 01 1200       45        40          40      35
03 JUN 01 1800       45        50          45      40
03 JUN 02 0000       45        55          50      40
03 JUN 02 0600       45        55          55      45
03 JUN 02 1200       50        55          50      45
03 JUN 02 1800       45        50          50      45
03 JUN 03 0000       40        50          40      40
03 JUN 03 0600       40        45                  40
03 JUN 03 1200       40                            40
03 JUN 03 1800       40                            40
03 JUN 04 0000       35                            40

Note:  NMCC upgraded Nangka to a 35-kt tropical storm at 01/0900 UTC.

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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
  values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
  Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
  located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.   Occasionally some information may
  have been gleaned from the daily tropical weather outlooks and other
  bulletins issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which
  is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
  ological Centre for the basin.
 
     The reported maximum sustained winds are based on a 1-minute
  averaging period, which is used by all U. S. civilian and military
  weather services for tropical cyclone warnings.     For synoptic
  observations in the North Indian Ocean region, both 10-minute and
  3-minute average winds are employed, but IMD makes no attempt to
  modify the Dvorak scale for estimating tropical cyclone intensity;
  hence, a 1-minute average MSW is implied.

     Huang Chunliang sent me tracks for TC-01B which he'd compiled
  based on warnings from the India Meteorological Department and the
  Thai Meteorological Department.  For reasons explained below, I've
  included those tracks in full following the JTWC track.  A special
  thanks to Chunliang for sending me the information.


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

   Tropical Cyclone (01B)                              10 - 19 May

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 01B     Basin: NIO
(The first track below is the JTWC operational track)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

03 MAY 10 1200   7.9 N   89.6 E         30
03 MAY 11 0000   9.5 N   87.5 E         50
03 MAY 11 1200  10.6 N   86.9 E         60
03 MAY 12 0000  10.8 N   85.9 E         60
03 MAY 12 0600  11.0 N   86.1 E         55
03 MAY 12 1800  11.8 N   86.8 E         65
03 MAY 13 0600  12.5 N   86.1 E         65
03 MAY 13 1800  13.1 N   85.9 E         55
03 MAY 14 0600  14.4 N   86.0 E         50
03 MAY 14 1800  14.8 N   86.8 E         35
03 MAY 15 0600  15.2 N   86.4 E         35
03 MAY 15 1800  14.8 N   86.7 E         35
03 MAY 16 0600  14.5 N   86.5 E         45
03 MAY 16 1800  14.5 N   86.8 E         40
03 MAY 17 0600  14.0 N   87.0 E         40
03 MAY 17 1800  13.4 N   89.5 E         35
03 MAY 18 1800  16.5 N   93.1 E         35        No wrng issued 0600Z
03 MAY 19 0600  18.3 N   93.7 E         45        Near Myanmar coast
03 MAY 19 1800  20.0 N   94.1 E         40        Inland

Note: Huang Chunliang compiled tracks based on operational warnings
from both the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Thai
Meteorological Department (TMD).  Initially, I attempted to supplement
the JTWC-based track with positions and intensities gleaned from the
IMD and TMD tracks in a manner similar to the way I treat the multiple
tracks I normally have available for Western Pacific cyclones, but
because those tracks contained data points at irregular hours and not
at the standard synoptic hours, and also because JTWC's track was at
only 12-hourly intervals, it quickly became very messy and subjective
(on my part).  So I've simply included the tracks based on IMD's and
TMD's operational warnings below (with minor editing).


  Track from the India Meteorological Department Warnings
  -------------------------------------------------------

 Date/Time  Status  Press   MSW/Gust       Position
 MMDDHH            (hpa)   (kt)/CI      Lat     Lon
 ----------------------------------------------------
 051003     D              25           6.0 N  91.0 E
 051012     DD             30           8.0 N  89.5 E
 051018     DD             30           8.5 N  89.0 E
 051103     CS     1000                10.0 N  87.5 E
 051109     CS     1000                10.0 N  87.0 E
 051112     SCS                        10.5 N  86.5 E
 051118     SCS     988                10.5 N  86.0 E
 051121     SCS                        11.0 N  86.0 E
 051200     SCS     986    55/65       11.0 N  86.0 E
 051203     SCS     986    55/65       11.0 N  86.0 E
 051206     SCS     986    55/65       11.0 N  86.0 E
 051209     SCS     986    55/65       11.0 N  86.0 E
 051215     SCS     986    55/65       11.5 N  85.5 E
 051218     VSCS    982    65/75       11.5 N  85.5 E
 051221     VSCS    982    65/75       11.5 N  85.5 E
 051300     VSCS    980                11.5 N  85.5 E
 051303     VSCS    980                12.0 N  85.5 E
 051309     VSCS    980                12.5 N  85.0 E
 051312     VSCS    980                12.5 N  85.0 E
 051315     VSCS    980                12.5 N  85.0 E
 051318     VSCS    982    65/80/T4.0  13.0 N  85.0 E
 051321     VSCS    980    65/80/T4.0  13.0 N  85.0 E
 051403     VSCS    980                14.0 N  85.5 E
 051409     SCS     986                14.5 N  85.5 E
 051418     CS      990                15.0 N  85.5 E
 051421     CS                         15.0 N  85.5 E
 051500     CS      990                15.0 N  85.5 E
 051503     CS      990                15.0 N  86.0 E
 051509     CS      994                15.0 N  86.0 E
 051512     CS                         15.5 N  86.5 E
 051518     CS      994                15.5 N  86.5 E
 051521     CS                         15.5 N  86.5 E
 051600     CS      994    35/45/T2.5  15.5 N  86.5 E
 051603     CS      996    35/45/T2.5  15.5 N  86.5 E
 051609     CS      994                15.5 N  86.5 E
 051618     CS      994                15.5 N  86.5 E
 051621     CS                         15.5 N  86.5 E
 051703     DD             30          14.5 N  86.5 E
 051712     DD             30          14.5 N  87.0 E
 051803     D              25          14.5 N  90.5 E
 051903     DD             30          16.5 N  92.5 E
 051912     CS                         18.5 N  93.5 E

Note: The status symbols are those employed by IMD:

D    - depression (MSW less than 28 kts)
DD   - deep depression (MSW 28-33 kts)
CS   - cyclonic storm (MSW 34-47 kts)
SCS  - severe cyclonic storm (MSW 48-63 kts)
VSCS - very severe cyclonic storm (MSW greater than 63 kts)


  Track from the Thai Meteorological Department Warnings
  ------------------------------------------------------

 Date/Time  Status     MSW          Position
 MMDDHH               (kt)       Lat     Lon
 ---------------------------------------------
 051021      TD        30        9.5 N  87.5 E
 051103      TC        35        9.5 N  87.7 E
 051109      TC        40       10.3 N  87.4 E
 051115      TC        50       10.6 N  86.7 E
 051121      TC        50       10.6 N  86.3 E
 051200      TC        50       10.8 N  86.0 E
 051203      TC        50       10.8 N  86.0 E
 051206      TC        50       11.0 N  85.8 E
 051215      TC        50       11.2 N  85.5 E
 051221      TC        50       11.8 N  86.5 E
 051303      TC        60       13.3 N  86.5 E
 051306      TC        60       12.3 N  86.5 E
 051309      TC        60       12.5 N  86.5 E
 051315      TC        60       12.5 N  85.5 E
 051321      TC        50       13.0 N  85.5 E
 051400      TC        50       13.0 N  85.5 E
 051403      TC        50       13.8 N  85.5 E
 051409      TC        50       14.8 N  86.5 E
 051415      TC        50       14.8 N  86.5 E
 051421      TC        40       15.0 N  87.0 E
 051503      TC        40       15.0 N  86.1 E
 051509      TC        40       15.3 N  86.4 E
 051512      TC        40       15.3 N  86.5 E
 051521      TC        40       15.0 N  86.8 E
 051603      TC        40       15.0 N  86.8 E
 051609      TC        40       15.0 N  86.8 E
 051615      TC        40       15.0 N  86.8 E
 051621      TC        40       15.0 N  86.8 E
 051703      TC        40       15.0 N  87.0 E
 051709      TC        40       15.5 N  88.0 E
 051712      TC        40       15.5 N  88.0 E
 051715      TC        40       15.5 N  88.0 E
 051721      TC        35       15.2 N  88.0 E
 051803      TC        35       15.3 N  89.0 E
 051806      TC        35       15.5 N  91.0 E
 051809      TC        35       15.5 N  91.0 E
 051815      TC        35       15.8 N  92.2 E
 051821      TC        35       16.7 N  93.0 E
 051900      TC        35       17.5 N  93.5 E
 051903      TC        35       18.0 N  94.0 E
 051906      TC        35       18.0 N  93.5 E
 051909      TC        35       18.3 N  93.5 E
 051918      TC        35       19.5 N  94.0 E
 051921      TC        35       19.5 N  94.0 E

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


                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
  average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
  issued by Meteo France's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre on Reunion
  Island (MFR), which is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional
  Specialised Meteorological Centre for the basin.  The 1-minute average
  maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by the
  Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
  located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The center position coordinates from
  JTWC were compared with those from MFR and annotations made in the
  Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
  or more.


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

   Tropical Cyclone MANOU (MFR-16 / 28S)               02 - 10 May

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Storm Name: MANOU                 Cyclone Number: 28S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 16

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

03 MAY 02 1200  11.0 S   65.0 E               20  30-35 kts away from ctr
03 MAY 03 0600  11.5 S   64.5 E  1002         25             "
03 MAY 03 1200  13.5 S   63.5 E  1000   35    25             "
03 MAY 03 1800  14.3 S   62.5 E  1000         25             "
03 MAY 04 0000  15.3 S   61.4 E   998   50    30
03 MAY 04 0600  15.3 S   61.1 E   992         35
03 MAY 04 1200  15.6 S   60.6 E   995   45    35
03 MAY 04 1800  16.1 S   59.8 E   995         35
03 MAY 05 0000  15.8 S   59.2 E   995   45    35
03 MAY 05 0600  15.8 S   59.0 E   993         35
03 MAY 05 1200  16.1 S   58.4 E   993   40    35
03 MAY 05 1800  16.4 S   57.7 E   993         35
03 MAY 06 0000  16.6 S   57.0 E   993   35    35
03 MAY 06 0600  17.2 S   55.9 E   993         35
03 MAY 06 1200  17.3 S   55.0 E   993         35
03 MAY 06 1800  17.8 S   54.3 E   993   40    35
03 MAY 07 0000  18.3 S   53.4 E   992         35
03 MAY 07 0600  18.5 S   52.2 E   991   45    40
03 MAY 07 1200  18.6 S   51.3 E   990         40
03 MAY 07 1800  18.7 S   51.0 E   987   55    45
03 MAY 08 0000  18.7 S   50.0 E   984         50
03 MAY 08 0600  19.0 S   49.9 E   962   65    70
03 MAY 08 1200  19.1 S   49.4 E   952         80
03 MAY 08 1800  19.2 S   49.1 E   952   75    80  Near Madagascar coast
03 MAY 09 0000  19.4 S   49.2 E   955         80           "
03 MAY 09 0600  19.6 S   49.1 E   970   75    65           "
03 MAY 09 1200  19.6 S   49.0 E   980         60           "
03 MAY 09 1800  20.3 S   49.2 E   985   55    50
03 MAY 10 0000  20.2 S   49.2 E   990         40
03 MAY 10 0600  20.9 S   48.8 E   998   40    30
03 MAY 10 1200  21.9 S   48.8 E   998         30
03 MAY 10 1800  22.9 S   48.9 E  1001   30    25

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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN (AUW) - Longitude 90E to 135E


                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
  average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
  issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres at Perth, Western
  Australia, and Darwin, Northern Territory.    The 1-minute average
  maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by
  the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and
  Navy, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The center position coordinates
  from JTWC were compared with those from the Australian centres and
  annotations made in the Remarks column when the differences in general
  amounted to 40-50 nm or more.


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

   Tropical LOW                                        08 - 11 May

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUW


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

03 MAY 08 0400   8.0 S   93.0 E  1003
03 MAY 09 0400  11.0 S   95.0 E  1003
03 MAY 10 0400  11.0 S   97.0 E  1003
03 MAY 11 0400  12.0 S  100.0 E  1003

Note: No MSW were given by Perth for this tropical LOW.  No gale warnings
were issued and the potential for development was assessed as low each
day, so likely maximum winds did not exceed 20-25 kts.

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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>


  SPECIAL NOTE:  Back issues of the global tropical cyclone summaries
  and monthly cyclone track files can be obtained at the following
  websites:

    ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/landsea/padgett/>
    http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/>
    http://www.typhoon2000.ph> OR http://64.235.42.210>
    http://mpittweather.com>


  PREPARED BY:

  Gary Padgett              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

  Michael V. Padua          [email protected] 
                            [email protected]

  Huang Chunliang           [email protected]

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Document: trak0305.htm
Updated: 27th December 2006

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