A REVIEW OF THE 2020-2021 TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON

                         FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

     Following is a tabular summary of all the tropical depressions, 
  tropical cyclones and warned systems which occurred in the Southern
  Hemisphere between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017 as reported in the 
  Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summaries.  Dates include pre- and 
  post-warning but not extratropical stages. Pressure and wind data 
  reflect tropical and/or subtopical stages only.


 Basins - Tropical cyclone basins where the cyclone tracked during
          the majority of its life:

        SI   - Southwest Indian Ocean - West of 120E
        AU   - Northwest Australia/Southeast Indian Ocean - 120E to 150E
        SP   - South Pacific Ocean - East of 160E
        SA   - South Atlantic Ocean

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                                South Atlantic
  NUM             NAME             DATES               CENT PRS   MSW       BASIN
      Local                                             (mb)    (kts)
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  ---  ---      Oquira         Dec 27 - Dec 30         1002
  01Q  ---      ---            Feb 03 - Feb 07          983       40         SA
  ---  ---      ---            Feb 14 - Feb 17         1002      ---         SA (1)
  ---  ---      POTIRA         APR 18 - APR 18         1005       40         SA (1)
  ---  ---      RAONI          JUN 27 - JUL 01          986       55         SA (2)

 (1) Subtropical Storm
 (2) Brazil warned as a subtropical storm.  Author believes this was a tropical storm.

 

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                             South Hemisphere (Excluding South Atlantic)
  NUM             NAME                  DATES           CENT PRS   MSW       BASIN
 JTWC  Local                                             (mb)    (kts)
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  92s  ---        ----              Jul 19 - Jul 25    1003       25         SI (1)
  01S  01         Alicia            Nov 08 - Nov 20     983       65         SI
  93S  02         ---               Nov 12 - Nov 17    1001       30         SI
  02S  01U 03     Bongoyo           Nov 25 - Nov 12     992       55         SI
  03S  02U        ---               Dec 04 - Dec 12     992       45         SI
  99S  ---        ---               Dec 07 - Dec 09     998       30         SI (1)
  04P  01F        ---               Dec 07 - Dec 13     997       35         SP
  05P  02F        Yasa              Dec 08 - Dec 23     914      140         SP
  06P  03F        Zazu              Dec 12 - Dec 17     980       55         SP
  93S  04U 05     ---               Dec 17 - Jan 03    1001       30         SI
  94S  03U        ---               Dec 17 - Dec 22     986       25         AU (1)
  07S  04         Chalane           Dec 19 - Dec 30     983       60         SI
  08S  06         Danilo            Dec 28 - Jan 12     976       70         SI
  09P  05U        Imogen            Dec 31 - Jan 07     991       45         AU
  98S  ---        ---               Jan 04 - Jan 11    1003       25         SI (1)
  12S  07         Eloise            Jan 10 - Jan 25     967       90         SI
  10S  08  07U    Joshua            Jan 11 - Jan 22     991       45         AU/SI
  11P  09U        Kimi              Jan 15 - Jan 19     990       55         SP
  14S  08U        Fourteen          Jan 15 - Jan 23     994       45         AU
  13S  09  10U    Thirteen          Jan 19 - Feb 02     994       35         AU/SI
  17P  11U        Lucas             Jan 23 - Feb 04     975       35         SP
  95P  04F        ---               Jan 22 - Jan 28     997       30         SP (3)
  15P  05F        Ana               Jan 26 - Feb 02     975       65         SP
  97P  06F        ---               Jan 27 - Jan 28     996       20         SP (3)
  18P  12U        ---               Jan 28 - Feb 05     991       35         AU/SI
  16P  07F        Bina              Jan 28 - Feb 01     991       45         SP
  19P  10         Faraji            Feb 04 - Feb 16     920      140         SI
  91S  ---        ---               Feb 05 - Feb 07     994       25         SP (1)
  20P  09F        ---               Feb 06 - Feb 12     987       45         SP
  21S  11         ---               Feb 09 - Feb 22     953       85         SP
  94P  10F        ---               Feb 20 - Feb 25    1002       25         SP
  95P  ---        ---               Feb 21 - Feb 22    1006       30         SP (1)
  96P  ---        ---               Feb 21 - Feb 23     992       35         SP (6)
  97P  ---        ---               Feb 22 - Feb 23    1003       25         SP (1)
  22S  15U        Marian            Feb 23 - Mar 07     950       90         SI
  23P             Niran             Feb 26 - Mar 07     917      140         SP
  24S  13         Habana            Mar 01 - Mar 17     928      135         SI
  25s  14         Iman              Mar 03 - Mar 09     991       45         SI
  92P  11F        ---               Mar 05 - Mar 06     998       30         SP (1)
  ---  ---        ---               Mar 17 - Mar 22    1000       35         SP (7)
  95S  ---        ---               Mar 19 - Mar 29    1002       25         SI (1)
  98S  15         ---               Mar 24 - Mar 30     998       30         SI
  26S  22U        SEROJA            Mar 30 - Apr 12     972       70         SI
  27S  23U        ODETTE            MAR 31 - APR 10     990       50         SI
  91S  24U        ---               APR 05 - APR 11    1004       25         SI (5)
  28P  13F        ---               APR 07 - APR 11     999       40         SP
  29S  16         JOBO              APR 14 - APR 24     995       55         SI
  93S  ---        ---               MAY 29 - JUN 03    1003       25         SI (1)

 (1) Designated as an unnumbered depression by JTWC
 (2) Warned as a Sub-tropical Storm. 
 (3) Depression/Disturbance number issued by Fiji only
 (4) System did not meet local definitions for a Tropical Storm
 (5) Depression/Disturbance number issued by BOM only.
 (6) Unnumbered Subtropical Storm by JTWC
 (7) Unnumbered Tropical Storm
 
 



Prepared by Steven Young ([email protected])

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