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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks January 1999
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JANUARY 1999


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 on
       the island of Guam.  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.

       The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
       10-min avg MSW were obtained from PAGASA's advisories if the
       storm was in PAGASA's area of responsibility; otherwise, they
       were gleaned from JMA's advisories or high seas forecasts.  In
       a few cases the 10-min MSW given by PAGASA and JMA did not agree;
       in those cases I reported the higher value.    The estimates of
       central pressure were obtained from JMA's advisories.

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Storm Name: HILDA (AURING)        Cyclone Number: 01W     Basin: NWP

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 03 1800   7.0 N  111.0 E  1002         30  JMA Warning
99 JAN 04 0000   6.6 N  113.0 E  1002         30   "     "
99 JAN 04 0600   5.6 N  113.5 E  1000   25    30  JMA: 5.8 N, 112.8 E
99 JAN 04 1200   6.3 N  113.6 E  1000   25    30
99 JAN 04 1800   6.4 N  112.8 E  1000   25    30
99 JAN 05 0000   7.0 N  113.5 E  1000   25    30  JMA: 7.7 N, 113.5 E
99 JAN 05 0600   7.0 N  113.5 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 7.5 N, 113.7 E
99 JAN 05 1200   6.9 N  113.7 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 8.0 N, 115.0 E
99 JAN 05 1800   7.0 N  114.9 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 7.5 N, 114.0 E
99 JAN 06 0000   7.4 N  114.7 E         30
99 JAN 06 0600   7.4 N  114.6 E         35
99 JAN 06 1200   8.3 N  114.6 E  1000   35    30  JMA: 8.2 N, 115.6 E
99 JAN 06 1800   8.7 N  114.5 E  1000   35    30  JMA: 9.4 N, 114.9 E
99 JAN 07 0000   9.5 N  114.2 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 10.4 N, 115.4 E
99 JAN 07 0600  10.8 N  114.7 E  1002         30  JMA Warning
99 JAN 07 1200   9.5 N  115.0 E  1002         30   "     "
99 JAN 07 1800   9.0 N  115.0 E  1002         30   "     "
99 JAN 08 0000   9.0 N  115.0 E  1004         30   "     "
99 JAN 08 0600   8.5 N  116.0 E  1004         30   "     "

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  SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN (SIO) - 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
         advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW were taken from JTWC's
         advisories.      In the case of Tropical Storm Alda, the
         coordinates and 10-min MSW were taken from an analyzed
         Best Track prepared by the La Reunion TCWC.  A special
         thanks to Philippe Caroff for sending the track to me.

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Storm Name: TD A49899             Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 04 1200  21.4 S   40.2 E  1000         30
99 JAN 04 1800  22.2 S   42.0 E   999         30
99 JAN 05 0000  23.4 S   41.7 E   999         30
99 JAN 05 0600  24.9 S   43.1 E   998         30
99 JAN 05 1200  26.8 S   43.7 E   996         30  Subtropical cyclone
99 JAN 05 1800  28.5 S   44.4 E   996         30  Extratropical
99 JAN 06 0000  30.1 S   46.0 E   996         30

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Storm Name: ALDA                  Cyclone Number: 12S     Basin: SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 14 1200  20.2 S   36.1 E  1002         15  Subtropical cyclone
99 JAN 14 1800  20.4 S   36.4 E  1002         15
99 JAN 15 0000  20.3 S   36.2 E  1002         15
99 JAN 15 0600  20.2 S   36.2 E  1000         20
99 JAN 15 1200  20.0 S   37.5 E   998         25
99 JAN 15 1800  20.2 S   38.5 E   998         25
99 JAN 16 0000  20.4 S   39.3 E   998         25
99 JAN 16 0600  20.9 S   40.0 E   997         28  Tropical disturbance
99 JAN 16 1200  21.6 S   40.0 E   994         33
99 JAN 16 1800  22.4 S   40.0 E   990   35    40  JTWC: 22.7 S, 40.8 E
99 JAN 17 0000  23.4 S   39.4 E   988   35    40  JTWC: 23.3 S, 40.5 E
99 JAN 17 0600  24.0 S   39.0 E   985         45
99 JAN 17 1200  24.7 S   38.7 E   985   40    45
99 JAN 17 1800  25.3 S   38.6 E   985         45
99 JAN 18 0000  26.4 S   38.8 E   980         48
99 JAN 18 0600  27.5 S   39.0 E   978         50
99 JAN 18 1200  28.6 S   39.8 E   975   55    52
99 JAN 18 1800  29.7 S   41.0 E   975         52
99 JAN 19 0000  31.0 S   42.4 E   978         50
99 JAN 19 0600  32.4 S   44.5 E   985         45  Extratropical

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AUSTRALIAN REGION (AUS) - From Longitude 90E Eastward to Longitude 160E

NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centres at Perth, Western Australia; Darwin, Northern Territory;
       and Brisbane, Queensland.    JTWC warnings were utilized for
       making comparisons and for supplying information for times when 
       the Australian warnings were unavailable.   The 10-min MSW values
       were obtained from the Australian warnings while the 1-min MSW 
       values were assigned by JTWC.

       The tropical cyclone warnings from Perth report the analyzed
       cyclone positions at 0400, 1000, 1600, and 2200 UTC instead of
       the more familiar 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC utilized by most
       TC warning agencies.   I have made no attempt to interpolate the
       coordinates to standard synoptic hours as I did last season.

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Storm Name: OLINDA (09F)          Cyclone Number: 13P     Basin: AUS/SWP

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 19 0600  15.0 S  155.0 E   997   25        JTWC Outlook
99 JAN 19 1800  16.5 S  153.0 E   997   30         "      "
99 JAN 20 1200  17.3 S  158.4 E   993   30    25
99 JAN 20 1800  17.7 S  158.4 E   993         25
99 JAN 21 0000  18.0 S  158.5 E   992   30    25
99 JAN 21 0600  18.8 S  158.8 E   990         30
99 JAN 21 1200  19.1 S  159.2 E   990   35    30
99 JAN 21 1800  20.0 S  159.4 E   987         45 
99 JAN 22 0000  20.7 S  160.7 E   985   55    45  Entered Fiji's AOR
99 JAN 22 0600  22.4 S  162.2 E   985         45
99 JAN 22 1200  23.4 S  163.2 E   985   55    45 
99 JAN 22 1800  23.9 S  164.9 E   985         50 
99 JAN 23 0000  24.9 S  166.6 E   985   50    50  JTWC: 25.8 S, 166.9 E
99 JAN 23 0500  25.9 S  169.6 E   985         50  Wellington's AOR
99 JAN 23 1100  26.0 S  171.0 E   985         55
99 JAN 23 1800  25.5 S  172.5 E   985         55  Extratropical
99 JAN 23 2300  26.1 S  173.8 E   986   40    50  JTWC-00Z: 25.4S, 173.8E
99 JAN 24 0500  26.0 S  175.0 E   987         45  
99 JAN 24 1100  26.0 S  176.0 E   987   35    45  JTWC-12Z: 26.5S, 177.8E
99 JAN 24 1700  26.5 S  177.5 E   990         45  
99 JAN 24 2300  26.8 S  178.3 E   990   35    45  JTWC-00Z: 26.7S, 176.5E

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Storm Name: PETE (10F)            Cyclone Number: 14P     Basin: AUS/SWP

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 20 0600  17.5 S  150.0 E   999   25        JTWC Outlook
99 JAN 21 0000  15.0 S  149.0 E   996         25
99 JAN 21 0600  15.3 S  148.1 E   999   25        JTWC Outlook
99 JAN 21 1200  15.5 S  150.5 E   995         25        
99 JAN 21 1800  15.0 S  150.8 E   994         30
99 JAN 22 0000  15.2 S  152.0 E   994         30   
99 JAN 22 0600  16.5 S  152.7 E   990   35    30
99 JAN 22 1200  17.0 S  153.1 E   990         35  
99 JAN 22 1800  18.1 S  154.8 E   990   40    35  
99 JAN 23 0000  19.5 S  155.7 E   987         40   
99 JAN 23 0600  20.5 S  157.5 E   985   40    50  JTWC: 20.9 S, 156.9 E
99 JAN 23 1200  21.9 S  158.7 E   985         50  
99 JAN 23 1800  22.4 S  159.9 E   985         50    
99 JAN 24 0000  24.2 S  160.8 E   985         50  Entered Fiji's AOR
99 JAN 24 0600  24.4 S  162.3 E   985   50    50 
99 JAN 24 1200  24.8 S  163.9 E   985         50 
99 JAN 24 1800  25.5 S  165.0 E   985   45    50 
99 JAN 25 0000  24.8 S  165.1 E   990         45 
99 JAN 25 0600  24.6 S  165.8 E   990         40 
99 JAN 25 1200  24.0 S  166.6 E   990         40 
99 JAN 25 1800  24.4 S  167.0 E   995   35    35 
99 JAN 26 0000  24.7 S  167.8 E   995         35 
99 JAN 26 0600  24.6 S  168.2 E   997         30  Downgraded to Trop Dep
99 JAN 26 1200  24.2 S  169.0 E   997         35  Gales in 2 quadrants
99 JAN 26 1800  23.8 S  169.3 E   998         35          "
99 JAN 27 0000  23.8 S  169.6 E  1000         35          "
99 JAN 27 0600  23.9 S  169.7 E  1000         35          "
99 JAN 27 1200  24.0 S  170.0 E  1000         35          "
99 JAN 27 1800  24.1 S  169.4 E  1002         35          "

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Storm Name: DAMIEN/BIRENDA        Cyclone Number: 15S     Basin: AUS/SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 20 0400  12.0 S  112.0 E  
99 JAN 21 0400  12.0 S  113.0 E  1003  
99 JAN 21 1800  13.0 S  110.0 E  1005   15        JTWC Outlook
99 JAN 21 2200  13.0 S  111.0 E  1000         30     
99 JAN 22 0000  12.6 S  110.3 E         30        JTWC Outlook
99 JAN 22 0400  13.0 S  110.0 E  1000         30     
99 JAN 22 1000  13.4 S  108.7 E  1000   30    30  JTWC-12Z: 13.4S, 107.7E
99 JAN 22 2200  13.3 S  106.9 E   995   35    45  JTWC-00Z: 14.6S, 104.9E
99 JAN 23 1000  13.8 S  104.8 E   990   45    45    
99 JAN 23 1600  14.5 S  103.6 E   980         55   
99 JAN 23 2200  15.0 S  102.5 E   976   55    55   
99 JAN 24 0400  15.0 S  101.9 E   965         65     
99 JAN 24 1000  15.6 S  100.7 E   965   75    65     
99 JAN 24 1600  16.1 S   99.6 E   965         65    
99 JAN 24 2200  16.2 S   98.2 E   955   80    78    
99 JAN 25 0400  16.0 S   97.1 E   960         75     
99 JAN 25 1000  16.1 S   96.0 E   975   75    60    
99 JAN 25 1600  16.3 S   95.3 E   975         60    
99 JAN 25 2200  15.5 S   94.8 E   980   65    50     
99 JAN 26 0400  14.8 S   94.6 E   985         50    
99 JAN 26 1000  14.5 S   94.3 E   988   55    45    
99 JAN 26 1600  14.1 S   93.9 E   988         45    
99 JAN 26 2200  14.1 S   93.4 E   990   55    40    
99 JAN 27 0400  14.8 S   93.7 E   990   55    45    
99 JAN 27 1000  14.7 S   92.8 E   990   60    45    
99 JAN 27 1600  15.1 S   92.4 E   990   55    45    
99 JAN 27 2200  15.4 S   91.6 E   990         45     
99 JAN 28 0400  16.3 S   90.4 E   990   50    40    
99 JAN 28 0600  16.4 S   90.3 E   992         35  See Note   
99 JAN 28 1200  16.8 S   89.5 E   992   50    35  Named BIRENDA  
99 JAN 28 1800  17.0 S   88.4 E   992   50    35     
99 JAN 29 0000  17.2 S   86.7 E   992   50    35    
99 JAN 29 0600  17.3 S   85.5 E   992   50    35     
99 JAN 29 1200  17.5 S   84.5 E   997   45    30    
99 JAN 29 1800  17.5 S   83.4 E   997   40    30    
99 JAN 30 0000  17.3 S   82.2 E   997         30     
99 JAN 30 0600  17.1 S   81.1 E   998   40    28
99 JAN 30 1200  16.8 S   80.1 E  1000         28    
99 JAN 30 1800  16.3 S   78.6 E  1002   35    25    
99 JAN 31 0000  15.8 S   77.1 E  1002         25
99 JAN 31 0600  15.2 S   75.9 E  1002         20
99 JAN 31 1200  14.6 S   74.7 E  1002         20
99 JAN 31 1800  13.8 S   73.5 E  1002         20
99 FEB 01 0000  13.0 S   72.5 E  1002         25
99 FEB 01 0600  12.7 S   71.7 E  1002         25
99 FEB 01 1200  12.5 S   71.3 E  1002         25    
99 FEB 01 1800  12.1 S   71.1 E  1002   25    25     
99 FEB 02 0000  11.7 S   70.9 E  1002         25
99 FEB 02 0600  11.6 S   70.6 E  1006         20
99 FEB 02 1200  12.0 S   70.0 E  1006         20
99 FEB 02 1800  12.7 S   69.1 E  1006   25    20
99 FEB 03 0000  13.5 S   68.3 E  1006         20
99 FEB 03 1800   8.0 S   66.0 E  1004   20        JTWC Outlook
99 FEB 04 1800   9.0 S   66.0 E  1004   20         "      "
99 FEB 05 1800  11.0 S   58.0 E  1008   20         "      "
99 FEB 06 1800  10.0 S   52.0 E  1008   20         "      "
99 FEB 07 1800  13.0 S   49.0 E  1008   20         "      "

Note:  The coordinates prior to Damien/Birenda's crossing of 90E were
obtained from the operational warnings from the Perth TCWC.    From
28/0600 UTC onward they were taken from an analyzed Best Track supplied
by the La Reunion TCWC.

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Storm Name: Tropical Depression   Cyclone Number: 16P     Basin: AUS

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 Jan 22 1800  10.0 S  133.0 E  1003   15        JTWC Outlook
99 Jan 23 0600  10.0 S  135.0 E  1001   20         "      "
99 Jan 24 0600  11.5 S  138.5 E   998         30  
99 Jan 24 1200  12.0 S  138.8 E   996         30
99 Jan 24 1800  11.8 S  138.8 E   995         30
99 Jan 25 0000  12.0 S  138.6 E   995         30
99 Jan 25 0600  12.7 S  139.0 E   995   30    30
99 Jan 25 1200  13.3 S  139.0 E   993         30
99 Jan 25 1800  13.6 S  138.8 E   993   35    30
99 Jan 26 0000  13.5 S  138.5 E   995         30
99 Jan 26 0600  13.8 S  138.5 E   994   35    30
99 Jan 26 1200  14.0 S  138.3 E   994         30
99 Jan 26 1800  13.9 S  137.9 E   997   30    30
99 Jan 27 1900  14.7 S  138.0 E   999         25

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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (SWP) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for Southwest 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 (west of 180) and from
       NPMOC (east of 180) 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 or
       NPMOC warnings.
           
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Storm Name: DANI (07F)            Cyclone Number: 11P     Basin: SWP

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 13 2100  13.5 S  164.0 E  1006             Fiji Outlook
99 JAN 14 0600  14.9 S  164.1 E         35        JTWC Warning
99 JAN 14 1800  15.9 S  164.6 E         40         "      " 
99 JAN 14 2000  15.5 S  164.6 E   998         30         
99 JAN 15 0000  15.9 S  164.8 E   997         30           
99 JAN 15 0600  17.0 S  165.0 E   990   45    35  
99 JAN 15 1200  17.0 S  164.6 E   990         40  
99 JAN 15 1800  17.1 S  164.5 E   980   60    55  
99 JAN 16 0000  17.1 S  164.2 E   970         65  
99 JAN 16 0600  16.8 S  164.2 E   965   75    70  
99 JAN 16 1200  16.3 S  163.9 E   945         85  
99 JAN 16 1800  15.7 S  163.7 E   940  110    90  
99 JAN 17 0000  15.1 S  163.4 E   930         95  
99 JAN 17 0600  14.3 S  163.4 E   930  100    95  
99 JAN 17 1200  13.6 S  163.6 E   940         90  
99 JAN 17 1800  13.1 S  164.3 E   945   95    85  
99 JAN 18 0000  12.9 S  164.7 E   950         80  
99 JAN 18 0600  13.0 S  165.0 E   955  100    80  
99 JAN 18 1200  13.2 S  165.4 E   955         80  
99 JAN 18 1800  13.5 S  166.2 E   955  100    80  
99 JAN 19 0000  14.5 S  166.8 E   960         75  
99 JAN 19 0600  15.6 S  166.7 E   970         65 
99 JAN 19 1200  15.7 S  167.1 E   970         65 
99 JAN 19 1800  16.9 S  167.1 E   960   80    75 
99 JAN 20 0000  17.6 S  167.6 E   960         75 
99 JAN 20 0600  18.3 S  167.7 E   960   90    75 
99 JAN 20 1200  19.5 S  167.8 E   955         80 
99 JAN 20 1800  20.5 S  167.8 E   955   90    80 
99 JAN 21 0000  21.3 S  168.2 E   955         80 
99 JAN 21 0600  22.5 S  168.7 E   965   85    70 
99 JAN 21 1200  23.8 S  169.7 E   965         70 
99 JAN 21 1800  24.5 S  170.4 E   970   65    65  JTWC: 24.0 S, 171.6 E
99 JAN 22 0000  26.3 S  172.5 E   972         55  Wellington's AOR 
99 JAN 22 0500  27.0 S  173.5 E   981   60    55  Extratropical
99 JAN 22 1100  28.0 S  174.0 E   992         50  
99 JAN 22 1700  29.0 S  176.0 E   992         40      
99 JAN 22 2300  29.0 S  176.0 E   994         40      
99 JAN 23 0500  30.0 S  177.0 E   994         40  
99 JAN 23 1100  32.0 S  178.0 E   996         40   
99 JAN 23 1700  33.0 S  178.0 E   996         40  
99 JAN 23 2300  33.0 S  179.0 E   996         40  
99 JAN 24 1100  34.0 S  179.0 E   997         35

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