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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 2011
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2011
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE INFORMATION AT END OF FILE !!!!
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2011 North
Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Depression (BOB 01 / Invest 91B) 02 - 03 Feb
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: NIO
IMD Depression Identifier: BOB 01
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 3-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 02 0900 6.5 N 82.5 E 1002 25 IMD bulletins
11 FEB 02 1200 6.5 N 82.5 E 1002 25
11 FEB 02 1800 6.5 N 82.5 E 1002 25
11 FEB 03 1430 8.1 N 82.5 E SAB: T1.5/1.5
11 FEB 03 2030 8.2 N 82.3 E SAB: T1.0/1.5
Note: Not really much of a track! I only included this system because
it was numbered by IMD and is referenced on the Wikipedia page. To my
knowledge no Dvorak classifications of T2.0 were rendered by any agency.
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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 2010-2011
Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Intense Tropical Cyclone BINGIZA (MFR-05 / 13S) 09 Feb - 02 Mar
Tropical Disturbance (MFR-06) 15 - 18 Feb
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Storm Name: BINGIZA Cyclone Number: 13S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 05
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 09 0600 13.6 S 55.8 E 1001 25 Locally 30 kts SW quad
11 FEB 09 1200 13.8 S 55.1 E 998 30
11 FEB 09 1800 13.7 S 54.6 E 996 40 35
11 FEB 10 0000 13.5 S 54.2 E 991 40
11 FEB 10 0600 13.6 S 54.5 E 991 45 40
11 FEB 10 1200 13.8 S 54.2 E 991 40
11 FEB 10 1800 13.8 S 54.1 E 990 45 40
11 FEB 11 0000 13.9 S 53.7 E 992 40
11 FEB 11 0600 14.3 S 53.7 E 993 45 40
11 FEB 11 1200 14.7 S 53.7 E 993 40
11 FEB 11 1800 14.9 S 54.0 E 991 45 40
11 FEB 12 0000 15.3 S 54.0 E 993 40
11 FEB 12 0600 15.7 S 53.5 E 986 55 50
11 FEB 12 1200 15.4 S 53.6 E 982 55
11 FEB 12 1800 15.6 S 53.5 E 963 85 80
11 FEB 13 0000 15.6 S 53.1 E 953 90
11 FEB 13 0600 15.7 S 52.6 E 953 100 90
11 FEB 13 1200 15.8 S 52.0 E 953 90
11 FEB 13 1800 16.0 S 51.5 E 958 100 85
11 FEB 14 0000 16.0 S 50.5 E 959 85
11 FEB 14 0600 15.9 S 49.8 E 953 85 80
11 FEB 14 1200 15.8 S 48.6 E 975 50 Inland in Madagascar
11 FEB 14 1800 16.2 S 47.2 E 990 55 35 JTWC: 16.0S/47.4E
11 FEB 15 0000 16.4 S 45.6 E 997 25
11 FEB 15 0600 16.5 S 45.7 E 995 35 20
11 FEB 15 1200 16.8 S 44.9 E 996 20 Moving offshore
11 FEB 15 1800 16.9 S 44.2 E 995 35 20 JTWC: 15.9S/44.2E
11 FEB 16 0000 17.7 S 43.3 E 997 25 Locally 30 kts NE quad
11 FEB 16 0600 16.7 S 44.1 E 994 35 30 JTWC: 17.4S/43.9E
11 FEB 16 1200 18.7 S 44.1 E 995 25 Locally 30 kts
11 FEB 16 1800 19.7 S 43.8 E 995 35 25 "
11 FEB 17 0000 20.7 S 43.7 E 993 30
11 FEB 17 0600 20.9 S 44.0 E 990 40 40
11 FEB 17 1200 20.9 S 43.9 E 990 40
11 FEB 17 1800 20.8 S 44.4 E 992 35 30 JTWC: 22.4S/44.8E
11 FEB 18 0000 21.5 S 45.2 E 996 25 Over land
11 FEB 18 0600 22.1 S 46.2 E 994 25
11 FEB 18 1200 24.0 S 47.3 E 994 25 40 kts ovr water S semi
11 FEB 18 1800 22.8 S 49.2 E 996 NRL track
11 FEB 19 0000 24.8 S 48.0 E 996
11 FEB 19 0600 25.0 S 47.7 E 997
11 FEB 19 1200 25.1 S 47.4 E 997
11 FEB 19 1800 25.3 S 47.1 E 1000
11 FEB 20 0000 25.9 S 47.5 E 1001
11 FEB 20 0600 26.8 S 46.5 E 1003
11 FEB 20 1200 27.4 S 47.3 E 1003
11 FEB 20 1800 27.7 S 46.0 E 1003
11 FEB 21 0000 27.8 S 47.0 E 1002
11 FEB 21 0600 28.6 S 47.2 E 1003
11 FEB 21 1200 29.2 S 47.6 E 1001
11 FEB 21 1800 29.9 S 48.8 E 1001
11 FEB 22 0000 30.7 S 49.9 E 999
11 FEB 22 0600 32.4 S 52.3 E 999
11 FEB 22 1200 32.5 S 53.5 E 998
11 FEB 22 1800 33.7 S 56.1 E 998
11 FEB 23 0000 35.0 S 57.7 E 996 NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 23 0600 36.1 S 60.2 E 998
11 FEB 23 1800 37.4 S 64.8 E 998
11 FEB 24 0000 37.6 S 65.1 E 996
11 FEB 24 0600 39.3 S 66.5 E 998
11 FEB 24 1200 40.1 S 65.3 E 998
11 FEB 24 1800 40.2 S 65.0 E 998
11 FEB 25 0000 40.2 S 64.6 E 1000
11 FEB 25 0600 40.0 S 65.0 E 1003
11 FEB 25 1200 40.2 S 65.8 E 1005
11 FEB 25 1800 40.4 S 67.5 E 1006
11 FEB 26 0000 41.0 S 69.8 E 1006
11 FEB 26 0600 40.9 S 70.8 E 1007
11 FEB 26 1200 41.0 S 72.4 E 1007
11 FEB 26 1800 41.3 S 74.2 E 1009
11 FEB 27 0000 41.4 S 75.1 E 1009
11 FEB 27 0600 40.3 S 77.2 E 1010
11 FEB 27 1200 40.5 S 77.5 E 1011
11 FEB 27 1800 40.2 S 78.3 E 1012
11 FEB 28 0000 40.0 S 79.5 E 1011
11 FEB 28 0600 40.0 S 80.0 E 1010
11 FEB 28 1200 40.1 S 80.1 E 1010
11 FEB 28 1800 40.1 S 80.5 E 1012
11 MAR 01 0000 40.0 S 80.8 E 1011
11 MAR 01 0600 39.2 S 82.1 E 1011
11 MAR 01 1200 39.0 S 82.8 E 1011
11 MAR 01 1800 39.1 S 83.5 E 1012
11 MAR 02 0000 38.1 S 85.6 E 1012
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 06
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 15 1800 14.9 S 62.7 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts NW quad
11 FEB 16 0000 14.8 S 63.2 E 1000 25 "
11 FEB 16 0600 14.8 S 62.6 E 1004 25
11 FEB 17 1200 16.3 S 62.1 E 1002 25 Locally 30 kts NW quad
11 FEB 17 1800 16.9 S 62.0 E 1001 25 "
11 FEB 18 0000 17.9 S 62.7 E 1003 25 "
11 FEB 18 0600 19.1 S 62.7 E 1003 25 "
11 FEB 18 1200 20.1 S 62.6 E 1003 25
Note: MFR assigned a peak Dvorak rating of T2.0/2.0 for this system,
implying that 1-min avg winds of 30 kts were possible.
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
Australian Region Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Tropical LOW (15U / 14S) 10 - 16 Feb
Severe Tropical Cyclone DIANNE (16U / 16S) 15 - 23 Feb
Severe Tropical Cyclone CARLOS (17U / 15S) 15 Feb - 01 Mar
Tropical LOW (18U) 25 - 28 Feb
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 14S Basin: AUW
(Australian LOW 15U)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 10 1932 18.7 S 107.7 E 30 SAB: T2.5/2.5
11 FEB 11 0000 19.5 S 107.0 E 1000 30
11 FEB 11 0600 20.3 S 104.8 E 1000 30
11 FEB 11 1200 20.5 S 103.5 E 1000 35 30
11 FEB 11 1800 20.8 S 102.1 E 1000 30
11 FEB 12 0000 21.0 S 100.0 E 1000 35 30
11 FEB 12 0600 20.9 S 99.0 E 1000 25 Final warning
11 FEB 12 1200 21.2 S 98.2 E 1000 30 NRL track
11 FEB 12 1800 21.4 S 97.2 E 1000 30
11 FEB 13 0000 21.7 S 96.2 E 1004 25
11 FEB 13 0600 22.1 S 95.7 E 1002 NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 13 1200 21.6 S 95.1 E 1001
11 FEB 13 1800 20.8 S 93.7 E 1002
11 FEB 14 0000 21.6 S 92.6 E 1002
11 FEB 14 0600 22.1 S 91.6 E 1002
11 FEB 14 1200 21.7 S 90.7 E 1003
11 FEB 14 1800 22.3 S 89.6 E 1005
11 FEB 15 0000 22.5 S 87.9 E 1004
11 FEB 15 0600 22.7 S 87.7 E 1006
11 FEB 15 1800 22.8 S 86.1 E 1008
11 FEB 16 0000 23.2 S 84.9 E 1008
11 FEB 16 0600 23.4 S 85.7 E 1008
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Storm Name: DIANNE Cyclone Number: 16S Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Perth TCWC - Australian LOW 16U)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 15 0600 19.1 S 112.7 E 995 25
11 FEB 15 1200 19.2 S 111.8 E 995 30
11 FEB 15 1800 19.2 S 111.2 E 995 30
11 FEB 16 0000 19.2 S 111.5 E 992 35 30
11 FEB 16 0600 19.1 S 111.2 E 992 30
11 FEB 16 1200 18.8 S 111.2 E 986 40 40 Named TC Dianne
11 FEB 16 1800 19.3 S 111.7 E 987 40
11 FEB 17 0000 19.3 S 111.7 E 986 40 45
11 FEB 17 0600 19.2 S 111.4 E 978 50
11 FEB 17 1200 18.7 S 110.6 E 972 55 55
11 FEB 17 1800 19.1 S 110.8 E 972 55
11 FEB 18 0000 20.0 S 110.0 E 972 60 55
11 FEB 18 0600 20.2 S 109.8 E 975 55
11 FEB 18 1200 20.9 S 109.1 E 970 65 60
11 FEB 18 1800 21.3 S 108.0 E 970 60
11 FEB 19 0000 21.5 S 108.1 E 965 80 65
11 FEB 19 0600 22.1 S 107.7 E 962 70
11 FEB 19 1200 22.7 S 107.6 E 962 85 70
11 FEB 19 1800 23.2 S 107.4 E 962 70
11 FEB 20 0000 23.7 S 107.2 E 968 70 65
11 FEB 20 0600 24.4 S 106.6 E 968 65
11 FEB 20 1200 24.6 S 106.0 E 967 65 65
11 FEB 20 1800 25.0 S 105.3 E 970 60
11 FEB 21 0000 25.2 S 104.1 E 970 65 60
11 FEB 21 0600 25.9 S 103.3 E 980 50
11 FEB 21 1200 26.9 S 102.6 E 980 50 50
11 FEB 21 1800 27.3 S 102.0 E 987 40
11 FEB 22 0000 28.3 S 101.9 E 992 40 30 Ex-TC
11 FEB 22 0600 29.7 S 102.4 E 999 NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 22 1200 30.2 S 102.6 E 999
11 FEB 22 1800 30.4 S 102.5 E 1001
11 FEB 23 0000 29.9 S 102.5 E 1003
11 FEB 23 0600 30.4 S 102.7 E 1004
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Storm Name: CARLOS Cyclone Number: 15S Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Darwin TCWC - Australian LOW 17U)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 15 0000 13.3 S 130.7 E 1004 30 Over land
11 FEB 15 0600 13.0 S 130.4 E 1000 30 "
11 FEB 15 1200 12.8 S 130.6 E 999 30 "
11 FEB 15 1800 12.4 S 130.6 E 997 35 30 Over water
11 FEB 16 0000 12.4 S 130.9 E 996 35 Named TC Carlos
11 FEB 16 0600 12.5 S 131.0 E 993 35 35 Over land
11 FEB 16 1200 12.5 S 131.0 E 993 35 "
11 FEB 16 1800 12.9 S 131.3 E 996 35 35 "
11 FEB 16 2100 13.1 S 131.4 E 996 30 Ex-TC inland
11 FEB 17 0000 13.3 S 131.4 E 997 30
11 FEB 17 0600 13.3 S 130.8 E 995 35 30
11 FEB 17 1200 13.7 S 130.6 E 995 30
11 FEB 17 1800 13.8 S 130.6 E 996 30
11 FEB 18 0000 14.2 S 130.6 E 998 25
11 FEB 18 0600 14.5 S 130.3 E 997 25
11 FEB 18 1200 14.9 S 130.1 E 998 30
11 FEB 18 1800 15.2 S 130.1 E 999 30
11 FEB 19 0000 15.6 S 129.1 E 998 30
11 FEB 19 0600 15.1 S 128.5 E 997 30
11 FEB 19 1200 15.1 S 128.3 E 997 30
11 FEB 19 1800 15.6 S 127.3 E 998 30
11 FEB 20 0000 15.8 S 126.7 E 997 25
11 FEB 20 0600 16.1 S 125.5 E 996 25
11 FEB 20 1200 16.4 S 124.5 E 994 25
11 FEB 20 1800 17.5 S 122.0 E 995 35 25 Regenerated as TC
11 FEB 21 0000 17.7 S 121.6 E 992 40 35
11 FEB 21 0600 18.0 S 120.4 E 990 40 40
11 FEB 22 1200 18.7 S 119.3 E 988 45 45
11 FEB 22 1800 19.5 S 118.3 E 980 50 50
11 FEB 23 0000 20.2 S 117.3 E 980 55 55
11 FEB 23 0600 20.9 S 116.4 E 982 55 45 Crossed coast
11 FEB 23 1200 21.2 S 115.5 E 980 55 55 Over water
11 FEB 23 1800 21.7 S 114.8 E 978 60 55 Close to coast
11 FEB 24 0000 22.1 S 114.1 E 974 55 60 Over land
11 FEB 24 0600 22.5 S 113.4 E 978 55 Over water
11 FEB 24 1200 22.8 S 112.8 E 975 55 60
11 FEB 24 1800 23.3 S 111.9 E 973 60
11 FEB 25 0000 23.8 S 110.6 E 980 45 50 JTWC: 24.0S/110.1E
11 FEB 25 0600 24.3 S 109.4 E 978 55
11 FEB 25 1200 24.7 S 108.5 E 975 65 60
11 FEB 25 1800 25.3 S 107.6 E 968 65
11 FEB 26 0000 26.1 S 106.9 E 971 55 60 JTWC: 25.6S/107.8E
11 FEB 26 0600 26.9 S 106.1 E 977 55
11 FEB 26 1200 27.8 S 105.3 E 978 50 50
11 FEB 26 1800 28.6 S 105.2 E 983 45
11 FEB 27 0000 29.6 S 104.5 E 995 35 30 Ex-TC
11 FEB 27 0600 31.5 S 103.2 E 1004 NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 27 1200 32.2 S 104.3 E 1005
11 FEB 27 1800 32.0 S 104.8 E 1006
11 FEB 28 0000 31.8 S 103.6 E 1006
11 FEB 28 0600 32.0 S 102.6 E 1006
11 FEB 28 1200 30.6 S 102.2 E 1007
11 FEB 28 1800 31.7 S 101.0 E 1008
11 MAR 01 0000 32.2 S 99.2 E 1007
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUW
Australian Tropical LOW Number: 18U
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 25 0600 14.0 S 126.0 E 998 Peak gusts 40 kts
11 FEB 25 1200 14.0 S 126.0 E 998 Peak gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 25 1800 14.0 S 126.0 E 998 "
11 FEB 26 0000 13.9 S 125.9 E 998 "
11 FEB 26 0300 14.5 S 123.4 E 998 Relocated/Gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 26 0600 14.7 S 123.5 E 997 Peak gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 26 1200 15.1 S 123.3 E 997 "
11 FEB 26 1800 15.3 S 123.9 E 995 "
11 FEB 27 0000 15.3 S 123.6 E 995 "
11 FEB 27 0600 15.8 S 123.2 E 994 "
11 FEB 27 1200 17.1 S 123.5 E 992 "
11 FEB 27 1800 17.7 S 123.9 E 994 "
11 FEB 28 0000 18.7 S 123.3 E 994 "
Note: The center of this tropical LOW remained inland for essentially all
its existence. At one point it was forecast to move over the Timor Sea
and intensify, but this failed to materialize. No ocean warnings nor
technical bulletins were issued by BoM. Since the peak gust to mean wind
ratio factor is different over land than over water, I did not attempt
to convert the forecast peak gusts to an average wind. (Gary speaking
here--I typed this one for Michael since he has had a rather plentiful
number of cyclone tracks to type.)
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
South Pacific Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South_Pacific_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Cyclone ZAKA (10F / 12P) 05 - 08 Feb
Severe Tropical Cyclone ATU (11F / 17P) 14 Feb - 06 Mar
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Storm Name: ZAKA Cyclone Number: 12P Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 10F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
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11 FEB 05 0000 22.2 S 169.5 W 1008
11 FEB 05 0600 22.5 S 171.0 W 1011
11 FEB 05 1800 22.5 S 173.8 W 1008
11 FEB 05 2100 22.5 S 174.6 W 1008
11 FEB 06 0300 23.0 S 174.9 W 998
11 FEB 06 0600 23.1 S 175.4 E 998 40 Area of gales
11 FEB 06 1200 24.2 S 176.1 W 995 35 Named TC Zaka
11 FEB 06 1800 25.7 S 177.2 W 987 45 45 NZ warnings
11 FEB 07 0000 27.4 S 177.9 W 985 50
11 FEB 07 0600 29.0 S 179.5 W 987 40 45
11 FEB 07 1200 31.6 S 179.8 E 988 40
11 FEB 07 1800 32.3 S 179.8 E 992 35 40 Extratropical
11 FEB 08 0000 35.0 S 180.0 E 996 40
11 FEB 08 0600 36.0 S 179.0 W 997 35
11 FEB 08 1200 39.0 S 177.0 W 1000 35
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Storm Name: ATU Cyclone Number: 17P Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 11F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 14 0600 18.5 S 166.0 E 1004
11 FEB 14 1800 18.7 S 168.7 E 1005
11 FEB 15 0600 17.9 S 169.4 E 1005
11 FEB 15 1800 17.1 S 168.2 E 1005
11 FEB 15 2100 17.0 S 169.0 E 1007
11 FEB 16 0600 15.5 S 169.7 E 1004
11 FEB 16 1800 14.0 S 171.0 E 1003
11 FEB 16 2100 13.9 S 170.6 E 1003
11 FEB 17 0600 13.8 S 169.9 E 1002
11 FEB 17 1800 15.0 S 169.5 E 1001
11 FEB 17 2100 14.9 S 169.5 E 1001
11 FEB 18 0000 14.8 S 169.0 E 1000 25
11 FEB 18 0600 15.1 S 169.2 E 999 25
11 FEB 18 1200 15.3 S 169.3 E 999 25
11 FEB 18 1800 15.6 S 169.6 E 997 35 30
11 FEB 19 0000 16.0 S 169.3 E 995 35 Named TC Atu
11 FEB 19 0600 16.2 S 169.2 E 994 50 40
11 FEB 19 1200 16.4 S 168.7 E 987 45
11 FEB 19 1800 16.7 S 169.2 E 987 55 45
11 FEB 20 0000 16.8 S 169.2 E 980 55
11 FEB 20 0600 17.0 S 169.4 E 973 90 70
11 FEB 20 1200 17.0 S 169.5 E 940 90
11 FEB 20 1800 17.4 S 169.7 E 940 115 90
11 FEB 21 0000 17.9 S 169.9 E 940 90
11 FEB 21 0600 18.3 S 170.2 E 940 100 90
11 FEB 21 1200 19.0 S 170.5 E 940 90
11 FEB 21 1800 19.7 S 171.0 E 940 95 90
11 FEB 22 0000 21.2 S 171.8 E 942 90
11 FEB 22 0600 22.6 S 172.2 E 946 95 90
11 FEB 22 1200 23.8 S 172.7 E 940 90
11 FEB 22 1800 25.5 S 173.7 E 940 90 90
11 FEB 23 0000 27.0 S 175.0 E 945 85 NZ warnings
11 FEB 23 0600 28.5 S 176.4 E 945 70 85
11 FEB 23 1200 29.8 S 177.9 E 945 85
11 FEB 23 1800 31.0 S 179.7 E 965 55 70
11 FEB 24 0000 32.5 S 178.8 W 975 60
11 FEB 24 0600 33.2 S 176.6 W 989 45 NRL track
11 FEB 24 1200 33.7 S 175.3 W 989 45
11 FEB 24 1800 34.1 S 174.2 W 989 45
11 FEB 25 0000 34.4 S 172.6 W 989 45
11 FEB 25 0600 35.4 S 171.6 W 989 45
11 FEB 25 1200 37.5 S 171.9 W 991 NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 25 1800 38.1 S 172.0 W 990
11 FEB 26 0000 40.1 S 171.5 W 987
11 FEB 26 0600 42.1 S 170.7 W 991
11 FEB 26 1200 45.1 S 170.2 W 989
11 FEB 26 1800 47.5 S 169.9 W 989
11 FEB 27 0000 49.8 S 169.6 W 989
11 FEB 27 0600 52.3 S 167.4 W 990
11 FEB 27 1200 55.1 S 164.8 W 991
11 FEB 27 1800 57.7 S 162.1 W 988
11 FEB 28 0000 59.4 S 157.0 W 989
11 FEB 28 0600 59.9 S 153.7 W 991
11 FEB 28 1200 60.0 S 151.0 W 991
11 FEB 28 1800 60.0 S 147.3 W 990
11 MAR 01 0000 59.8 S 142.8 W 988
11 MAR 01 0600 58.6 S 135.7 W 983
11 MAR 01 1200 57.7 S 128.2 W 976
11 MAR 01 1800 57.7 S 119.9 W 970
11 MAR 02 0000 58.0 S 115.3 W 962
11 MAR 02 0600 57.7 S 113.7 W 951
11 MAR 02 1200 57.8 S 109.3 W 947
11 MAR 02 1800 57.9 S 104.8 W 946
11 MAR 03 0000 58.9 S 100.0 W 949
11 MAR 03 0600 60.2 S 95.2 W 953
11 MAR 03 1200 61.2 S 90.9 W 956
11 MAR 03 1800 63.3 S 83.5 W 960
11 MAR 04 0000 65.5 S 77.6 W 960
11 MAR 04 0600 67.7 S 78.2 W 964
11 MAR 04 1200 70.0 S 74.4 W 966
11 MAR 04 1800 70.1 S 73.3 W 969
11 MAR 05 0000 70.3 S 72.2 W 973
11 MAR 05 0600 70.5 S 73.3 W 976
11 MAR 05 1200 70.3 S 71.0 W 977
11 MAR 05 1800 70.0 S 68.5 W 977
11 MAR 06 0000 70.1 S 69.8 W 980
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********** SPECIAL NOTE **********
I now have some assistants who are helping to prepare the monthly
tropical cyclone files, and I'd like to thank them for their willing-
ness to assist me. Kevin Boyle, of Stoke-on-Trent, UK, will be
preparing the tracks for Northwest Pacific basin tropical cyclones
during the most active part of the NWP season from June through
December.
Michael Bath, of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales, Australia, is now
preparing the track files for Australian Region and South Pacific
tropical cyclones. Also, Steve Young sends me tracks with data for
the pre-warning and post-warning stages of tropical cyclones in all
basins, prepared primarily from NCEP re-analysis data or else taken
from NRL files.
A very special thanks is due to Kevin, Michael and Steve for their
assistance.
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SOURCES OF TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION
The purpose of this section is to list some websites where many and
varied types of tropical cyclone information are archived. Many readers
will know about these already, but for the benefit of those who don't,
I wanted to include them.
(1) Aircraft Reconnaissance Information
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Various types of messages from reconnaissance aircraft may be
retrieved from the following FTP site:
ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon/>
Information regarding how to interpret the coded reconnaissance
messages may be found at the following URL:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/reconlist.shtml>
Links are also included to websites with further information about the
U. S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the NOAA Air-
craft Operations Center.
(2) Archived Advisories
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All the advisory products (public advisories, forecast/advisories,
strike probabilities, discussions, various graphics) issued by TPC/NHC
are archived on TPC's website. For the current year (using 2004 as an
example), the archived products can be found at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/index.shtml>
Links to tropical products archives for earlier years are available at
the following URL:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml>
JTWC warnings for past storms are archived on the NRL Monterrey website:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>
On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left
corner of the screen.
I am not aware at the moment of any other TCWC which archives all
its tropical cyclone warning/advisory products for public access, but
if I learn of any, I will add them to this list.
(3) Satellite Imagery
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Satellite images of tropical cyclones in various sensor bands are
available on the NRL Monterrey and University of Wisconsin websites,
courtesy of Jeff Hawkins and Chris Velden and their associates. The
links are:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html>
On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left
corner of the screen. For the CIMSS site, a link to data archives is
located in the lower left portion of the screen.
Additional tropical satellite imagery, along with looping ability for
composite microwave imagery for the Western Hemisphere north of the
equator, can be found at:
(1) For the Eastern North Pacific:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-epac.html>
(2) For the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-atl.html>
(4) Cyclone Tracking Information
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There is a U. S. Navy site that tracks tropical cyclones at 6-hourly
intervals which often includes pre and post-advisory positions. The
link to the site is:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/doc_archives/>
Steve Young has compiled many of these tracks onto a single webpage
which is very user-friendly:
http://home.earthlink.net/~shy9/tc1.htm>
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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]
Steve Young [email protected]
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