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