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Monthly Tropical Cyclone Tracks December 2009
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

 
              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - DECEMBER 2009

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


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).  A special thanks to Michael for his efforts.

     The track for TC-28W below was prepared by Kevin Boyle of Stoke-
  on-Trent, UK.  A special thanks to Kevin for his efforts.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009 Pacific
  Typhoon Season:
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Pacific_typhoon_season>

     Following is a link to Michael Padua's storm logs for the December
  tropical cyclone:

  28W - http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2009/stormlogs/outsidePAR/28W09_log.htm>


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

   Tropical Storm (28W)                                03 - 08 Dec

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 28W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: None

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

09 DEC 03 1800  18.0 N  141.0 E  1000         25  JMA bulletins
09 DEC 04 0000  19.0 N  141.0 E  1004         25
09 DEC 04 0600  20.9 N  141.4 E  1002         25 
09 DEC 04 1200  21.0 N  141.0 E  1002         25  
09 DEC 04 1800  22.0 N  142.0 E  1002         25  
09 DEC 05 0000  24.0 N  145.0 E  1006  35     25  Only JTWC warning 
09 DEC 05 0600  25.0 N  147.0 E  1006         25  
09 DEC 05 1200  27.0 N  148.0 E  1006         35  Developing LOW (XTRP)
09 DEC 05 1800  28.0 N  149.0 E  1006         35
09 DEC 06 0000  29.0 N  149.0 E  1008         35
09 DEC 06 0600  31.0 N  153.0 E  1004         35
09 DEC 06 1200  32.0 N  156.0 E  1004         40
09 DEC 06 1800  33.0 N  159.0 E  1004         40
09 DEC 07 0000  35.0 N  161.0 E  1002         35
09 DEC 07 1800  41.0 N  165.0 E   998         35  No data for 0600/1200Z
09 DEC 08 0000  43.0 N  168.0 E   996         40
09 DEC 08 0600  43.0 N  171.0 E   992         45
09 DEC 08 1200  45.0 N  174.0 E   990         45
09 DEC 08 1800  45.0 N  176.0 E   988         40

Note: JTWC's coordinates for their only warning at 05/0000 UTC were
23.4N/144.6E.  The sudden upgrade to tropical storm intensity was based
upon Dvorak estimates of 35 kts from PGTW and SAB.  But since the system
was beginning extratropical transition, no further warnings were issued.

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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.

  SPECIAL NOTE!!!  I have changed the header in the second MSW column
  to reflect a 3-min avg MSW.  This is what the India Meteorological
  Department uses as their standard.  They do not modify the Dvorak
  scale, but consider the reported MSW to be a 3-min avg.  The 
  difference between a true 1-min avg MSW and 3-min avg MSW would be
  expected to be essentially negligible.  I made this change in order
  to have a column available to report IMD's intensity estimates, out
  of consideration for the fact that the office is the WMO's official
  RSMC for the North Indian Ocean basin.  For the Northwest Pacific
  basin and the entire Southern Hemisphere, the 10-min avg MSW column
  provides a place to report the RSMC's intensity estimate for comparison
  purposes with JTWC's 1-min avg MSW.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009 North
  Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


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

   Cyclonic Storm WARD (05B)                           10 - 15 Dec
                                                     
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Storm Name: WARD                  Cyclone Number: 05B     Basin: NIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 3-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

09 DEC 10 1200   6.5 N   85.0 E  1004         25  IMA bulletin
09 DEC 10 2030   7.4 N   84.4 E         30        SAB satellite bulletin
09 DEC 10 2330   7.0 N   85.7 E  1000   30    30  JTWC satellite bulletin
09 DEC 11 0530   9.2 N   84.4 E         30
09 DEC 11 1200   9.1 N   85.2 E         35        Initial JTWC warning
09 DEC 11 1800   9.9 N   85.0 E  1000   45    35
09 DEC 12 0000   9.8 N   84.7 E         45
09 DEC 12 0600   9.8 N   84.0 E   998   50    40
09 DEC 12 1200   9.2 N   82.9 E   998   45    40  IMD: 10.0N/83.5E
09 DEC 12 1800   8.5 N   82.4 E  1000   45    40  IMD: 9.5N/83.5E
09 DEC 13 0000   9.1 N   83.1 E         45
09 DEC 13 0600   8.5 N   82.9 E  1002   35    30
09 DEC 13 1200   8.8 N   82.6 E  1002   35    30
09 DEC 13 1800   8.9 N   82.0 E         35
09 DEC 14 0000   8.9 N   81.6 E  1004   30    30
09 DEC 14 0600   8.8 N   81.3 E         30
09 DEC 14 0900   8.5 N   81.0 E  1004         25  IMD bulletins
09 DEC 14 1200   8.5 N   81.0 E               25  Inland
09 DEC 15 0000   8.5 N   80.5 E               25

Note: IMD's position at 11/0000 and 11/0300 UTC was 7.0N/84.5E.  At
11/0230 UTC SAB's fix was at 8.4N/84.6E.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009-2010
  Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009-10_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


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

   Intense Tropical Cyclone CLEO (MFR-06 / 03S)        06 - 14 Dec
   Severe Tropical Storm DAVID (MFR-07 / 05S)          13 - 27 Dec

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Storm Name: CLEO                  Cyclone Number: 03S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 06

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

09 DEC 06 0000   8.5 S   84.8 E  1003         20  Locally 25 kts SE quad
09 DEC 06 0600   8.6 S   84.5 E  1002         25
09 DEC 06 1200   8.8 S   83.4 E  1002         25
09 DEC 06 1800   8.6 S   83.0 E  1002         25
09 DEC 07 0000   8.7 S   82.1 E   999   35    25
09 DEC 07 0600   8.9 S   80.5 E   998         30
09 DEC 07 1200   9.2 S   79.6 E   994   45    40
09 DEC 07 1800   9.5 S   78.4 E   987         45
09 DEC 08 0000  10.3 S   77.4 E   980   55    55
09 DEC 08 0600  10.7 S   76.4 E   947   95    90
09 DEC 08 1200  11.1 S   75.5 E   927        105
09 DEC 08 1800  11.3 S   75.0 E   935  115   105
09 DEC 09 0000  11.5 S   74.1 E   947         85
09 DEC 09 0600  12.0 S   73.3 E   970  100    70
09 DEC 09 1200  12.2 S   72.7 E   980         60
09 DEC 09 1800  12.2 S   71.4 E   980   90    55  See Note
09 DEC 10 0000  12.5 S   71.0 E   984         50
09 DEC 10 0600  13.4 S   70.5 E   984   60    50
09 DEC 10 1200  13.8 S   69.9 E   986         50
09 DEC 10 1800  14.4 S   68.9 E   988   50    45
09 DEC 11 0000  14.2 S   68.7 E   992         40
09 DEC 11 0600  13.9 S   67.7 E  1000   35    25  Locally 30 kts
09 DEC 11 1200  14.1 S   66.8 E  1002         25        "
09 DEC 11 1800  14.3 S   66.0 E  1000         25  Locally 30 kts SW quad.
09 DEC 12 0000  14.3 S   65.1 E   999         30
09 DEC 12 0600  14.5 S   64.2 E  1000         25
09 DEC 12 1200  14.4 S   63.3 E  1002         15  No data 1800Z
09 DEC 13 0000  15.0 S   62.1 E         30        JTWC warning
09 DEC 13 0600  14.9 S   61.9 E  1000         25
09 DEC 13 1200  15.9 S   61.9 E  1000   30    25  No data 1800Z
09 DEC 14 0000  17.7 S   61.7 E         30        Final JTWC warning
09 DEC 14 0600  17.6 S   60.7 E  1004         25
09 DEC 14 1200  18.7 S   60.9 E  1005         20  Locally 25 kts E quad.

Note: This is a rather large disagreement between MFR and JTWC.  JTWC's
Dvorak rating at 09/1730 UTC was T5.0/5.0, whereas MFR's analyst was
rendering T4.0/4.0.  SAB's Dvorak numbers at 09/1430 and 09/2030 UTC 
were, respectively, T3.5/4.5 and T3.5/4.0--much closer to MFR than to
JTWC.

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Storm Name: DAVID                 Cyclone Number: 05S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 07

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

09 DEC 13 0600  10.0 S   84.1 E  1002   35    25
09 DEC 13 1200  11.1 S   83.2 E  1002         25
09 DEC 13 1800  11.4 S   82.7 E         35        JTWC warning
09 DEC 14 0600  12.8 S   81.5 E  1005   30    20  Locally 25 kts S semi.
09 DEC 14 1200	13.2 S 	 80.0 E	 1000   30        NRL Re-analysis Data
09 DEC 14 1800	14.4 S	 79.1 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 15 0000	14.5 S	 78.1 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 15 0600	15.0 S	 77.5 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 15 1200	15.2 S	 77.0 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 15 1800	15.3 S	 76.2 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 16 0000	15.0 S	 75.5 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 16 0600	14.9 S	 74.8 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 16 1200	14.6 S	 74.1 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 16 1800	14.5 S	 73.3 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 17 0000	14.5 S	 72.6 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 17 0600	13.8 S	 71.9 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 17 1200	13.0 S	 71.0 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 17 1800	12.9 S	 70.1 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 18 0000	12.3 S	 69.1 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 18 0600	12.1 S	 68.0 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 18 1200	11.9 S	 67.5 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 18 1800	11.6 S	 66.7 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 19 0000	11.6 S	 66.0 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 19 0600	11.8 S	 65.3 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 19 1200	11.8 S	 64.4 E	 1004   25 
09 DEC 19 1800	11.3 S	 63.8 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 20 0000	11.1 S	 63.3 E	 1000   30 
09 DEC 20 0600  11.1 S   62.4 E  1002   35    25  JTWC/MFR resumed wrngs
09 DEC 20 1200  11.0 S   62.0 E  1002         25
09 DEC 20 1800  10.7 S   61.9 E  1000   35    25
09 DEC 21 0000  10.6 S   61.8 E  1000         25  Locally 30 kts S semi.
09 DEC 21 0600  10.6 S   62.3 E   998   35    30  Locally 35 kts E semi.
09 DEC 21 1200  10.8 S   62.9 E   995         35  Named TS David
09 DEC 21 1800  11.1 S   63.6 E   995   40    35
09 DEC 22 0000  11.3 S   64.0 E   990         40
09 DEC 22 0600  11.5 S   64.6 E   988   45    45
09 DEC 22 1200  12.0 S   66.2 E   987         45
09 DEC 22 1800  13.0 S   66.9 E   985   55    50
09 DEC 23 0000  13.3 S   67.7 E   980         55
09 DEC 23 0600  13.3 S   68.3 E   980   55    55  JTWC: 14.3S/68.3E
09 DEC 23 1200  13.5 S   68.5 E   987         50
09 DEC 23 1800  14.2 S   68.8 E   989   50    45
09 DEC 24 0000  14.4 S   69.6 E   989         45
09 DEC 24 0600  14.5 S   70.3 E   987   55    50
09 DEC 24 1200  14.7 S   70.9 E   987         50
09 DEC 24 1800  14.8 S   71.3 E   987   50    50
09 DEC 25 0000  14.2 S   70.4 E   994         40
09 DEC 25 0600  13.6 S   70.8 E   995   40    35
09 DEC 25 1200  13.7 S   71.4 E   998         30
09 DEC 25 1800  14.3 S   71.5 E  1000   30    25  Locally 30 kts S semi.
09 DEC 26 0000  14.6 S   71.3 E  1000         25             "
09 DEC 26 0600  14.9 S   70.7 E  1002         25             "
09 DEC 26 1200  13.8 S   70.0 E  1003         20             "
09 DEC 26 1800	13.9 S	 69.7 E	 1004   25        NRL Re-analysis data
09 DEC 27 0000	14.0 S	 68.9 E	 1007   20                  "

Note: The data from 14/1200 through 20/0000 UTC are based upon NRL
re-analysis data sent to the author by Steve Young.  A special thanks to
Steve for sending this data.  Even though my primary purpose is to
provide the operational tracks, I do like to present a complete track
for systems such as 05S/David which had non-continuous periods in warning
status.   The ex-David remnant LOW continued to linger for a few more
days and meander to the west-southwest.

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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.

     A special thanks to Michael Bath of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales,
  for constructing the tracks for cyclones in the Australian Region.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009-2010
  Australian Region Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009-10_Australian_region_cyclone_season>


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

   Severe Tropical Cyclone LAURENCE (06S)              10 - 24 Dec 

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Storm Name: LAURENCE              Cyclone Number: 06S     Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Darwin TCWC - Australian Tropical LOW 01U)

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

09 DEC 10 0600  10.2 S  134.0 E  1002         30
09 DEC 10 1200  10.3 S  133.6 E  1004         30
09 DEC 10 1800  10.4 S  132.8 E  1003         30
09 DEC 11 0000  10.6 S  132.8 E  1005         30
09 DEC 11 0600  11.2 S  132.0 E  1003         30
09 DEC 11 1200  11.5 S  131.6 E  1005         30
09 DEC 11 1800  12.1 S  131.1 E  1003         30
09 DEC 12 0000  12.5 S  130.7 E  1001         30  1st high seas warning
09 DEC 12 0600  13.0 S  130.2 E  1002         30
09 DEC 12 1200  13.1 S  130.0 E  1004         30
09 DEC 12 1800  13.4 S  129.7 E  1000         30
09 DEC 13 0000  13.5 S  129.4 E  1000         35  Named TC Laurence
09 DEC 13 0600  12.7 S  128.0 E   998   30    35  1st JTWC warning
09 DEC 13 1200  12.5 S  127.7 E   998         35
09 DEC 13 1800  12.1 S  127.6 E   994   35    40  JTWC: 12.1S/126.9E
09 DEC 14 0000  12.5 S  128.0 E   995         40
09 DEC 14 0600  13.0 S  127.8 E   996   45    40
09 DEC 14 1200  13.2 S  127.1 E   995         40
09 DEC 14 1800  13.2 S  126.6 E   991   55    45
09 DEC 15 0000  13.6 S  126.3 E   977         65
09 DEC 15 0600  14.4 S  125.5 E   975   75    70
09 DEC 15 1200  14.8 S  124.9 E   960         85
09 DEC 15 1800  15.0 S  124.5 E   954  115    90
09 DEC 16 0000  15.4 S  124.2 E   933        110
09 DEC 16 0600  16.1 S  124.1 E   945   90   100
09 DEC 16 1200  16.5 S  124.0 E   957         85  Moved inland
09 DEC 16 1800  16.6 S  124.1 E   974   65    65  Inland
09 DEC 17 0000  16.8 S  124.3 E   985         50  
09 DEC 17 0600  17.1 S  124.4 E   992         40  
09 DEC 17 1200  17.4 S  124.5 E   993         35  
09 DEC 17 1800  17.5 S  124.5 E   993         35  
09 DEC 18 0000  17.1 S  124.7 E   993         35  
09 DEC 18 0600  17.3 S  124.0 E   998         30  Ex-TC
09 DEC 18 1200  17.1 S  123.6 E   998   35    30  JTWC resumes warnings
09 DEC 18 1800  16.7 S  122.8 E   998         30  
09 DEC 19 0000  16.7 S  122.4 E   998   35    30  Back over water 
09 DEC 19 0600  16.9 S  122.2 E   987         45  Regenerated
09 DEC 19 1200  17.3 S  121.8 E   984   35    55
09 DEC 19 1800  17.6 S  121.2 E   980         60
09 DEC 20 0000  17.8 S  121.1 E   980   55    60
09 DEC 20 0600  18.3 S  120.7 E   970         65
09 DEC 20 1200  18.5 S  120.4 E   965   80    70
09 DEC 20 1800  18.7 S  120.4 E   952         85
09 DEC 21 0000  19.0 S  120.4 E   939  100   100
09 DEC 21 0600  19.5 S  120.6 E   929        110  Crossing coast at 07Z
09 DEC 21 1200  20.0 S  120.8 E   927   70   110  Inland/Final JTWC wrng
09 DEC 21 1800  20.6 S  121.0 E   956         80  Final high seas warning
09 DEC 22 0000  21.1 S  121.2 E   962         70
09 DEC 22 0600  21.8 S  121.6 E   973         55
09 DEC 22 1200  22.7 S  122.5 E   980         50
09 DEC 22 1800  23.6 S  123.7 E   988         40
09 DEC 23 0000  24.3 S  124.7 E   991         35
09 DEC 23 0300  24.7 S  125.7 E   995         30  Final tech bulletin
09 DEC 23 0600	26.0 S	128.0 E	  996             NRL re-analysis data
09 DEC 23 1200	27.0 S	130.0 E  1000 
09 DEC 23 1800	26.0 S	134.0 E	 1001 
09 DEC 24 0000	26.0 S	136.0 E	 1001 

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


                        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 Nadi, Fiji, and
  Wellington, New Zealand.  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 Southern Hemisphere centres and annotations made in the
  Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
  or more.

     A special thanks to Michael Bath of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales,
  for constructing the tracks for cyclones in the South Pacific basin.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009-2010
  South Pacific Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009-10_South_Pacific_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical Cyclone MICK (01F/04P)                     11 - 20 Dec

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Storm Name: MICK                  Cyclone Number: 04P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 01F

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

09 DEC 11 2100  11.5 S  171.5 E  1000         25
09 DEC 12 0000  11.5 S  171.9 E  1000         30  SAB: 11.7S/174.8E
09 DEC 12 0600  12.4 S  174.6 E   999         30
09 DEC 12 1200  12.4 S  176.4 E   999   35    30  JTWC: 13.3S/175.5E 
09 DEC 12 1800  13.3 S  175.5 E   998         30  Some peripheral gales
09 DEC 13 0000  13.9 S  175.4 E   995   45    35  Named TC Mick
09 DEC 13 0600  14.8 S  175.8 E   995         35
09 DEC 13 1200  15.5 S  176.1 E   995   55    35
09 DEC 13 1800  16.4 S  176.5 E   987         45
09 DEC 14 0000  17.3 S  177.3 E   975   65    60  JTWC: 17.5S/177.7E
09 DEC 14 0600  18.2 S  178.1 E   975         60
09 DEC 14 1200  18.4 S  178.4 E   975   55    60
09 DEC 14 1800  19.5 S  179.6 E   985         45
09 DEC 15 0000  19.6 S  179.8 E   990   40    40
09 DEC 15 0600  20.3 S  178.9 W   999         30  Some peripheral gales
09 DEC 15 1200  20.0 S  177.8 W  1000   35    30            "
09 DEC 15 1800	20.1 S	176.8 W	 1004         25
09 DEC 16 0000	20.8 S	175.5 W	 1006             NRL Re-analysis Data
09 DEC 16 0600	20.9 S	173.8 W	 1005 
09 DEC 16 1200	22.2 S	172.7 W	 1006 
09 DEC 16 1800	22.6 S	172.4 W	 1007 
09 DEC 17 0000	24.7 S	168.9 W	 1005 
09 DEC 17 0600	25.7 S	167.2 W	 1003 
09 DEC 17 1200	27.7 S	165.4 W	 1001 
09 DEC 17 1800	29.9 S	164.9 W	  997 
09 DEC 18 0000	31.9 S	165.1 W	  992 
09 DEC 18 0600	32.3 S	165.0 W	  981 
09 DEC 18 1200	32.2 S	164.9 W	  988 
09 DEC 18 1800	32.3 S	164.8 W	  989 
09 DEC 19 0000	32.7 S	162.8 W	  989 
09 DEC 19 0600	32.7 S	162.3 W	  989 
09 DEC 19 1200	34.6 S	161.8 W	  990 
09 DEC 19 1800	35.0 S	160.9 W	  991 
09 DEC 20 0000	35.3 S	160.6 W	  991 
09 DEC 20 0600	35.9 S	160.6 W	  993 
09 DEC 20 1200	37.2 S	159.8 W	  995 
09 DEC 20 1800	37.6 S	159.7 W	  996 

Note: A special thanks to Steve Young for sending the NRL re-analysis
data for the post-warning stage of TC Mick.

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

     To repeat the caveat which is included in the Author's Note
  at the end of the cyclone summaries--the tropical cyclone tracks
  I prepare are based upon the operational warnings/advisories/
  advices/bulletins which are issued by 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://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC>



  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>
    http://mpittweather.com>


  PREPARED BY:

  Gary Padgett              [email protected]
  Kevin Boyle               [email protected]
  Michael Bath              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

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

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Document: trak0912.htm
Updated: 24 February 2010

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