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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks December 2006
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks December 2006 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - DECEMBER 2006
!!!! 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
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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). A special thanks to Michael for his efforts.
NOTE: No tropical or subtropical cyclone warnings were issued for the
first system below. The track was pieced together from SAB satellite
bulletins and High Seas Bulletins issued by JMA.
Systems Tracked
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Typhoon UTOR (25W / 0622 / SENIANG) 06 - 15 Dec
Tropical Storm TRAMI (26W / 0623 / TOMAS) 15 - 20 Dec
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Storm Name: UTOR Cyclone Number: 25W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: SENIANG JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0622
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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06 DEC 06 1800 8.8 N 140.1 E 25 JTWC sat. bulletin
06 DEC 07 0000 8.7 N 136.8 E 1006 25 30
06 DEC 07 0600 9.6 N 135.4 E 1004 25 30
06 DEC 07 1200 9.7 N 134.5 E 1004 30 30
06 DEC 07 1800 10.0 N 133.8 E 998 35 35
06 DEC 08 0000 10.6 N 132.0 E 990 35 45
06 DEC 08 0600 11.1 N 130.5 E 990 40 45 JMA: 10.6N/130.2E
06 DEC 08 1200 11.1 N 129.1 E 980 50 60 JMA: 10.6N/129.2E
06 DEC 08 1800 11.1 N 127.3 E 975 60 60 JMA: 10.7N/127.5E
06 DEC 09 0000 10.9 N 126.4 E 970 65 65
06 DEC 09 0600 11.2 N 125.4 E 970 65 65 Over SE Samar Island
06 DEC 09 1200 11.6 N 124.2 E 975 65 65 Near NW Leyte Island
06 DEC 09 1800 12.1 N 122.8 E 975 75 65 In Jintotolo Channel
06 DEC 10 0000 12.2 N 121.5 E 955 100 80 Just SE of Mindoro I.
06 DEC 10 0600 12.6 N 120.3 E 960 100 75 In Mindoro Strait
06 DEC 10 1200 12.9 N 119.3 E 965 90 70 Entering S. China Sea
06 DEC 10 1800 13.2 N 118.6 E 965 90 70
06 DEC 11 0000 13.3 N 118.4 E 965 75 70
06 DEC 11 0600 13.6 N 117.7 E 965 75 70
06 DEC 11 1200 13.8 N 117.0 E 965 80 75
06 DEC 11 1800 14.1 N 116.4 E 970 80 70 JMA: 13.8N/116.8E
06 DEC 12 0000 14.4 N 115.7 E 970 75 70
06 DEC 12 0600 14.8 N 114.8 E 955 90 80
06 DEC 12 1200 15.4 N 113.9 E 945 90 85
06 DEC 12 1800 16.0 N 113.0 E 945 90 85
06 DEC 13 0000 16.4 N 112.7 E 955 95 80
06 DEC 13 0600 16.8 N 112.3 E 965 95 80
06 DEC 13 1200 17.2 N 112.3 E 975 90 65
06 DEC 13 1800 17.4 N 112.1 E 985 65 55
06 DEC 14 0000 17.6 N 112.2 E 998 35 40
06 DEC 14 0600 18.0 N 113.0 E 1006 30 JMA bulletins
06 DEC 14 1200 18.0 N 114.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 14 1800 18.0 N 113.0 E 1010 25
06 DEC 15 0000 17.0 N 113.0 E 1012 20
06 DEC 15 0600 17.0 N 113.0 E 1010 20
Note: The highest 10-min avg MSW estimated by PAGASA for Typhoon
Seniang was 70 kts at 12/0000 UTC as the cyclone was exiting that
agency's AOR. The MSW was estimated at 65 kts from 09/0000 through
11/1800 UTC.
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Storm Name: TRAMI Cyclone Number: 26W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: TOMAS JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0623
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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06 DEC 15 0600 8.0 N 157.0 E 1006 25
06 DEC 15 1200 8.0 N 155.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 15 1800 9.0 N 152.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 16 0000 10.0 N 150.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 16 0600 9.0 N 149.0 E 1006 25
06 DEC 16 1200 9.4 N 146.0 E 1008 30
06 DEC 16 1800 9.4 N 144.4 E 1006 30
06 DEC 17 0000 10.7 N 141.7 E 1006 30 30 JMA: 9.6N/141.4E
06 DEC 17 0600 12.0 N 139.7 E 1004 30 30
06 DEC 17 1200 13.0 N 138.2 E 1000 30 35
06 DEC 17 1800 14.3 N 137.3 E 1000 30 35 JMA: 14.9N/137.4E
06 DEC 18 0000 15.3 N 136.4 E 1000 30 35 JMA: 15.7N/136.5E
06 DEC 18 0600 16.3 N 134.8 E 1000 30 35 JMA: 16.0N/135.3E
06 DEC 18 1200 16.5 N 134.7 E 1000 25 35 JMA: 16.1N/134.9E
06 DEC 18 1800 16.3 N 134.9 E 1002 35 JMA warnings
06 DEC 19 0000 16.0 N 133.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 19 0600 13.0 N 129.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 19 1200 13.0 N 128.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 19 1800 13.0 N 127.0 E 1008 25
06 DEC 20 0000 13.0 N 126.0 E 1010 20
06 DEC 20 0600 13.0 N 124.0 E 1008 20
Note: The highest 10-min avg MSW estimated by PAGASA for Tropical Storm
Tomas was 35 kts from 18/0600 through 18/1800 UTC, the system being
downgraded to a tropical depression at 19/0000 UTC. As is evident from
the above table, JTWC never upgraded this system to tropical storm
status.
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E
Sources of Information
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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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Intense Tropical Cyclone BONDO (MFR-03 / 05S) 17 - 26 Dec
Tropical Disturbance (MFR-04) 25 - 28 Dec
Severe Tropical Storm CLOVIS (MFR-05 / 06S) 29 Dec - 04 Jan
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Storm Name: BONDO Cyclone Number: 05S 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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06 DEC 17 0000 9.1 S 65.8 E 30 JTWC satellite bulletin
06 DEC 17 0600 9.7 S 65.1 E 30 AFWA: 10.2S/66.2E
06 DEC 17 1200 10.3 S 65.5 E 1002 30 25
06 DEC 17 1800 10.6 S 64.7 E 30 JTWC satellite bulletin
06 DEC 18 0000 10.8 S 64.5 E 1003 30 25 Locally 30 kts to S
06 DEC 18 0600 11.0 S 64.0 E 1000 30 25 "
06 DEC 18 1200 10.8 S 63.1 E 1000 35 25 "
06 DEC 18 1800 11.0 S 61.6 E 998 45 30
06 DEC 19 0000 11.0 S 60.5 E 992 55 40
06 DEC 19 0600 10.5 S 59.5 E 976 75 55
06 DEC 19 1200 10.7 S 58.5 E 950 105 85
06 DEC 19 1800 10.7 S 57.4 E 925 105
06 DEC 20 0000 10.8 S 56.2 E 915 135 110
06 DEC 20 0600 10.5 S 55.0 E 920 110
06 DEC 20 1200 10.3 S 54.0 E 930 120 100
06 DEC 20 1800 10.0 S 53.1 E 940 90
06 DEC 21 0000 9.7 S 52.2 E 940 105 90
06 DEC 21 0600 9.5 S 51.5 E 935 100
06 DEC 21 1200 9.6 S 50.9 E 945 115 90
06 DEC 21 1800 9.9 S 50.5 E 955 80
06 DEC 22 0000 10.2 S 50.3 E 970 90 65
06 DEC 22 0600 10.2 S 50.0 E 980 55
06 DEC 22 1200 10.5 S 49.7 E 980 75 55
06 DEC 22 1800 10.5 S 50.2 E 980 55
06 DEC 23 0000 10.8 S 50.3 E 983 75 50 JTWC: 10.9S/49.8E
06 DEC 23 0600 11.4 S 49.6 E 980 55
06 DEC 23 1200 11.7 S 49.1 E 976 90 60
06 DEC 23 1800 11.8 S 48.7 E 975 60
06 DEC 24 0000 12.3 S 48.6 E 970 115 70
06 DEC 24 0600 12.7 S 48.0 E 965 75
06 DEC 24 1200 13.2 S 47.7 E 960 95 75
06 DEC 24 1800 13.5 S 47.5 E 960 75
06 DEC 25 0000 14.2 S 47.5 E 960 85 75
06 DEC 25 0600 14.7 S 46.9 E 965 70
06 DEC 25 1200 15.2 S 46.4 E 975 60 60
06 DEC 25 1800 16.3 S 46.2 E 45 Inland in Madagascar
06 DEC 26 0000 17.9 S 45.9 E 35 30 JTWC: 17.4S/46.0E
06 DEC 26 0600 18.5 S 45.2 E 25 Locally 30 kts w coast
06 DEC 26 1200 19.9 S 43.6 E 1003 25
Note: No intensity estimates were provided in the MFR bulletins at
25/1800 and 26/0000 UTC. The values given in the table above are my
estimates.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 04
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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06 DEC 25 1200 6.7 S 67.5 E 1005 15 Locally 20-25 kts
06 DEC 26 0000 6.7 S 63.5 E 1004 20 Locally 20-25 kts
06 DEC 26 0600 7.7 S 61.1 E 1002 25 Locally 30 kts SW semi.
06 DEC 26 1200 8.3 S 60.6 E 1002 25 Locally 30 kts S & NW
06 DEC 26 1800 8.9 S 59.3 E 1002 25 "
06 DEC 27 0000 8.4 S 57.8 E 1000 25 "
06 DEC 27 0600 9.0 S 57.1 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S semi.
06 DEC 27 1200 9.4 S 56.6 E 1001 25
06 DEC 27 1800 9.0 S 56.7 E 25 JTWC satellite bulletin
06 DEC 28 0000 10.1 S 55.3 E 1001 25
06 DEC 28 0600 10.4 S 54.6 E 1001 25
06 DEC 28 1200 11.0 S 53.9 E 1001 25 Locally 30 kts
06 DEC 28 1800 10.5 S 54.2 E 1002 25 "
Note: See comments following track for Severe Tropical Storm Clovis
below.
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Storm Name: CLOVIS Cyclone Number: 06S 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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06 DEC 29 1200 12.0 S 57.8 E 1005 20 Locally 30 kts
06 DEC 29 1800 12.2 S 57.7 E 1005 20 "
06 DEC 30 0000 12.3 S 57.1 E 1004 20 "
06 DEC 30 0600 12.5 S 56.8 E 1002 25 "
06 DEC 30 1200 13.0 S 56.0 E 1000 25 "
06 DEC 30 1800 13.1 S 55.8 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S semi.
06 DEC 31 0000 13.6 S 55.4 E 1000 25
06 DEC 31 0600 13.6 S 54.8 E 998 35 30 Locally 35 kts S semi.
06 DEC 31 1200 15.0 S 54.6 E 992 40
06 DEC 31 1800 15.8 S 54.3 E 980 50 60
07 JAN 01 0000 16.7 S 53.4 E 980 55
07 JAN 01 0600 17.5 S 52.9 E 980 60 55
07 JAN 01 1200 18.0 S 52.4 E 984 50
07 JAN 01 1800 18.6 S 52.1 E 984 60 50
07 JAN 02 0000 19.1 S 51.8 E 984 50
07 JAN 02 0600 19.8 S 50.9 E 978 60 60
07 JAN 02 1200 20.2 S 50.3 E 975 60
07 JAN 02 1800 20.2 S 49.8 E 976 65 60
07 JAN 03 0000 20.5 S 48.9 E 976 60
07 JAN 03 0600 20.5 S 48.7 E 985 65 50
07 JAN 03 1200 20.8 S 48.4 E 990 45 Inland in Madagascar
07 JAN 03 1800 20.9 S 48.4 E 990 45 45 Gales in E semicircle
07 JAN 04 0000 20.8 S 48.8 E 990 40
07 JAN 04 0600 20.6 S 48.3 E 35 25 Locally 30 kts on coast
07 JAN 04 1200 20.5 S 48.3 E 25
Note: This tropical cyclone formed within the same general area of
disturbed weather associated with Tropical Disturbance 04. The first
MFR warning on Tropical Disturbance 05 stated (slightly edited):
"THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER MONITORED AND NUMBERED 4 HAS DISSIPATED
BUT THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH EX-TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NR 4
HAS PERSISTED. DURING THE NIGHT, SEVERAL RELATIVE AND SHORT-LIVED
CENTERS HAVE PROBABLY EXISTED AT THE MERCY OF CONVECTIVE PULSATIONS,
MAINLY EAST OF 55E. LAST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NOW A NEW CLOCKWISE
CIRCULATION ORGANIZING AROUND A NEW CENTER WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN
ONE. THE DISSIPATION OF THE FIRST MONITORED SYSTEM AND THE GENESIS OF
THIS NEW ONE JUSTIFIES THE RE-NUMBERING."
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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]
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