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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 2000
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

 
              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2000


  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
         warnings.

         A special thanks is due to Patrick Hoareau of Rennes, France,
         (and a former resident of La Reunion) for preparing the tracks
         for Tropical Storms Damienne and Felicia and the Eline portion
         of long-lived Tropical Cyclone Leon-Eline (which originated in
         the Australian Region).

         Since Leon-Eline began in the Australian Region, the complete
         track for this cyclone is included in the section for the
         Australian Region.
         
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Storm Name: DAMIENNE               Cyclone Number: 10S     Basin: SIO

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

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00 JAN 31 0600  11.4 S   74.9 E  1000         25  Winds 30 kts locally
00 JAN 31 1200  11.7 S   75.1 E  1000         25
00 JAN 31 1800  12.8 S   75.7 E  1000         25     
00 FEB 01 0000  13.3 S   76.5 E   995   30    35  JTWC-0100Z: 12.8S,76.9E
00 FEB 01 0600  13.5 S   78.5 E   992         40    
00 FEB 01 1200  14.8 S   78.5 E   992         40
00 FEB 01 1800  16.1 S   78.3 E   992   45    40
00 FEB 02 0000  17.7 S   77.7 E   992         40    
00 FEB 02 0600  16.1 S   76.8 E   997   40    30
00 FEB 02 1200  16.7 S   76.7 E  1000         25  Winds 30 kts locally
00 FEB 02 1800  17.3 S   76.1 E         25        JTWC Final Warning

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Storm Name: FELICIA             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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00 FEB 19 0600  14.1 S   77.4 E  1002         30  See Note
00 FEB 19 1200  14.4 S   78.1 E  1002         30     "
00 FEB 19 1800  14.5 S   77.5 E   999         30    
00 FEB 20 0000  15.0 S   76.3 E   993   30    40  JTWC-2330Z: 15.1S,76.8E
00 FEB 20 0600  15.2 S   75.5 E   993         40
00 FEB 20 1200  16.3 S   76.3 E   993         40    
00 FEB 20 1800  16.4 S   74.6 E   997         30
00 FEB 21 0000  16.5 S   74.4 E   997   35    30  JTWC: 16.7 S, 74.0 E
00 FEB 21 0600  17.0 S   73.3 E   992         40
00 FEB 21 1200  17.6 S   71.7 E   992   35    40  JTWC: 17.3 S, 72.6 E
00 FEB 21 1800  18.6 S   70.9 E   992         40    
00 FEB 22 0000  19.3 S   69.8 E   992   45    40 
00 FEB 22 0600  20.8 S   68.4 E   980         55
00 FEB 22 1200  22.1 S   67.7 E   980   45    55  JTWC: 21.8 S, 68.4 E
00 FEB 22 1800  23.1 S   67.3 E   974         60
00 FEB 23 0000  24.5 S   66.6 E   974   50    60   
00 FEB 23 0600  25.9 S   66.5 E   974         60  
00 FEB 23 1200  27.0 S   65.9 E   976   40    60  
00 FEB 23 1800  28.1 S   68.3 E   985         50  
00 FEB 24 0000  29.8 S   64.2 E   994   30    40  JTWC: 29.0 S, 65.0 E
00 FEB 24 0600  30.5 S   63.8 E   997         30  Becoming Extratropical

Note: System was classified as only a tropical disturbance at these
times with MSW near the center of 25 kts, but winds to 30 kts locally
were forecast to be occurring well away from the center.

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Storm Name: GLORIA                 Cyclone Number: 15S     Basin: SIO

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

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00 FEB 28 0600  13.8 S   59.0 E  1000         25
00 FEB 28 1200  13.4 S   58.0 E  1000   30    25  30 kts locally to south
00 FEB 28 1800  13.0 S   57.0 E  1000         25
00 FEB 29 0000  13.0 S   55.5 E   997   35    30  JTWC: 13.0 S, 56.6 E
00 FEB 29 0600  12.9 S   55.6 E   997         30
00 FEB 29 1200  12.6 S   53.9 E         40        JTWC Warning
00 FEB 29 1800  12.1 S   54.0 E   997         30
00 MAR 01 0000  11.4 S   52.7 E   997   45    30  JTWC: 12.0 S, 51.5 E
00 MAR 01 0600  13.0 S   51.7 E   990         40  Relocated
00 MAR 01 1200  13.4 S   50.5 E         55        JTWC Warning
00 MAR 01 1800  13.9 S   50.2 E   988   65    45
00 MAR 02 0000  14.7 S   49.7 E         45        Inland - JTWC Warning
00 MAR 02 0600  15.4 S   49.5 E         30    25  MFR Position/Final Wrng
00 MAR 02 1200  16.0 S   48.8 E         30        JTWC Warning
00 MAR 02 1800  16.5 S   47.8 E         25               |
00 MAR 03 0000  17.1 S   47.4 E         25               |
00 MAR 03 0600  17.8 S   46.6 E         25               |
00 MAR 03 1200  17.9 S   46.5 E         25               |
00 MAR 03 1800  18.3 S   45.9 E         25               |
00 MAR 04 0000  18.5 S   45.4 E         25               |
00 MAR 04 0600  18.8 S   45.0 E         25               |
00 MAR 04 1200  19.2 S   44.3 E         25               |
00 MAR 04 1800  19.3 S   44.3 E         25               |
00 MAR 05 0000  19.6 S   44.6 E         25               |
00 MAR 05 0600  20.4 S   43.1 E         25               V

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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.

       A special thanks is due to Matthew Saxby of Queanbeyan, New
       South Wales, Australia, for sending me tabulated tracks for
       Tropical Cyclones Steve and Marcia and the Leon portion of long-
       lived Tropical Cyclone Leon-Eline which eventually made landfall
       in Madagascar and Mozambique.

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Storm Name: LEON-ELINE            Cyclone Number: 11S     Basin: AUS/SIO

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 FEB 03 0100  11.0 S  111.0 E  1000         30  See Note #1
00 FEB 03 0400  11.1 S  110.6 E  1000         30
00 FEB 03 1000  11.5 S  109.0 E  1000         30
00 FEB 03 1600  11.6 S  108.7 E  1000         30
00 FEB 03 2200  11.7 S  108.1 E  1000   30    30  JTWC-00Z: 12.1S, 107.1E
00 FEB 04 0400  12.2 S  106.4 E   995         45
00 FEB 04 1000  12.6 S  105.6 E   985   35    50
00 FEB 04 1600  13.1 S  105.1 E   980         55
00 FEB 04 2200  13.4 S  104.5 E   980   50    55  JTWC-00Z: 14.0S, 104.2E
00 FEB 05 0400  14.3 S  103.5 E   965         70
00 FEB 05 1000  14.8 S  102.8 E   960   55    75
00 FEB 05 1600  15.4 S  102.4 E   965         65
00 FEB 05 2200  15.3 S  101.8 E   965   60    65  JTWC-00Z: 15.9S, 101.6E
00 FEB 06 0400  16.2 S  101.3 E   960         70
00 FEB 06 1000  16.8 S  100.3 E   960   70    70  JTWC-12Z: 17.2S, 99.7E
00 FEB 06 1600  17.3 S   98.5 E   960         70
00 FEB 06 2200  17.3 S   98.7 E   965   70    70  JTWC-00Z: 17.9S, 98.2E
00 FEB 07 0400  17.0 S   97.5 E   975   65    60  JTWC-06Z: 18.1S, 97.2E
00 FEB 07 1000  17.0 S   96.5 E   980   65    60  JTWC-12Z: 18.4S, 96.0E
00 FEB 07 1600  17.1 S   95.4 E   980   55    60  JTWC-18Z: 18.2S, 94.6E
00 FEB 07 2200  17.2 S   94.3 E   982   50    55  JTWC-00Z: 18.2S, 93.2E
00 FEB 08 0400  17.6 S   92.1 E   990   45    45  
00 FEB 08 1000  17.2 S   91.2 E   995   40    40  JTWC-12Z: 17.2S, 90.4E
00 FEB 08 1200  17.0 S   90.8 E   993   40    45  MFR Warning/SIO Basin
00 FEB 08 1800  17.1 S   89.5 E   993   35    40   
00 FEB 09 0000  17.2 S   88.0 E   993   35    40  
00 FEB 09 0600  18.0 S   86.0 E   986   45    45     
00 FEB 09 1200  18.3 S   84.2 E   996   40    45    
00 FEB 09 1800  18.3 S   82.4 E   984         50
00 FEB 10 0000  18.2 S   80.6 E   984   40    50   
00 FEB 10 0600  17.9 S   79.3 E   984         50
00 FEB 10 1200  17.9 S   78.2 E   984   35    50      
00 FEB 10 1800  17.9 S   76.7 E   984         50    
00 FEB 11 0000  17.8 S   74.9 E   990   35    40  JTWC: 17.6 S, 75.3 E
00 FEB 11 0600  17.7 S   73.5 E   993         40
00 FEB 11 1200  17.6 S   72.0 E   994   30    35   
00 FEB 11 1800  17.3 S   70.6 E   992         40
00 FEB 12 0000  16.8 S   68.9 E   990   40    40  JTWC: 17.0 S, 69.3 E
00 FEB 12 0600  16.3 S   68.5 E   988         40  
00 FEB 12 1200  16.4 S   67.6 E   988   45    40  JTWC: 16.5 S, 67.2 E
00 FEB 12 1800  16.3 S   65.8 E   988         45 
00 FEB 13 0000  16.2 S   64.0 E   986   45    45  JTWC: 16.0 S, 64.5 E
00 FEB 13 0600  15.9 S   63.4 E   986         45  
00 FEB 13 1200  16.1 S   62.2 E   988   50    45  JTWC: 16.1 S, 62.6 E
00 FEB 13 1800  16.0 S   60.9 E   982         50
00 FEB 14 0000  17.0 S   60.7 E   976   70    55 
00 FEB 14 0600  17.3 S   59.8 E   972         60
00 FEB 14 1200  17.6 S   58.8 E   972   70    60  JTWC: 18.2 S, 58.6 E
00 FEB 14 1800  18.0 S   57.5 E   978         55
00 FEB 15 0000  18.3 S   57.1 E   978   70    55
00 FEB 15 0600  18.8 S   56.2 E   980         55
00 FEB 15 1200  19.0 S   55.4 E   980   65    55
00 FEB 15 1800  19.6 S   54.7 E   975         60
00 FEB 16 0000  20.0 S   54.0 E   972   65    60
00 FEB 16 0600  20.4 S   52.9 E   966         65
00 FEB 16 1200  20.5 S   51.7 E   966   65    65  JTWC: 20.5 S, 52.1 E
00 FEB 16 1800  20.4 S   51.5 E   966         68
00 FEB 17 0000  20.0 S   51.1 E   962   65    70
00 FEB 17 0600  20.0 S   50.2 E   958         75
00 FEB 17 1200  20.0 S   49.4 E   952   80    80  See Note #2
00 FEB 17 1800  19.5 S   48.6 E               45  Inland over Madagascar
00 FEB 18 0000  19.0 S   47.5 E         65    30  
00 FEB 18 0600  19.1 S   46.2 E               30 
00 FEB 18 1200  19.3 S   45.0 E         30    30  
00 FEB 18 1800  19.4 S   44.5 E               30  
00 FEB 19 0000  19.7 S   43.3 E   997   35    30  JTWC: 20.1 S, 43.2 E
00 FEB 19 0600  20.4 S   42.3 E   997         30
00 FEB 19 1200  21.0 S   41.9 E   996   35    35
00 FEB 19 1800  21.7 S   40.7 E   986         45
00 FEB 20 0000  22.2 S   40.3 E   986   45    45  JTWC: 22.0 S, 40.7 E
00 FEB 20 0600  22.5 S   39.2 E   982         50
00 FEB 20 1200  22.3 S   38.1 E   976   55    55
00 FEB 20 1800  22.2 S   37.5 E   976         55
00 FEB 21 0000  21.7 S   37.1 E   978   65    60
00 FEB 21 0600  21.4 S   37.1 E   976         60
00 FEB 21 1200  21.2 S   36.5 E   970   70    65
00 FEB 21 1800  21.1 S   36.0 E   962         70
00 FEB 22 0000  21.0 S   35.4 E   938   95    90  JTWC: 20.9 S, 35.8 E
00 FEB 22 0600  20.6 S   34.8 E   928        100  See Note #3
00 FEB 22 1200  20.5 S   33.8 E        100    45  Inld/JTWC: 20.5S, 34.3E
00 FEB 22 1800  19.8 S   33.0 E               35  
00 FEB 23 0000  19.3 S   31.9 E         45    30  JTWC: 19.5 S, 31.5 E

Note #1:  The Perth warnings did not specify a current MSW, so I supplied
the 30-kt estimates based upon the 1000-mb central pressure values.

Note #2:  Tropical Cyclone Eline underwent a remarkable intensification
just prior to making landfall in Madagascar near Mahanoro around 1500
UTC.   JTWC estimated the 1-min MSW at 90 kts, but Philippe Caroff,
Chief Forecaster at RSMC La Reunion, indicated that 10-min avg winds of
95 kts (or a 1-min avg MSW of 110 kts) might have been present.

Note #3:  The 22/1500 UTC warning from JTWC indicated that Eline began
making landfall about 40 nm south of Beira around 0300 UTC with 1-min MSW
of 115 kts.    This agrees with MFR's assessment of 100-kt 10-min avg 
winds (equivalent to about 115 kts 1-min avg MSW).     Eline's second
intensification prior to landfall in Mozambique was almost as dramatic
as that preceding its landfall in Madagascar.

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Storm Name: MARCIA                Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUS

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 FEB 15 0400  14.0 S  101.5 E  1000         25
00 FEB 15 0900  14.5 S  102.5 E  1000         25      
00 FEB 15 1600  14.7 S  103.1 E   999         25      
00 FEB 15 2200  15.1 S  102.8 E   998   25    25      
00 FEB 16 0300  15.0 S  102.0 E   995         45  Named as TC Marcia
00 FEB 16 1000  15.1 S  102.6 E   992         45  
00 FEB 16 1600  15.2 S  103.2 E   995         40  
00 FEB 16 2200  15.6 S  103.4 E   998         40  
00 FEB 17 0400  16.4 S  103.5 E   998         40  Final Perth Warning
00 FEB 17 1800  16.5 S  104.2 E  1003   30        JTWC Outlook
00 FEB 18 0500  16.3 S  104.5 E   999             Perth Outlook
00 FEB 18 1800  15.6 S  103.7 E  1001   30        JTWC Outlook
00 FEB 19 0400  16.5 S  103.0 E   999             Perth Outlook
00 FEB 19 1800  15.6 S  103.7 E  1001   30        JTWC Outlook
00 FEB 20 1800  17.4 S  105.0 E  1002   30              "
00 FEB 21 0400  17.1 S  107.8 E  1005   20              "

Note:  JTWC never issued any warnings on this system, although the 30-kt
winds estimated in the STWOs on 17-20 Feb imply that if the LOW had been
in the NWP it would have been considered a tropical depression.  For the
NWP basin only, JTWC's warning criteria is an estimated 1-min avg MSW of
25 kts.

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Storm Name: Tropical LOW          Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUS

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 FEB 19 0100  19.9 S  150.7 E  1006         25  See Note
00 FEB 19 0600  19.5 S  151.3 E  1003         25
00 FEB 19 1200  18.0 S  152.5 E  1006         25

Note:  No current windspeeds were given in the Brisbane warnings, but
given the estimated central pressures, a 10-min avg MSW of 25 kts would
be about right.

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Storm Name: STEVE                 Cyclone Number: 14P     Basin: AUS

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 FEB 25 0600  16.0 S  152.0 E  1003   20        JTWC Outlook
00 FEB 25 1800  16.5 S  150.3 E  1000         40  See Note #1
00 FEB 26 0000  16.5 S  149.0 E  1000   30    40       "
00 FEB 26 0600  16.5 S  149.0 E  1000         40       " 
00 FEB 26 1200  16.5 S  148.5 E  1000         40       "
00 FEB 26 1800  16.5 S  147.4 E   996   35    40       "
00 FEB 26 2000  16.5 S  147.4 E   994         40  Named TC Steve
00 FEB 27 0000  16.8 S  146.9 E   988         50       
00 FEB 27 0600  16.5 S  146.3 E   980   40    55        
00 FEB 27 1200  16.7 S  145.1 E   987         40
00 FEB 27 1800  16.5 S  143.2 E         30        JTWC Warning
00 FEB 28 0400  17.9 S  142.1 E  1002   25
00 FEB 28 0730  17.5 S  141.5 E  1002         30  JTWC-06Z: 18.2S, 141.1E
00 FEB 28 1330  16.9 S  140.8 E  1000         30         
00 FEB 28 1700  16.9 S  139.7 E   997         30           
00 FEB 28 1800  16.6 S  139.6 E   992   25    40  Relocated
00 FEB 29 0000  16.5 S  139.1 E   988         45  Reclassified as TC
00 FEB 29 0600  16.4 S  138.6 E   988   35    45       
00 FEB 29 1200  15.7 S  138.1 E   988         45       
00 FEB 29 1800  15.6 S  137.4 E   988   45    45       
00 MAR 01 0000  15.6 S  136.6 E   988         45  See Note #2
                              
Note #1:  The gale-force winds prior to Steve being named as a tropical
cyclone were occurring primarily in the northeast quadrant only.

Note #2:  The February summary is covering only the portion of Tropical
Cyclone Steve's history which occurred in the calendar month of February.
The March summary will cover the conclusion of Steve's life and the
March tracks file will contain a complete track for the cyclone.

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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.

       A special thanks to Alipate Waqaicelua, Chief Forecaster at the
       Nadi, Fiji, TCWC for sending me a summary and tabulated track
       for Tropical Cyclone Kim.
           
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Storm Name: KIM  (11F)            Cyclone Number: 13P     Basin: SWP

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

00 FEB 23 2100  23.3 S  134.0 W  1005         20
00 FEB 24 0000  23.2 S  134.1 W  1002         20
00 FEB 24 0600  23.1 S  134.4 W  1001   35    25  See Note
00 FEB 24 1200  23.6 S  135.1 W   996         30
00 FEB 24 1800  23.2 S  135.6 W   995   45    35
00 FEB 25 0000  23.2 S  136.0 W   990         40
00 FEB 25 0600  23.4 S  136.4 W   980         55
00 FEB 25 1200  23.5 S  137.0 W   972   65    65  See Note
00 FEB 25 1800  24.0 S  137.5 W   970         65
00 FEB 26 0000  24.4 S  138.4 W   960   90    75  See Note
00 FEB 26 0600  24.8 S  139.2 W   955  100    80
00 FEB 26 1200  25.4 S  139.8 W   955         80  Entered Wellington AOR
00 FEB 26 1800  26.3 S  140.8 W   955   75    80
00 FEB 27 0000  27.2 S  141.7 W   960         75
00 FEB 27 0600  28.0 S  142.6 W   965   75    70  NPMOC: 28.3 S, 143.2 W
00 FEB 27 1200  29.0 S  144.1 W   965         70
00 FEB 27 1800  29.4 S  144.7 W   975   65    60
00 FEB 28 0000  29.8 S  145.2 W   980         55
00 FEB 28 0600  31.0 S  147.5 W   983   40    50
00 FEB 28 1200  31.6 S  149.0 W   985         50
00 FEB 28 1800  32.5 S  149.3 W   987   35    45
00 FEB 29 0000  33.2 S  149.6 W   987         45
00 FEB 29 0600  34.0 S  150.5 W   990   30    40  Extratropical
00 FEB 29 1200  35.5 S  151.5 W   994         35
00 FEB 29 1800  36.1 S  152.4 W         25        NPMOC Final Warning

Note:  I missed receiving many of the NPMOC warnings on Kim.  The 1-min
avg MSW at these times was derived from satellite analysis bulletins
from JTWC.

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Storm Name: Tropical Depression   Cyclone Number: 13F     Basin: SWP

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 FEB 28 2100  20.0 S  167.0 E   998         30
00 FEB 29 0200  21.8 S  166.7 E   998         30
00 FEB 29 0600  23.0 S  167.0 E   996         35  See Note
00 FEB 29 1200  24.2 S  167.4 E   996         35
00 FEB 29 1700  25.0 S  169.0 E   994         35  Wellington Warning

Note:  Gale-force winds were forecast to be occurring only in the
southern semicircle and well-removed from the center.

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Document: trak0002.htm
Updated: 4th January 2007

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