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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks January 2002
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

 
              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JANUARY 2002


          !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!

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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 at
       Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.      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.

       Michael V. Padua, owner of the Typhoon 2000 webpage, sent me the
       PAGASA and JMA tracks for the cyclones, and Huang Chunliang of
       Fuzhou City, China, sent me the tracks from the National 
       Meteorological Center of China (NMCC) and the Hong Kong 
       Observatory (HKO).  A special thanks to Michael and Chunliang 
       for their assistance.

       The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
       10-min avg MSW and central pressure estimates were obtained from
       JMA's advisories.  The 10-min MSW estimates from the other centers
       follow the primary tracks in a separate table.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Storm TAPAH (01W / 0201 / AGATON)          09 - 14 Jan

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Storm Name: TAPAH                 Cyclone Number: 01W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: AGATON     JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0201

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 JAN 09 1800   9.3 N  135.8 E         25        JTWC post-storm log
02 JAN 10 0000   9.3 N  135.0 E         25                  "
02 JAN 10 0600   9.4 N  134.1 E         25    25            "
02 JAN 10 1200   9.6 N  133.5 E         30    30  First JTWC warning
02 JAN 10 1800   9.9 N  132.4 E  1006   30    30  JMA: 10.4 N, 131.8 E
02 JAN 11 0000  10.0 N  131.7 E  1004   30    30
02 JAN 11 0600  10.8 N  131.0 E  1004   30    30
02 JAN 11 1200  11.2 N  130.0 E  1002   35    30
02 JAN 11 1800  11.5 N  129.1 E  1002   35    30
02 JAN 12 0000  12.1 N  128.0 E  1002   40    30
02 JAN 12 0600  12.5 N  126.9 E  1000   45    35
02 JAN 12 1200  13.8 N  125.4 E   996   50    40
02 JAN 12 1800  14.3 N  124.6 E  1000   45    35
02 JAN 13 0000  14.9 N  123.8 E  1002   45    35
02 JAN 13 0600  15.5 N  123.1 E  1004   40    35
02 JAN 13 1200  16.8 N  122.5 E  1006   40    30  NMCC: 16.0 N, 122.4 E
02 JAN 13 1800  18.0 N  122.2 E  1008   30    25  JMA: 17.0 N, 122.0 E
02 JAN 14 0000  19.1 N  122.1 E         20

Note: The first two 10-min avg MSW values given above were taken from
PAGASA's track--the remainder are from JMA.  Below are tabulated the
10-min avg MSW estimates from PAGASA, NMCC and HKO.

   Date   Time      Estimated 10-min avg MSW in kts
          (GMT)      PAGASA        NMCC        HKO
---------------------------------------------------

02 JAN 10 0600         25
02 JAN 10 1200         30
02 JAN 10 1800         30
02 JAN 11 0000         30
02 JAN 11 0600         30
02 JAN 11 1200         30
02 JAN 11 1800         35
02 JAN 12 0000         40
02 JAN 12 0600         45           35
02 JAN 12 1200         50           40
02 JAN 12 1800         45           40          35
02 JAN 13 0000         45           35          35
02 JAN 13 0600         40           35          35
02 JAN 13 1200         35           35          30
02 JAN 13 1800         30                       30
02 JAN 14 0000         25                       25

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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - 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
       (MFR) advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW values were taken
       from JTWC's warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Severe Tropical Storm CYPRIEN (MFR 05 / 08S)        30 Dec - 03 Jan
   Intense Tropical Cyclone DINA (MFR 06 / 10S)        17 - 26 Jan
   Tropical Cyclone EDDY (MFR 07 / 11S)                22 - 28 Jan
                            
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Storm Name: CYPRIEN               Cyclone Number: 08S     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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01 DEC 30 0600  20.2 S   37.5 E  1003         25  Locally 30 kts
01 DEC 31 0600  19.8 S   38.2 E  1000   30    25        "
01 DEC 31 1200  19.8 S   38.4 E  1000         25        "
02 JAN 01 0000  19.9 S   40.5 E   998         30  Locally 35 kts E quad
02 JAN 01 0600  20.2 S   41.2 E   995   45    45
02 JAN 01 1200  21.0 S   42.0 E   980         55
02 JAN 01 1800  21.2 S   42.5 E   980   50    55
02 JAN 02 0000  21.3 S   42.9 E   980         55
02 JAN 02 0600  21.8 S   43.1 E   984   45    50
02 JAN 02 1200  22.5 S   43.3 E   987         45
02 JAN 02 1800  22.8 S   43.7 E   985   35    45  Locally 50 kts S quad
02 JAN 03 0000  23.0 S   44.0 E               30  Locally 35 kts S quad
02 JAN 03 0600  21.9 S   44.2 E               30

Note: Bulletin at 30/1200 UTC gave no coordinates for center.  Cyprien
had made landfall in western Madagascar by 02/1800 UTC.

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Storm Name: DINA                  Cyclone Number: 10S     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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02 JAN 17 0600   8.8 S   75.4 E  1002   30    25  30-kt winds locally
02 JAN 17 1200  10.8 S   73.5 E   995         35
02 JAN 17 1800  11.7 S   71.7 E   990   55    45  JTWC: 11.5 S, 72.4 E
02 JAN 18 0000  12.7 S   70.6 E   988         45
02 JAN 18 0600  13.5 S   69.2 E   975   70    60  JTWC: 13.6 S, 69.9 E
02 JAN 18 1200  14.6 S   68.6 E   965         65
02 JAN 18 1800  15.6 S   67.7 E   965   85    70
02 JAN 19 0000  15.9 S   67.3 E   950         80
02 JAN 19 0600  16.2 S   66.8 E   950   90    80
02 JAN 19 1200  16.9 S   66.3 E   955         80
02 JAN 19 1800  17.3 S   65.6 E   955  105    80
02 JAN 20 0000  17.6 S   65.1 E   930        100
02 JAN 20 0600  18.0 S   64.1 E   910  130   115
02 JAN 20 1200  18.3 S   63.3 E   910        115
02 JAN 20 1800  18.5 S   62.5 E   910  130   115
02 JAN 21 0000  18.8 S   61.5 E   910        115
02 JAN 21 0600  18.9 S   60.5 E   920  120   105
02 JAN 21 1200  19.1 S   59.5 E   930        100
02 JAN 21 1800  19.3 S   58.5 E   925  120   100
02 JAN 22 0000  19.4 S   57.3 E   935        100
02 JAN 22 0600  19.6 S   56.7 E   930  120   100
02 JAN 22 1200  20.1 S   55.7 E   930        100
02 JAN 22 1800  20.3 S   54.8 E   930  115   100
02 JAN 23 0000  20.8 S   54.2 E   930        100
02 JAN 23 0600  21.3 S   53.6 E   940  115    90
02 JAN 23 1200  21.8 S   52.9 E   950         85
02 JAN 23 1800  22.8 S   52.9 E   955  100    80
02 JAN 24 0000  24.0 S   52.7 E   960         75
02 JAN 24 0600  24.9 S   52.1 E   966   80    75  JTWC: 25.3 S, 52.7 E
02 JAN 24 1200  26.3 S   52.0 E   972         60
02 JAN 24 1800  27.5 S   52.6 E   975   55    60  Final JTWC warning
02 JAN 25 0000  28.2 S   52.5 E   985         50
02 JAN 25 0600  29.5 S   53.1 E   985         50
02 JAN 25 1200  30.2 S   54.0 E   985         50
02 JAN 25 1800  30.7 S   55.0 E   985         50  Extratropical
02 JAN 26 0000  31.4 S   56.6 E   985         50
02 JAN 26 0600  32.0 S   58.0 E   988         45
02 JAN 26 1200  33.6 S   59.6 E   990         45  Final MFR warning

Note: The first bulletin issued by La Reunion, at 16/1200 UTC, did not
give any coordinates for the center.

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Storm Name: EDDY                  Cyclone Number: 11S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 07

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 JAN 22 1200   9.5 S   89.5 E  1005         25
02 JAN 23 0000  10.0 S   89.0 E  1002         25
02 JAN 23 0600  11.8 S   89.3 E  1002         25  Locally 30 kts
02 JAN 23 1200  11.4 S   88.9 E  1000   30    25         "
02 JAN 23 1800  11.8 S   90.1 E   998         30
02 JAN 24 0000  12.0 S   89.8 E   997         30
02 JAN 24 0600  12.2 S   88.3 E   997   30    30
02 JAN 24 1200  11.8 S   87.9 E   995         35
02 JAN 24 1800  13.2 S   88.4 E   995   30    35
02 JAN 25 0000  13.6 S   88.7 E   990         40
02 JAN 25 0600  14.8 S   88.6 E   990   45    40
02 JAN 25 1200  15.5 S   88.4 E   985         50
02 JAN 25 1800  16.0 S   88.9 E   980   55    55
02 JAN 26 0000  17.2 S   89.7 E   976         55
02 JAN 26 0600  18.2 S   89.7 E   966   65    70
02 JAN 26 1200  19.3 S   89.6 E   966         70
02 JAN 26 1800  20.1 S   89.5 E   965   65    65
02 JAN 27 0000  20.8 S   89.2 E   975         55
02 JAN 27 0600  21.2 S   88.6 E   980   60    55
02 JAN 27 1200  21.5 S   87.6 E   982         55
02 JAN 27 1800  22.1 S   86.6 E   985   40    50
02 JAN 28 0000  22.3 S   86.0 E   990         45
02 JAN 28 0600  22.6 S   84.4 E   997   30    30
02 JAN 28 1200  22.8 S   83.3 E   999         25  Locally 30 kts

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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 160E

NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centres at Brisbane, Queensland, and Darwin, Northern Territory.
       Also, the central pressure estimates and 10-min avg MSW values
       were obtained from the Australian centres' warnings while the
       1-min avg MSW was taken from JTWC warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Cyclone BERNIE (09P)                       30 Dec - 06 Jan

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Storm Name: BERNIE                Cyclone Number: 09P     Basin: AUE


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 DEC 30 2100  11.5 S  137.5 E  1006             See Note
01 DEC 31 0000  11.7 S  137.5 E  1007
01 DEC 31 0600  12.1 S  137.8 E  1004
01 DEC 31 1200  12.2 S  137.9 E  1005
01 DEC 31 1800  12.5 S  137.9 E  1003
01 DEC 31 2230  12.6 S  137.9 E  1003         30  First TC advice
02 JAN 01 0730  13.3 S  138.0 E  1001         30
02 JAN 01 1330  13.5 S  137.8 E  1001   25    30
02 JAN 01 1930  14.0 S  138.8 E  1001         30
02 JAN 01 2100  14.0 S  139.0 E  1001         30  First gale warning
02 JAN 02 0000  14.2 S  139.4 E  1001         30
02 JAN 02 0600  14.7 S  139.3 E   999   30    30  JTWC TCFA at 0800 UTC
02 JAN 02 1200  15.0 S  138.8 E   999         30
02 JAN 02 1800  15.0 S  138.8 E   999         30
02 JAN 02 2100  14.6 S  138.8 E   997         30  Relocated
02 JAN 03 0000  14.6 S  138.8 E   997         30
02 JAN 03 0600  15.0 S  138.9 E   992   30    35  JTWC: 14.3 S, 138.9 E
02 JAN 03 1200  15.2 S  138.9 E   987         45
02 JAN 03 1800  15.5 S  139.0 E   985   45    50
02 JAN 04 0000  15.6 S  139.0 E   985         50
02 JAN 04 0600  16.2 S  139.0 E   985   40    50
02 JAN 04 1200  16.9 S  138.7 E   990         40
02 JAN 04 1800  17.0 S  138.0 E   996   25    25  Inland
02 JAN 05 0000  16.7 S  138.4 E   996
02 JAN 05 0600  17.1 S  138.3 E   998
02 JAN 05 1200  17.4 S  138.0 E  1001
02 JAN 05 1800  17.9 S  137.7 E  1001
02 JAN 06 0000  18.5 S  137.5 E  1003
02 JAN 06 0600  18.8 S  137.4 E  1001

Note: Prior to the first Tropical Cyclone Advice issued by Darwin at
31/2230 UTC, the tracking information is taken from a tentative "best
track" of Bernie sent to me by Jeff Callaghan.  No MSW estimates were
given.  The entries above from 05/0000 UTC onward also were taken from
the "best track".  The remainder of the track sent by Jeff is given
below:
 
01/0000Z 12.7S 137.9E 1003 hPa
01/0600Z 13.1S 138.0E 1001 hPa
01/1200Z 13.7S 138.6E 1001 hPa
01/1800Z 13.8S 138.8E 1001 hPa
02/0000Z 14.2S 139.2E 1001 hPa
02/0600Z 14.4S 139.2E  999 hPa
02/1200Z 14.5S 139.0E  999 hPa
02/1800Z 14.6S 139.0E  998 hPa
03/0000Z 14.6S 139.0E  997 hPa
03/0600Z 14.7S 138.9E  992 hPa
03/1200Z 15.0S 139.0E  987 hPa
03/1800Z 15.3S 139.1E  985 hPa
04/0000Z 15.5S 139.1E  985 hPa
04/0600Z 16.1S 139.0E  988 hPa
04/1200Z 16.5S 138.8E  993 hPa
04/1800Z 16.6S 138.6E  994 hPa

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SOUTH PACIFIC (SPA) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for South 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 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 warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Depression (05F)                           31 Dec - 07 Jan
   Tropical Depression (06F)                           15 - 16 Jan
   Tropical Depression (07F)                           20 - 27 Jan

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 05F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 DEC 31 2100   8.5 S  165.2 E  1002         30  Some associated gales
02 JAN 01 0000   8.8 S  166.0 E  1002         30            "
02 JAN 01 0600   9.0 S  166.2 E  1000         30            "
02 JAN 01 1200   9.2 S  166.5 E   998         30            "
02 JAN 01 1800   9.2 S  166.8 E   998         30            "
02 JAN 02 0000  10.6 S  168.4 E   998         30            "
02 JAN 02 0600  10.8 S  168.4 E   998         30  No gales mentioned
02 JAN 02 2000  10.0 S  168.6 E   998         30  Some associated gales
02 JAN 03 0000  11.0 S  168.7 E   998         30            "
02 JAN 03 0600  11.0 S  168.6 E   998         30            "
02 JAN 03 2300  11.3 S  167.7 E  1000         30  No associated gales
02 JAN 04 0600  11.5 S  167.5 E  1000         30  Some associated gales
02 JAN 04 1200  11.7 S  164.9 E  1000         30            "
02 JAN 04 1800  11.5 S  160.9 E  1002         30            "
02 JAN 04 2100  12.0 S  162.0 E  1002         30  No associated gales
02 JAN 05 0600  12.3 S  165.0 E  1002         30            "
02 JAN 05 1800  12.1 S  161.7 E  1001         30            "
02 JAN 06 0600  14.0 S  159.0 E  1002         30            "
02 JAN 07 0200  13.0 S  157.0 E  1005         25  Brisbane STWO

Note: JTWC issued a TCFA for this system at 1130 UTC on 1 January but
cancelled it at 02/0600 UTC.

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 06F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 JAN 15 0600  20.0 S  159.0 E  1000         30
02 JAN 15 1200  21.0 S  162.0 E  1002         30  Some associated gales
02 JAN 15 1800  22.0 S  161.9 E  1000         30            "
02 JAN 16 0000  22.0 S  163.0 E  1000         30            "
02 JAN 16 0600  21.2 S  163.2 E  1000         30            "
02 JAN 16 2100  25.0 S  167.0 E  1000         25  Strongly sheared

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 07F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 JAN 20 2100  16.5 S  175.5 E  1000         30  See Note
02 JAN 21 0600  16.0 S  174.0 E  1000         30
02 JAN 21 1800  17.0 S  173.0 E  1000         30
02 JAN 22 0600  17.0 S  171.0 E  1000         30
02 JAN 22 1800  19.0 S  169.0 E  1000         30
02 JAN 23 2100  19.0 S  165.0 E   999         30
02 JAN 24 2100  19.0 S  165.0 E   998         30
02 JAN 25 2100  17.0 S  167.0 E   998         30  Relocated
02 JAN 26 2100  20.0 S  166.0 E   998         30
02 JAN 27 0600  23.9 S  164.0 E   997         30
02 JAN 27 2100  23.0 S  165.0 E   998         30

Note: The maximum winds directly associated with the depression were
not given except at 25/2100 UTC.   Separate gale warnings were being
issued by Nadi from the 21st through the 24th and by Brisbane on the
24th and 25th for a zone of gales well south of the center between the
large depression and a strong anticyclone.

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             !!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTE - PLEASE READ  !!!!!!

     It has been brought to my attention that I should repeat in the
  cyclone tracks file the caveat which is included in the Author's
  Note at the end of the cyclone summaries.   The tropical cyclone
  tracks which I prepare are based upon the operational warnings/
  advisories/advices/bulletins from 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://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>

     In the near future I shall contact the other tropical warning
  centers to see if I can locate any links to sites where their "best
  tracks" might be archived.

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Document: trak0201.htm
Updated: 27th December 2006

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