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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks November 2002
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks November 2002 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - NOVEMBER 2002
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!
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NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180
Sources of Information
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The track coordinates, central pressure and 1-minute average
maximum sustained wind values were obtained from the operational
forecast/advisories issued by the Tropical Prediction Center/National
Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, for locations east of longitude
140W, and from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu,
Hawaii, for locations west of longitude 140W. A 1-minute averaging
period is the standard used by all U. S. civilian and military
warning services for tropical cyclone warnings.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Depression (16E) 14 - 16 Nov
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 16E Basin: NEP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 14 0000 15.2 N 110.0 W 1008 25
02 NOV 14 0600 15.3 N 111.0 W 1006 30
02 NOV 14 1200 15.5 N 111.1 W 1006 30
02 NOV 14 1800 16.3 N 111.8 W 1006 30
02 NOV 15 0000 16.2 N 112.4 W 1006 30
02 NOV 15 0600 15.9 N 113.1 W 1007 30
02 NOV 15 1200 15.5 N 114.0 W 1006 30
02 NOV 15 1800 15.2 N 114.6 W 1007 25
02 NOV 16 0000 14.8 N 115.6 W 1007 25
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NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The central pressure and 10-minute
average maximum sustained wind estimates for most systems were obtained
from warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), which
is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
ological Centre for the basin. In a few instances, information from
warnings issued by other Asian warning centers may have been utilized.
The center position coordinates from JMA and other centers were com-
pared with those from JTWC and annotations made in the Remarks column
when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm or more.
Michael V. Padua of Naga City in the Philippines, owner of the
Typhoon 2000 website, sends me cyclone tracks based upon warnings
issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Philippines'
Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA). Also, Huang Chunliang of Fuzhou City, China, sends me
each month tracks obtained from warnings issued by the National
Meteorological Center of China (NMCC), the Central Weather Bureau
of Taiwan (CWBT) and the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO). A very
special thanks to Michael and Chunliang for the assistance they so
reliably provide.
Systems Tracked
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Typhoon HAISHEN (30W / 0225) 20 - 27 Nov
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Storm Name: HAISHEN Cyclone Number: 30W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0225
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 20 0000 10.3 N 149.9 E 1002 20 25 JMA: 9.7 N, 147.0 E
02 NOV 20 0600 10.5 N 147.3 E 1000 25 30 JMA: 10.5 N, 146.7 E
02 NOV 20 1200 11.0 N 144.8 E 1000 30 30
02 NOV 20 1800 10.5 N 144.2 E 996 30 35 JMA: 11.8 N, 142.6 E
02 NOV 21 0000 11.2 N 142.9 E 992 30 40 JMA: 11.8 N, 141.5 E
02 NOV 21 0600 11.6 N 141.0 E 990 35 40 JMA: 12.0 N, 140.3 E
02 NOV 21 1200 12.7 N 139.0 E 990 40 45
02 NOV 21 1800 13.3 N 137.5 E 985 45 50
02 NOV 22 0000 13.7 N 136.6 E 985 55 50
02 NOV 22 0600 15.1 N 136.0 E 985 60 50
02 NOV 22 1200 15.9 N 135.4 E 980 65 55
02 NOV 22 1800 16.4 N 135.3 E 980 65 55
02 NOV 23 0000 17.6 N 135.5 E 980 75 55
02 NOV 23 0600 18.8 N 135.3 E 970 85 65
02 NOV 23 1200 19.8 N 135.6 E 960 85 75
02 NOV 23 1800 21.1 N 136.3 E 960 95 75
02 NOV 24 0000 22.8 N 137.5 E 960 95 75
02 NOV 24 0600 25.3 N 139.3 E 965 85 70
02 NOV 24 1200 27.2 N 140.9 E 965 75 70 JMA: 26.5 N, 141.5 E
02 NOV 24 1800 28.7 N 143.3 E 970 65 65 NMCC: 28.2 N, 142.5 E
02 NOV 25 0000 30.0 N 146.0 E 975 60 XT - JMA Bulletins
02 NOV 25 0600 32.0 N 149.0 E 980 60
02 NOV 25 1200 33.0 N 152.0 E 982 55
02 NOV 25 1800 34.0 N 154.0 E 984 55
02 NOV 26 0000 35.0 N 158.0 E 984 55
02 NOV 26 0600 35.0 N 161.0 E 984 50
02 NOV 26 1200 35.0 N 164.0 E 986 50
02 NOV 26 1800 35.0 N 171.0 E 990 45
02 NOV 27 0000 33.0 N 178.0 W 994 40
02 NOV 27 0600 33.0 N 172.0 W 994 40
Note: The 10-min avg MSW estimates from NMCC follow below:
Date Time Estimated 10-min avg MSW in kts
(GMT) NMCC
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02 NOV 21 0000 35
02 NOV 21 0600 45
02 NOV 21 1200 50
02 NOV 21 1800 50
02 NOV 22 0000 50
02 NOV 22 0600 55
02 NOV 22 1200 55
02 NOV 22 1800 55
02 NOV 23 0000 55
02 NOV 23 0600 65
02 NOV 23 1200 65
02 NOV 23 1800 65
02 NOV 24 0000 65
02 NOV 24 0600 70
02 NOV 24 1200 70
02 NOV 24 1800 60
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Occasionally some information may
have been gleaned from the daily tropical weather outlooks and other
bulletins issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which
is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
ological Centre for the basin.
The reported maximum sustained winds are based on a 1-minute
averaging period, which is used by all U. S. civilian and military
weather services for tropical cyclone warnings. For synoptic
observations in the North Indian Ocean region, both 10-minute and
3-minute average winds are employed, but IMD makes no attempt to
modify the Dvorak scale for estimating tropical cyclone intensity;
hence, a 1-minute average MSW is implied.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Cyclone (03B) 10 - 12 Nov
Tropical Cyclone (04B) 23 - 28 Nov
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 03B Basin: NIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 10 0600 12.0 N 82.5 E 25 IMD Bulletins
02 NOV 10 1200 12.5 N 82.5 E 25 "
02 NOV 11 0300 14.0 N 83.5 E 30 "
02 NOV 11 1200 15.3 N 85.1 E 35 First JTWC Warning
02 NOV 11 1800 16.3 N 85.3 E 35
02 NOV 12 0000 17.8 N 86.3 E 35
02 NOV 12 0600 20.8 N 87.4 E 55
02 NOV 12 1200 23.2 N 89.2 E 30 Inland
Note: At its peak this system was classified as a "severe cyclonic
storm" by IMD, implying peak winds in the range of 48-63 kts.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 04B Basin: NIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 23 0300 10.0 N 87.0 E 25 IMD Bulletin
02 NOV 23 1200 11.4 N 88.8 E 35 IMD: 12.0 N, 87.0 E
02 NOV 23 1800 12.3 N 88.8 E 45 IMD: 12.5 N, 87.0 E
02 NOV 24 0000 13.2 N 88.7 E 45
02 NOV 24 0600 14.0 N 88.6 E 40 IMD-0300Z: 13.0N, 87.0E
02 NOV 24 1200 14.9 N 88.6 E 35 IMD-0900Z: 14.0N, 87.5E
02 NOV 24 1800 15.4 N 88.3 E 35
02 NOV 25 0000 15.8 N 88.0 E 35
02 NOV 25 0600 15.0 N 88.0 E 35
02 NOV 25 1200 15.2 N 87.4 E 35 Final JTWC Warning
02 NOV 26 0300 16.0 N 87.5 E 35 IMD Warnings
02 NOV 26 1500 16.5 N 88.0 E 35 "
02 NOV 26 1800 16.5 N 89.0 E 35 "
02 NOV 27 0900 16.5 N 91.0 E 30 "
02 NOV 28 0300 16.5 N 91.5 E 25 "
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
issued by Meteo France's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre on Reunion
Island (MFR), which is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional
Specialised Meteorological Centre for the basin. The 1-minute average
maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The center position coordinates from
JTWC were compared with those from MFR and annotations made in the
Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
or more.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Storm ATANG (MFR-02 / 02S) 04 - 13 Nov
Tropical Cyclone BOURA (MFR-03 / 03S) 15 - 23 Nov
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Storm Name: ATANG Cyclone Number: 02S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 02
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 04 1200 7.6 S 62.7 E 1006 25 Locally 30 kts S quad
02 NOV 05 1200 7.7 S 59.5 E 1005 25 "
02 NOV 06 0000 8.8 S 59.0 E 999 30
02 NOV 06 0600 9.1 S 58.9 E 999 35 30
02 NOV 06 1200 9.5 S 59.1 E 998 30 Named by Mauritius
02 NOV 06 1800 9.4 S 59.0 E 998 45 30
02 NOV 07 0000 9.0 S 58.8 E 997 30
02 NOV 07 0600 8.4 S 57.6 E 999 35 30 JTWC: 8.6 S, 58.8 E
02 NOV 07 1200 7.7 S 56.7 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S quad
02 NOV 07 1800 7.5 S 55.0 E 1003 35 25 JTWC: 8.4 S, 56.1 E
02 NOV 08 1800 8.8 S 52.6 E JTWC Trop WX Outlook
02 NOV 09 0600 10.1 S 52.3 E 35 JTWC Warning
02 NOV 09 1200 8.5 S 50.9 E 1004 25 Locally 30 kts S quad
02 NOV 09 1800 12.0 S 50.6 E 35 JTWC Warning
02 NOV 10 0600 11.4 S 49.4 E 1006 35 25
02 NOV 10 1200 10.8 S 49.5 E 1007 20
02 NOV 10 1800 11.1 S 48.9 E 20 JTWC Warning
02 NOV 11 0600 11.0 S 46.5 E 1006 20
02 NOV 11 1200 11.1 S 45.0 E 1006 35 25 JTWC: 11.6 S, 44.5 E
02 NOV 12 0000 11.8 S 42.7 E 35 JTWC Warning
02 NOV 12 0600 10.9 S 41.6 E 1006 25 Final MFR Warning
02 NOV 12 1200 10.0 S 41.4 E 35 JTWC Warning
02 NOV 13 0000 10.4 S 39.4 E 25 Final JTWC Wrng/Inland
Note: Julian Heming of the UK Meteorological Office relates that a
colleague of his was in Tanzania helping install a forecaster display
package for that nation's Meteorological Service. A coastal station
reported sustained winds of 40 kts, gusting to 80 kts, as Atang came
ashore. This report, if verified, would suggest that Atang was of
tropical storm intensity at landfall.
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Storm Name: BOURA Cyclone Number: 03S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 03
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 NOV 15 0600 8.3 S 76.8 E 995 35
02 NOV 15 1200 8.7 S 76.1 E 994 35 35
02 NOV 15 1800 9.0 S 75.1 E 994 40 35
02 NOV 16 0000 10.0 S 74.2 E 994 40 35
02 NOV 16 0600 10.4 S 73.3 E 994 40 35
02 NOV 16 1200 10.8 S 72.4 E 994 45 35
02 NOV 16 1800 11.1 S 71.7 E 993 45 35
02 NOV 17 0000 11.9 S 70.4 E 987 50 45 JTWC: 11.3 S, 71.5 E
02 NOV 17 0600 12.2 S 69.4 E 975 65 60
02 NOV 17 1200 12.6 S 68.8 E 975 65 60
02 NOV 17 1800 13.0 S 68.2 E 975 75 60
02 NOV 18 0000 13.5 S 67.3 E 968 75 65
02 NOV 18 0600 13.5 S 67.1 E 968 75 65
02 NOV 18 1200 13.4 S 66.0 E 968 75 65 JTWC: 13.8 S, 65.5 E
02 NOV 18 1800 13.4 S 64.7 E 972 75 60
02 NOV 19 0000 13.5 S 64.0 E 972 75 60
02 NOV 19 0600 13.3 S 63.0 E 976 75 55 JTWC: 13.7 S, 62.8 E
02 NOV 19 1200 14.1 S 62.2 E 976 75 55 JTWC: 14.4 S, 61.9 E
02 NOV 19 1800 14.7 S 61.0 E 976 55
02 NOV 20 0000 14.9 S 60.0 E 978 75 55
02 NOV 20 0600 15.2 S 59.5 E 978 55
02 NOV 20 1200 15.5 S 58.2 E 978 65 55
02 NOV 20 1800 15.5 S 57.6 E 980 50
02 NOV 21 0000 15.5 S 56.7 E 980 65 50 JTWC: 16.0 S, 56.9 E
02 NOV 21 0600 15.2 S 56.2 E 984 50
02 NOV 21 1200 14.6 S 55.4 E 988 45 45
02 NOV 21 1800 14.1 S 54.3 E 990 40
02 NOV 22 0000 13.3 S 54.6 E 997 35 30 JTWC: 14.1 S, 54.3 E
02 NOV 22 0600 13.1 S 53.8 E 998 30
02 NOV 22 1200 12.9 S 52.9 E 999 30
02 NOV 22 1800 12.2 S 52.3 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S quad
02 NOV 23 0000 11.6 S 51.9 E 1000 25 "
02 NOV 23 0600 10.8 S 51.2 E 1002 25 "
02 NOV 23 1200 10.8 S 51.2 E 1003 25 "
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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.
PREPARED BY:
Gary Padgett [email protected]
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:
Michael V. Padua [email protected]
[email protected]
Huang Chunliang [email protected]
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