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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks April 2005
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks April 2005 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - APRIL 2005
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!
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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 a table comparing the maximum intensities assigned to each
cyclone from all the applicable warning centers in the Northwest
Pacific basin. A very special thanks to Michael and Chunliang for
the assistance they so reliably provide.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Depression 18 Apr
Typhoon SONCA (03W / 0503 / BISING) 20 - 29 Apr
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None JMA Tropical Storm Number: None
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 18 0000 7.0 N 140.2 E 1006 30
05 APR 18 0600 7.0 N 140.0 E 1006 30
05 APR 18 1200 7.1 N 140.0 E 1006 30
05 APR 18 1800 7.2 N 140.1 E 1006 30
Note: The only other warning agency besides JMA to classify this system
as a tropical depression was the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan. That
agency does not normally give MSW estimates for tropical depressions.
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Storm Name: SONCA Cyclone Number: 03W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: BISING JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0503
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 20 1200 7.9 N 142.4 E 25
05 APR 20 1800 8.0 N 142.0 E 25
05 APR 21 0000 8.1 N 141.1 E 25
05 APR 21 0600 8.2 N 140.7 E 25
05 APR 21 1200 8.2 N 140.0 E 25
05 APR 21 1800 10.0 N 138.3 E 1006 25 25
05 APR 22 0000 10.7 N 136.8 E 1006 25 30 JMA: 10.4N/137.4E
05 APR 22 0600 11.7 N 135.8 E 1002 30 30
05 APR 22 1200 11.7 N 134.2 E 1002 30 30
05 APR 22 1800 11.5 N 132.6 E 1002 30 30
05 APR 23 0000 11.8 N 132.4 E 1000 35 35
05 APR 23 0600 12.0 N 131.8 E 994 45 40
05 APR 23 1200 12.4 N 131.5 E 985 60 50
05 APR 23 1800 13.1 N 131.3 E 975 75 60
05 APR 24 0000 13.6 N 130.8 E 965 85 65
05 APR 24 0600 14.0 N 130.8 E 955 105 75
05 APR 24 1200 14.4 N 130.8 E 945 110 80
05 APR 24 1800 15.2 N 131.1 E 940 115 85
05 APR 25 0000 16.0 N 131.3 E 940 115 85
05 APR 25 0600 16.6 N 131.6 E 940 110 85
05 APR 25 1200 17.5 N 132.3 E 940 110 85
05 APR 25 1800 18.8 N 133.0 E 945 105 80
05 APR 26 0000 20.0 N 133.9 E 945 100 80
05 APR 26 0600 21.6 N 135.7 E 950 90 75
05 APR 26 1200 23.4 N 138.2 E 955 75 70
05 APR 26 1800 25.1 N 140.6 E 965 55 65 JMA: 24.7N/140.1E
05 APR 27 0000 25.5 N 142.7 E 980 55 JMA warnings
05 APR 27 0600 26.7 N 145.6 E 985 50
05 APR 27 1200 28.0 N 150.0 E 990 45 Extratropical
05 APR 27 1800 29.0 N 153.0 E 994 40
05 APR 28 0000 28.0 N 154.0 E 1000 35
05 APR 28 0600 29.0 N 158.0 E 1004 35
05 APR 28 1200 28.0 N 160.0 E 1006 35
05 APR 28 1800 29.0 N 163.0 E 1006 35
05 APR 29 0000 29.0 N 167.0 E 1008 25
Note: Following is the MSW comparison table compiled and sent by
Huang Chunliang:
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== Typhoon 03W/SONCA/0503/BISING (Apr 20-27, 2005) ==
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TCWC STORM ID PEAK MSW (kt)
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JTWC Typhoon 03W (SONCA) 115
JMA Very Severe Typhoon 0502 (SONCA) 85
PAGASA Typhoon BISING 85
NMCC Typhoon 0503 (SONCA) 90
HKO Typhoon SONCA (0503) --*
CWB Moderate Typhoon 0503 (SONCA) 85
Note (*): HKO never issued any real-time warnings on this typhoon, which
remained outside the agency's AOR throughout its life.
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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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Severe Tropical Storm ISANG (MFR-17 / 25S) 29 Mar - 07 Apr
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Storm Name: ISANG Cyclone Number: 25S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 17
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 MAR 29 1800 10.4 S 84.4 E 1002 20 Locally 25 kts N semi
05 MAR 30 0000 10.3 S 84.0 E 1001 25
05 MAR 30 1200 11.3 S 84.1 E 1002 25
05 MAR 31 0600 11.0 S 81.5 E 1001 25
05 MAR 31 1200 11.5 S 80.3 E 1001 25
05 MAR 31 1800 11.8 S 79.2 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S semi
05 APR 01 0000 11.6 S 78.0 E 1000 25 "
05 APR 01 0600 12.2 S 78.7 E 1002 25 "
05 APR 01 1200 13.7 S 78.4 E 1002 25 "
05 APR 01 1800 14.0 S 77.5 E 1002 25 "
05 APR 02 0000 13.7 S 75.7 E 1001 25 "
05 APR 02 0600 14.0 S 73.9 E 999 25 "
05 APR 02 1200 14.3 S 75.2 E 1000 25 "
05 APR 02 1800 14.5 S 73.2 E 1000 25 "
05 APR 03 0000 14.7 S 72.8 E 999 25 "
05 APR 03 0600 14.7 S 71.5 E 997 30 Locally 35 kts SE semi
05 APR 03 1200 15.1 S 70.2 E 995 35 Locally 40 kts SE semi
05 APR 03 1800 16.0 S 69.5 E 995 35 35 "
05 APR 04 0000 16.7 S 69.4 E 995 35 "
05 APR 04 0600 16.8 S 69.1 E 995 35 "
05 APR 04 1200 17.6 S 68.0 E 993 35 "
05 APR 04 1800 18.6 S 67.8 E 993 40 35 "
05 APR 05 0000 19.5 S 66.6 E 993 35
05 APR 05 0600 20.0 S 66.0 E 990 35 40
05 APR 05 1200 20.4 S 65.6 E 988 40
05 APR 05 1800 21.4 S 65.7 E 988 40 40
05 APR 06 0000 22.5 S 65.9 E 984 50
05 APR 06 0600 24.5 S 66.4 E 978 55 55
05 APR 06 1200 26.3 S 67.0 E 975 60
05 APR 06 1800 27.6 S 67.6 E 975 55 60 JTWC: 27.8S/68.8E
05 APR 07 0000 29.8 S 69.1 E 975 60 Extratropical
05 APR 07 0600 31.5 S 69.8 E 980 60 Final MFR warning
Note: Track ends due to system's moving out of MFR's area of warning
responsibility.
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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN (AUW) - Longitude 90E to 135E
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 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres at Perth, Western
Australia, and Darwin, Northern Territory. 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 the Australian centres 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 Cyclone ADELINE-JULIET (26S / MFR-18) 01 - 14 Apr
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Storm Name: ADELINE-JULIET Cyclone Number: 26S Basin: AUW/SWI
(1st Name assigned by Perth TCWC) / MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 18
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 01 0400 10.0 S 103.0 E 1004 25
05 APR 01 2200 10.0 S 103.0 E 1002 30
05 APR 02 1600 9.8 S 100.3 E 1000 30
05 APR 02 2200 10.7 S 99.6 E 998 30
05 APR 03 0400 11.8 S 98.7 E 998 30
05 APR 03 1000 12.3 S 97.9 E 994 35
05 APR 03 1600 12.8 S 97.2 E 992 35
05 APR 03 2200 13.3 S 96.4 E 990 40
05 APR 04 0400 13.4 S 95.3 E 990 45
05 APR 04 1000 13.8 S 93.8 E 985 55
05 APR 04 1600 13.8 S 93.3 E 985 35 55
05 APR 04 2200 13.4 S 92.2 E 980 55 60
05 APR 04 2300 13.4 S 92.2 E 970 65
05 APR 05 0400 13.4 S 91.2 E 965 65 70
05 APR 05 1000 13.4 S 90.2 E 960 75
05 APR 05 1200 13.1 S 90.2 E 960 75 MFR wrngs/Named Juliet
05 APR 05 1800 12.9 S 89.3 E 960 85 75
05 APR 06 0000 12.9 S 88.4 E 945 85
05 APR 06 0600 13.1 S 87.6 E 928 115 105
05 APR 06 1200 13.4 S 86.4 E 930 105
05 APR 06 1800 13.7 S 85.3 E 930 100 105
05 APR 07 0000 14.3 S 83.9 E 930 105
05 APR 07 0600 14.5 S 82.4 E 940 100 90
05 APR 07 1200 14.6 S 81.0 E 945 85
05 APR 07 1800 15.0 S 80.3 E 955 85 80
05 APR 08 0000 15.1 S 78.4 E 950 80
05 APR 08 0600 15.1 S 76.6 E 950 90 80
05 APR 08 1200 16.0 S 75.1 E 950 80
05 APR 08 1800 16.5 S 73.2 E 945 100 85
05 APR 09 0000 16.7 S 71.6 E 935 95
05 APR 09 0600 17.3 S 69.9 E 915 125 110
05 APR 09 1200 17.8 S 68.6 E 915 110
05 APR 09 1800 18.4 S 67.2 E 910 130 115
05 APR 10 0000 19.0 S 66.0 E 905 120
05 APR 10 0600 19.8 S 65.0 E 910 120 115
05 APR 10 1200 20.7 S 64.3 E 915 110
05 APR 10 1800 21.5 S 63.8 E 923 110 105
05 APR 11 0000 22.3 S 63.5 E 925 105
05 APR 11 0600 23.2 S 63.5 E 935 90 90
05 APR 11 1200 24.2 S 63.4 E 955 75
05 APR 11 1800 25.2 S 64.4 E 968 65 65 JTWC: 25.3S/63.2E
05 APR 12 0000 26.4 S 64.8 E 978 60
05 APR 12 0600 27.3 S 65.8 E 980 50 60 Extratropical
05 APR 12 1200 28.0 S 67.8 E 982 60
05 APR 12 1800 28.0 S 69.6 E 985 55
05 APR 13 0000 28.4 S 70.8 E 988 45
05 APR 13 0600 28.4 S 72.2 E 992 45
05 APR 13 1200 28.8 S 74.5 E 994 45
05 APR 13 1800 29.2 S 75.7 E 996 40
05 APR 14 0000 29.3 S 76.9 E 1000 35
05 APR 14 0600 29.3 S 77.3 E 1004 30 Locally 30 kts S semi
05 APR 14 1200 28.5 S 78.1 E 1005 25 Locally 25 kts S semi
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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 160E
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 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres at Darwin, Northern
Territory; Brisbane, Queensland; and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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 the
Australian centres 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 LOW 14 - 15 Apr
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUE
(System's track lay within Port Moresby's AOR)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 14 2200 9.3 S 144.0 E 30
05 APR 15 0000 9.3 S 145.0 E 30
05 APR 15 0300 9.6 S 146.0 E 993 40
05 APR 15 0600 10.0 S 147.0 E 995 45
05 APR 15 1200 10.5 S 148.0 E 995 45
05 APR 15 1800 10.5 S 148.5 E 998 40
Note: System occurred in Port Moresby's AOR but to my knowledge, no
warnings were issued by that agency. The information above was taken
from gale warnings issued by BoM Brisbane.
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SOUTH PACIFIC (SPA) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E
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 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres at Nadi, Fiji, and
Wellington, New Zealand. 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 the Southern Hemisphere centres 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 Depression (14F) 14 Apr - 01 May
Tropical Cyclone SHEILA (15F) 20 - 23 Apr
Tropical Depression (17F) 26 Apr - 01 May
Tropical Depression (18F) 29 Apr - 01 May
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 14F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 14 2100 14.0 S 161.5 E 1000 20
05 APR 15 0900 14.0 S 162.0 E 1000 20
05 APR 15 1800 17.0 S 166.0 E 1000 25
05 APR 16 0600 16.0 S 166.0 E 1001 25
05 APR 16 1800 17.0 S 167.0 E 1000 20
05 APR 18 0000 19.0 S 169.0 E 1000 20
05 APR 18 0600 18.0 S 168.0 E 1002 20
05 APR 18 2300 19.0 S 169.0 E 1002 20
05 APR 19 0600 17.0 S 171.0 E 1002 20
05 APR 20 2100 16.0 S 168.0 E 1008 20
05 APR 21 2100 14.5 S 169.5 E 1007 20
05 APR 22 0600 15.0 S 168.0 E 1006 20
05 APR 22 2100 15.0 S 173.0 E 1006 25
05 APR 23 0600 16.0 S 177.0 E 1005 25
05 APR 23 2100 15.0 S 180.0 E 1006 20
05 APR 24 0600 15.0 S 178.0 E 1006 20
05 APR 25 0600 17.0 S 180.0 E 1005 30
05 APR 25 2300 18.0 S 177.0 W 1008 30
05 APR 26 0600 15.0 S 178.0 W 1010 30
05 APR 26 2100 15.0 S 175.0 W 1010 30
05 APR 27 0600 15.0 S 176.0 W 1010 25
05 APR 27 2100 13.0 S 175.0 W 1009 20
05 APR 28 0600 13.0 S 174.0 W 1009 20
05 APR 28 2100 14.0 S 174.0 W 1009 20
05 APR 29 0600 12.0 S 176.0 W 1007 20
05 APR 29 2100 14.0 S 177.0 W 1009 20
05 APR 30 0600 15.0 S 176.0 W 1009 20
05 APR 30 2200 18.5 S 177.5 W 1009 30
05 MAY 01 0600 20.0 S 178.0 W 1009 30
05 MAY 01 1800 20.0 S 177.0 W 1010 30
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Storm Name: SHEILA Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 15F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 20 2100 15.0 S 178.0 E 1004 30
05 APR 21 2000 16.3 S 173.5 W 997 30
05 APR 22 0000 17.4 S 170.6 W 997 30
05 APR 22 0600 18.4 S 168.8 W 995 35
05 APR 22 1200 19.3 S 166.4 W 995 40
05 APR 22 1800 20.2 S 165.4 W 997 30 Peripheral gales
05 APR 23 0000 21.2 S 163.9 W 999 30 "
05 APR 23 0600 24.0 S 158.0 W 999 35 Extratropical
05 APR 23 1200 26.0 S 157.0 W 999 35
Note: JTWC issued no warnings on this tropical cyclone.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 17F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 26 0600 9.0 S 167.0 E 1007
05 APR 26 2100 11.0 S 168.0 E 1007
05 APR 27 0600 12.0 S 168.0 E 1008
05 APR 27 2100 12.0 S 170.0 E 1008
05 APR 28 0600 14.0 S 174.0 E 1007
05 APR 28 2100 11.0 S 169.0 E 1009
05 APR 29 0600 13.0 S 169.5 E 1007
05 APR 29 2100 13.5 S 169.5 E 1009
05 APR 30 0600 11.5 S 167.0 E 1007
05 APR 30 2200 12.5 S 167.0 E 1010
05 MAY 01 1800 15.0 S 167.0 E 1010
Note: No MSW estimates were given in the Tropical Disturbance Summaries
issued by RSMC Nadi for this system.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 18F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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05 APR 29 2100 12.5 S 179.5 E 1006
05 APR 30 0600 13.0 S 180.0 E 1008
05 APR 30 2200 14.0 S 180.0 E 1010
05 MAY 01 0600 15.4 S 180.0 E 1010
05 MAY 01 1800 16.0 S 178.0 W 1010
Note: No MSW estimates were given in the Tropical Disturbance Summaries
issued by RSMC Nadi for this system.
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!!!!!! IMPORTANT NOTE - PLEASE READ !!!!!!
To repeat the caveat which is included in the Author's Note
at the end of the cyclone summaries--the tropical cyclone tracks
I prepare are based upon the operational warnings/advisories/
advices/bulletins which are issued by 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>
SPECIAL NOTE: Back issues of the global tropical cyclone summaries
and monthly cyclone track files can be obtained at the following
websites:
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/landsea/padgett/>
http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/>
http://www.typhoon2000.ph>
http://mpittweather.com>
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/>
PREPARED BY:
Gary Padgett [email protected]
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:
Michael V. Padua [email protected]
[email protected]
Huang Chunliang [email protected]
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