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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks January 2011
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JANUARY 2011
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE INFORMATION AT END OF FILE !!!!
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2011 North
Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Disturbance (Invest 90B) 11 - 12 Jan
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: NIO
(NRL Invest 90B)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 11 0830 7.1 N 85.0 E SAB T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 11 1430 7.1 N 84.2 E SAB T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 11 2030 7.2 N 85.5 E SAB T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 12 0230 6.9 N 85.2 E SAB T1.5/2.0
11 JAN 12 0830 7.3 N 85.2 E SAB T1.0/2.0
11 JAN 12 1530 7.1 N 83.8 E SAB T1.0/1.5
Note: This system was not classified as a depression by the IMD. The
Dvorak classifications from SAB suggest that it possibly might have been
a 30-kt depression.
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Depression (MFR-03) 31 Dec - 03 Jan
Tropical Disturbance (Invest 92S) 14 - 16 Jan
Tropical Disturbance (MFR-04) 30 - 31 Jan
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None 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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10 DEC 31 2100 12.1 S 85.7 E SAB: T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 01 0230 11.7 S 84.3 E SAB: T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 01 0830 11.7 S 83.3 E SAB: T1.5/2.0
11 JAN 01 1430 11.8 S 82.4 E SAB: T1.5/2.0
11 JAN 01 2030 11.8 S 81.5 E SAB: T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 02 0230 11.1 S 82.4 E SAB: T1.5/2.0
11 JAN 02 0600 10.7 S 80.9 E 999 25 MFR bulletins
11 JAN 02 1800 11.7 S 80.3 E 996 30
11 JAN 03 0000 11.7 S 79.9 E 996 30
11 JAN 03 0600 12.4 S 81.1 E 997 25 Locally 30 kts SW quad
11 JAN 03 1200 13.6 S 81.2 E 998 25
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SWI
(NRL Invest 92S)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 14 2030 16.8 S 55.0 E SAB T2.0/2.0
11 JAN 15 0230 16.8 S 53.7 E SAB T2.5/2.5
11 JAN 15 0830 17.0 S 53.3 E SAB T2.0/2.5
11 JAN 15 1430 17.0 S 52.0 E SAB T2.0/2.5
11 JAN 15 2030 17.0 S 50.9 E SAB T2.5/2.5
11 JAN 16 0230 16.9 S 49.8 E SAB T2.0/2.5
11 JAN 16 0830 16.0 S 48.8 E Overland (Madagascar)
Note: The above track for this system is based entirely on satellite
classifications from SAB, which suggest a strong tropical depression or
possibly minimal tropical storm. The system appeared to be quite
well-organized in satellite imagery. It is a little surprising that
MFR never issued any bulletins nor assigned a tropical disturbance number
to the system. JTWC issued a TCFA at 15/0730 UTC but cancelled it when
the system approached Madagascar.
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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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11 JAN 30 1800 29.1 S 52.3 E 998 25 Locally 30 kts SE quad
11 JAN 31 0000 29.7 S 51.1 E 998 25 30 kts NE & SE quads
11 JAN 31 0600 30.5 S 49.9 E 998 25 "
Note: At 30/1800 UTC, MFR assigned a Dvorak rating of T2.0/2.0. The
highest from SAB was T1.5/1.5.
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
Australian Region Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Cyclone VINCE (09U / 06S) 11 - 23 Jan
Severe Tropical Cyclone BIANCA (12U / 10S) 21 - 30 Jan
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Storm Name: VINCE Cyclone Number: 06S Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Perth TCWC - Australian LOW 09U)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 11 0000 14.9 S 108.3 E 996 25 Locally 40 kts NW quad
11 JAN 11 0600 14.9 S 107.7 E 994 30 Locally 40 kts SW quad
11 JAN 11 1200 14.9 S 107.5 E 994 30 "
11 JAN 11 1800 14.9 S 107.5 E 990 30 "
11 JAN 12 0000 14.9 S 107.1 E 987 40 Named TC Vince
11 JAN 12 0600 14.9 S 107.5 E 987 40
11 JAN 12 1200 15.2 S 108.4 E 986 40 40
11 JAN 12 1800 15.3 S 109.1 E 986 40
11 JAN 13 0000 15.2 S 109.4 E 986 40 40 JTWC 15.6S/108.8E
11 JAN 13 0600 15.7 S 109.5 E 986 40
11 JAN 13 1200 15.9 S 110.3 E 986 40 40
11 JAN 13 1800 16.1 S 111.1 E 986 40
11 JAN 14 0000 16.3 S 112.5 E 990 35 40
11 JAN 14 0600 16.1 S 113.6 E 996 30 Locally 40 kts N quad
11 JAN 14 1200 16.3 S 114.5 E 35 JTWC warnings
11 JAN 15 0000 15.9 S 114.5 E 35
11 JAN 15 1200 15.8 S 114.1 E 35
11 JAN 16 0000 16.0 S 113.2 E 30
11 JAN 16 0600 16.3 S 112.7 E 1000 30 NRL data
11 JAN 16 1200 16.4 S 112.2 E 1000 30
11 JAN 16 1800 17.0 S 111.8 E 1000 30
11 JAN 17 0000 17.5 S 111.3 E 1000 30
11 JAN 17 0600 18.0 S 110.6 E 1000 30
11 JAN 17 1200 19.7 S 107.6 E 1000 Re-analysis data
11 JAN 17 1800 19.4 S 105.5 E 1001
11 JAN 18 0000 20.0 S 104.9 E 1001
11 JAN 18 0600 20.0 S 102.8 E 1001
11 JAN 18 1200 20.1 S 102.3 E 1001
11 JAN 18 1800 19.4 S 100.5 E 1002
11 JAN 19 0000 19.7 S 99.6 E 1002
11 JAN 19 0600 19.7 S 99.3 E 1003
11 JAN 19 1200 17.9 S 99.5 E 1002
11 JAN 19 1800 18.3 S 97.1 E 1004
11 JAN 20 0000 17.6 S 95.8 E 1002
11 JAN 20 0600 17.5 S 95.1 E 1003
11 JAN 20 1200 17.5 S 95.1 E 1002
11 JAN 20 1800 17.6 S 95.0 E 1004
11 JAN 21 0000 17.4 S 93.5 E 1002
11 JAN 21 0600 17.7 S 93.0 E 1003
11 JAN 21 1200 17.2 S 93.5 E 1002
11 JAN 21 1800 17.1 S 92.8 E 1004
11 JAN 22 0000 17.2 S 92.8 E 1003
11 JAN 22 0600 17.4 S 92.5 E 1004
11 JAN 22 1200 17.5 S 92.4 E 1004
11 JAN 22 1800 17.4 S 92.4 E 1007
11 JAN 23 0000 16.7 S 92.4 E 1006
11 JAN 23 0600 16.8 S 92.7 E 1007
Note: BoM ceased warnings at 14/0600 UTC, and JTWC's final warning was
issued at 16/0000 UTC. Positions after this point are based upon NRL
and NCEP re-analysis data sent to the author by Steve Young.
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Storm Name: BIANCA Cyclone Number: 10S Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Perth TCWC - Australian LOW 12U)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 21 0600 15.8 S 129.0 E 1001 Over land
11 JAN 21 1200 15.8 S 128.5 E 1002 "
11 JAN 21 1800 15.0 S 128.8 E 1002 "
11 JAN 22 0000 14.9 S 129.1 E 1003 "
11 JAN 22 0600 14.8 S 129.5 E 1000 Near coast
11 JAN 22 1200 14.8 S 129.3 E 1002 "
11 JAN 22 1800 14.5 S 128.8 E 1001 Over water
11 JAN 23 0000 14.3 S 128.8 E 1001
11 JAN 23 0600 14.3 S 129.2 E 998
11 JAN 23 1200 14.4 S 128.9 E 1001
11 JAN 23 1800 14.7 S 128.1 E 1000
11 JAN 24 0000 14.7 S 127.1 E 1000 20
11 JAN 24 0600 14.4 S 126.4 E 998 25 Back over land
11 JAN 24 1200 14.9 S 126.1 E 998 25 "
11 JAN 24 1800 15.4 S 125.3 E 997 25 Near coast
11 JAN 25 0000 16.1 S 124.3 E 997 25 "
11 JAN 25 0600 16.6 S 123.2 E 995 30 "
11 JAN 25 1200 17.3 S 121.9 E 994 35 30 Over water
11 JAN 25 1800 17.8 S 120.8 E 990 40 Named TC Bianca
11 JAN 26 0000 18.8 S 119.7 E 984 45 50
11 JAN 26 0600 19.4 S 118.2 E 980 55 55
11 JAN 26 1200 19.4 S 116.7 E 976 60 60
11 JAN 26 1800 19.4 S 115.9 E 970 60 65
11 JAN 27 0000 19.8 S 115.0 E 965 60 70
11 JAN 27 0600 20.2 S 114.0 E 962 65 75
11 JAN 27 1200 20.6 S 112.9 E 958 65 75
11 JAN 27 1800 21.7 S 111.6 E 950 90 85
11 JAN 28 0000 23.0 S 110.3 E 951 85
11 JAN 28 0600 23.9 S 108.9 E 950 115 85
11 JAN 28 1200 24.8 S 108.3 E 945 90
11 JAN 28 1800 26.2 S 107.7 E 965 75 75
11 JAN 29 0000 27.5 S 107.8 E 965 70
11 JAN 29 0600 28.9 S 108.2 E 970 65 65 JTWC: 29.4S/108.7E
11 JAN 29 1200 29.9 S 109.4 E 975 55
11 JAN 29 1800 30.8 S 110.8 E 985 45 45
11 JAN 30 0000 31.0 S 112.0 E 998 30 Ex-TC
11 JAN 30 0600 31.4 S 113.4 E 998 30
Note: Track from 21/0600 to 23/1800 UTC sourced from severe weather
warnings issued by Darwin.
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
Australian Region Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Severe Tropical Cyclone ZELIA (10U / 07P / 05F) 13 - 19 Jan
Tropical Cyclone ANTHONY (11U / 09P / 08F) 22 - 31 Jan
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Storm Name: ZELIA Cyclone Number: 07P Basin: AUE/SPA
(Name assigned by Brisbane TCWC - Australian LOW 10U - Fiji TD 05F)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 13 0000 14.7 S 149.9 E 1000 25
11 JAN 13 0600 14.2 S 149.8 E 997 25
11 JAN 13 1200 13.5 S 149.6 E 996 30
11 JAN 13 1800 12.4 S 149.9 E 996 30
11 JAN 14 0000 12.5 S 150.7 E 995 35 30
11 JAN 14 0300 12.5 S 151.3 E 992 35 Named TC Zelia
11 JAN 14 0600 12.8 S 151.5 E 992 35
11 JAN 14 1200 13.8 S 152.2 E 989 55 40 JTWC: 13.1S/152.0E
11 JAN 14 1800 14.0 S 152.2 E 989 40
11 JAN 15 0000 14.6 S 152.3 E 987 55 45
11 JAN 15 0600 15.1 S 152.5 E 982 50
11 JAN 15 1200 15.5 S 153.1 E 975 60 65
11 JAN 15 1800 16.1 S 154.9 E 970 80
11 JAN 16 0000 17.5 S 156.8 E 965 85 80
11 JAN 16 0600 19.0 S 158.7 E 957 85
11 JAN 16 1200 20.6 S 160.7 E 957 90 85 Fiji warnings
11 JAN 16 1800 22.4 S 162.7 E 970 80
11 JAN 17 0000 24.9 S 165.0 E 970 75 80
11 JAN 17 0600 27.5 S 167.5 E 975 60 NZ warnings
11 JAN 17 1200 29.6 S 169.2 E 980 55 55
11 JAN 17 1800 33.3 S 169.4 E 990 45 45 NZ: 32S/170E
11 JAN 18 0000 35.0 S 170.0 E 988 40 NZ warnings/extratrop.
11 JAN 18 0600 40.0 S 172.0 E 987 40
11 JAN 18 1200 44.0 S 174.0 E 980 40
11 JAN 18 1800 48.0 S 177.0 E 974 50
11 JAN 19 0000 50.0 S 180.0 E 971 50
11 JAN 19 0600 51.0 S 176.0 W 969 50
11 JAN 19 1200 51.0 S 172.0 W 974 50
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Storm Name: ANTHONY Cyclone Number: 09P Basin: AUE/SPA
(Name assigned by Brisbane TCWC - Australian LOW 11U - Fiji TD 08F)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 22 0600 16.2 S 146.5 E 999 Gale warning
11 JAN 22 1200 15.6 S 146.7 E 999 "
11 JAN 22 1800 15.3 S 147.6 E 996 "
11 JAN 22 2100 15.3 S 148.2 E 994 35 Named TC Anthony
11 JAN 23 0000 15.5 S 148.9 E 990 35 40
11 JAN 23 0600 15.7 S 150.9 E 988 45
11 JAN 23 1200 16.5 S 153.4 E 986 45 45
11 JAN 23 1800 16.7 S 155.3 E 991 40
11 JAN 24 0000 18.3 S 157.0 E 998 40 35
11 JAN 24 0600 18.5 S 158.4 E 995 35
11 JAN 24 1200 19.0 S 159.8 E 997 35 35
11 JAN 24 1800 19.0 S 160.1 E 988 40
11 JAN 25 0000 19.4 S 160.8 E 992 35 35
11 JAN 25 0400 19.6 S 160.7 E 994 30 Ex-TC
11 JAN 25 1200 19.4 S 160.0 E 996 30 35 Some peripheral gales
11 JAN 25 1800 19.2 S 159.6 E 996 35
11 JAN 26 0000 19.0 S 159.5 E 997 35
11 JAN 26 0600 18.9 S 158.5 E 996 35
11 JAN 26 1200 18.6 S 158.0 E 996 35
11 JAN 26 1800 18.8 S 156.7 E 996 35
11 JAN 27 0000 17.8 S 155.6 E 999 35
11 JAN 27 0600 17.4 S 154.8 E 998 35
11 JAN 27 1200 16.8 S 154.3 E 998 35
11 JAN 27 1800 16.1 S 154.4 E 995 35
11 JAN 28 0000 16.0 S 155.1 E 990 35 Regenerated as TC
11 JAN 28 0600 15.7 S 155.3 E 988 35
11 JAN 28 1200 16.1 S 155.2 E 997 35
11 JAN 28 1800 16.1 S 154.7 E 999 35
11 JAN 29 0000 15.5 S 154.7 E 996 35
11 JAN 29 0600 15.5 S 153.9 E 996 35
11 JAN 29 1200 15.9 S 153.4 E 996 35
11 JAN 29 1500 16.2 S 153.0 E 996 35
11 JAN 29 1800 17.1 S 152.0 E 988 35
11 JAN 30 0000 18.3 S 150.9 E 988 35 45
11 JAN 30 0300 18.8 S 150.2 E 988 50
11 JAN 30 0600 19.2 S 149.5 E 988 50
11 JAN 30 0800 19.6 S 149.1 E 984 55
11 JAN 30 1200 20.0 S 148.1 E 991 40 45 Crossing coast
11 JAN 30 1400 20.2 S 147.7 E 999 30 Ex-TC Inland
11 JAN 30 1800 18.5 S 147.2 E 1005 NCEP re-analysis data
11 JAN 31 0000 19.3 S 142.9 E 1008 "
Notes: JTWC ceased warnings at 25/1200 UTC then issued five formation
alerts prior to recommencing warnings at 30/0000 UTC. BoM issued a
number of warnings at non-standard times as system approached QLD coast.
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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.
Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
South Pacific Cyclone Season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South_Pacific_cyclone_season>
Systems Tracked
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Severe Tropical Cyclone VANIA (03F / 05P) 05 - 18 Jan
Severe Tropical Cyclone WILMA (06F / 08P) 19 - 30 Jan
Tropical Depression (07F) 21 - 22 Jan
Severe Tropical Cyclone YASI (09F / 11P / 14U) 26 Jan - 05 Feb
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Storm Name: VANIA Cyclone Number: 05P Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 03F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 JAN 05 2100 17.0 S 176.5 E 1004
11 JAN 06 0600 17.0 S 176.0 E 1003
11 JAN 06 1800 17.0 S 175.0 E 1003
11 JAN 06 2100 17.1 S 174.8 E 1003
11 JAN 07 0600 18.8 S 174.9 E 1001
11 JAN 07 1800 19.0 S 172.5 E 1001
11 JAN 07 2100 19.1 S 172.1 E 1001
11 JAN 08 0600 18.6 S 172.0 E 1000
11 JAN 08 1800 19.0 S 173.0 E 1000
11 JAN 08 2100 18.0 S 172.0 E 1000
11 JAN 09 0600 17.0 S 170.0 E 999
11 JAN 09 1800 18.0 S 169.0 E 998 35
11 JAN 10 0000 17.1 S 169.8 E 997
11 JAN 10 0600 17.4 S 170.1 E 997 35
11 JAN 10 1200 17.6 S 169.9 E 997
11 JAN 10 1800 18.6 S 170.0 E 995 35
11 JAN 11 0000 18.9 S 169.8 E 996
11 JAN 11 0600 19.3 S 169.6 E 994 35
11 JAN 11 1200 19.3 S 169.6 E 996 35
11 JAN 11 1800 19.1 S 169.4 E 990 35 30
11 JAN 11 2100 19.1 S 169.3 E 988 35 Named TC Vania
11 JAN 12 0000 19.2 S 169.3 E 988 35
11 JAN 12 0600 19.3 S 169.2 E 987 35
11 JAN 12 1200 19.3 S 169.0 E 987 45 35
11 JAN 12 1800 19.2 S 168.8 E 977 60 50
11 JAN 13 0000 19.8 S 168.3 E 975 55
11 JAN 13 0600 20.2 S 167.9 E 975 60 60
11 JAN 13 1200 20.6 S 167.7 E 970 65
11 JAN 13 1800 21.1 S 167.7 E 978 55 50
11 JAN 14 0000 21.6 S 167.4 E 978 50
11 JAN 14 0600 22.2 S 167.4 E 980 45 50 JTWC: 22.0S/166.6E
11 JAN 14 1200 22.5 S 167.3 E 982 45
11 JAN 14 1800 22.7 S 167.1 E 984 40 35
11 JAN 15 0000 24.4 S 167.0 E 988 30 Ex-TC/Peripheral gales
11 JAN 15 0600 26.3 S 166.1 E 35 JTWC's final warning
11 JAN 15 1200 26.8 S 165.5 E 1000 30 NRL data
11 JAN 15 1800 27.8 S 165.0 E 1000 30
11 JAN 16 0000 28.4 S 164.6 E 1000 30
11 JAN 16 0600 28.9 S 164.4 E 1000 30
11 JAN 16 1200 29.7 S 164.4 E 1000 30
11 JAN 16 1800 31.5 S 164.1 E 1000 30
11 JAN 17 0000 32.3 S 163.9 E 1000 30
11 JAN 17 0600 33.4 S 163.5 E 994 NCEP re-analysis data
11 JAN 17 1200 35.0 S 164.8 E 995
11 JAN 17 1800 35.5 S 166.5 E 993 Frontal
11 JAN 18 0000 38.1 S 167.9 E 992
11 JAN 18 0600 38.8 S 170.4 E 991
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Storm Name: WILMA Cyclone Number: 08P 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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11 JAN 19 0600 13.2 S 178.6 W 1004
11 JAN 19 2100 12.0 S 178.0 W 1004
11 JAN 20 0600 12.7 S 178.2 W 1002
11 JAN 20 2100 13.7 S 177.1 W 1003
11 JAN 21 0600 14.3 S 176.8 W 1003
11 JAN 21 0900 14.7 S 176.9 W 1001
11 JAN 21 1800 14.0 S 174.5 W 1001
11 JAN 21 2100 14.0 S 174.4 W 1001
11 JAN 22 0000 14.1 S 174.1 W 998 35 25
11 JAN 22 0600 14.2 S 173.7 W 998 40 25 JTWC: 12.8S/172.9W
11 JAN 22 1200 13.3 S 172.7 W 995 35 Named TC Wilma
11 JAN 22 1800 11.8 S 171.0 W 995 50 35
11 JAN 23 0000 11.6 S 170.3 W 995 40
11 JAN 23 0600 11.8 S 170.1 W 995 50 40
11 JAN 23 1200 12.8 S 171.0 W 994 40
11 JAN 23 1800 14.0 S 171.0 W 990 50 40
11 JAN 24 0000 15.0 S 171.2 W 990 40
11 JAN 24 0600 15.9 S 171.1 W 985 55 50
11 JAN 24 1200 16.9 S 171.5 W 985 50
11 JAN 24 1800 18.8 S 173.0 W 970 65 65
11 JAN 25 0000 20.6 S 175.3 W 970 65
11 JAN 25 0600 21.5 S 177.2 W 965 85 70
11 JAN 25 1200 22.4 S 179.9 W 965 80
11 JAN 25 1800 22.6 S 178.5 E 960 90 85
11 JAN 26 0000 22.9 S 177.2 E 950 90
11 JAN 26 0600 23.4 S 176.0 E 940 115 95
11 JAN 26 1200 23.6 S 175.1 E 940 100
11 JAN 26 1800 24.4 S 174.3 E 930 100
11 JAN 27 0000 24.9 S 173.7 E 930 100 100
11 JAN 27 0600 26.1 S 172.9 E 950 80 NZ warnings
11 JAN 27 1200 27.2 S 172.2 E 955 75 80
11 JAN 27 1800 27.9 S 171.7 E 975 60
11 JAN 28 0000 30.5 S 172.2 E 980 45 55 JTWC: 30.0S/171.6E
11 JAN 28 0600 32.5 S 172.7 E 978 55
11 JAN 28 1200 34.4 S 174.7 E 981 35 55
11 JAN 28 1800 36.0 S 177.0 E 978 50
11 JAN 29 0000 39.0 S 179.0 W 989 50
11 JAN 29 0600 44.0 S 176.0 W 972 50
11 JAN 29 1200 46.0 S 173.0 W 968 50
11 JAN 29 1800 48.0 S 170.0 W 961 50
11 JAN 30 0000 50.0 S 167.0 W 961 50
11 JAN 30 0600 53.0 S 162.0 W 960 50
11 JAN 30 1200 55.0 S 158.0 W 959 50
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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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11 JAN 21 0600 21.8 S 163.0 E 998 25 Perip. gales SE quad
11 JAN 21 1200 22.9 S 166.9 E 998 25 "
11 JAN 21 1800 23.6 S 168.6 E 998 30 Perip. gales N to SW
11 JAN 22 0000 25.0 S 168.0 E 996 30 Perip. gales NE quad
Note: The system entered Wellington's AOR after 22/0000 UTC and was
declared an extratropical gale in the next warning.
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Storm Name: YASI Cyclone Number: 11P Basin: SPA/AUE
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 09F - Australian LOW 14U
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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11 JAN 26 2100 14.5 S 176.8 W 1005
11 JAN 27 0600 13.8 S 179.2 E 1004
11 JAN 27 2100 12.3 S 179.3 W 1004
11 JAN 28 0600 13.0 S 179.0 E 1003
11 JAN 28 1800 13.9 S 178.4 E 1003
11 JAN 28 2100 14.0 S 178.3 E 1003
11 JAN 29 0600 14.2 S 172.9 E 1003
11 JAN 29 1200 14.2 S 171.9 E 1003
11 JAN 29 1800 14.3 S 171.3 E 1003 35 Perip. gales S semi
11 JAN 30 0000 13.4 S 170.1 E 998 35
11 JAN 30 0300 13.4 S 169.9 E 995 35 Named TC Yasi
11 JAN 30 0600 13.3 S 169.3 E 994 35
11 JAN 30 1200 13.9 S 167.7 E 987 45 45 JTWC: 13.2S/167.6E
11 JAN 30 1800 13.6 S 165.9 E 987 45
11 JAN 31 0000 13.6 S 164.2 E 980 65 55
11 JAN 31 0300 13.6 S 163.4 E 975 60 BoM warnings
11 JAN 31 0600 13.8 S 162.5 E 970 75
11 JAN 31 1200 13.4 S 160.6 E 963 90 80
11 JAN 31 1800 13.6 S 158.4 E 960 85
11 FEB 01 0000 14.0 S 156.7 E 960 100 85
11 FEB 01 0600 14.4 S 154.9 E 960 85
11 FEB 01 1200 15.0 S 153.1 E 940 120 100
11 FEB 01 1800 15.7 S 151.7 E 924 115
11 FEB 02 0000 16.4 S 149.9 E 922 125 115
11 FEB 02 0600 17.1 S 148.1 E 930 110
11 FEB 02 1200 17.5 S 146.9 E 930 135 110 Close to Qld coast
11 FEB 02 1800 18.4 S 145.1 E 950 90 Over land
11 FEB 03 0000 19.5 S 142.9 E 980 60 50 JTWC: 19.3S/143.4E
11 FEB 03 0600 20.0 S 141.6 E 998 35
11 FEB 03 1200 20.8 S 140.0 E 991 30 Final BoM advice
11 FEB 03 1800 20.8 S 139.3 E 1000 30 NRL data
11 FEB 04 0000 21.6 S 138.5 E 1000 30
11 FEB 04 0600 22.3 S 137.9 E 1004 25
11 FEB 04 1200 23.3 S 137.5 E 1004 25
11 FEB 04 1800 24.3 S 136.1 E 1004 25
11 FEB 05 0000 24.6 S 135.4 E 1004 25
11 FEB 05 0600 25.2 S 135.0 E 1004 25
11 FEB 05 1200 25.4 S 135.4 E 1004 25
11 FEB 05 1800 25.6 S 135.3 E 1004 25
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********** SPECIAL NOTE **********
I now have some assistants who are helping to prepare the monthly
tropical cyclone files, and I'd like to thank them for their willing-
ness to assist me. Kevin Boyle, of Stoke-on-Trent, UK, will be
preparing the tracks for Northwest Pacific basin tropical cyclones
during the most active part of the NWP season from June through
December.
Michael Bath, of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales, Australia, is now
preparing the track files for Australian Region and South Pacific
tropical cyclones. Also, Steve Young sends me tracks with data for
the pre-warning and post-warning stages of tropical cyclones in all
basins, prepared primarily from NCEP re-analysis data or else taken
from NRL files.
A very special thanks is due to Kevin, Michael and Steve for their
assistance.
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SOURCES OF TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION
The purpose of this section is to list some websites where many and
varied types of tropical cyclone information are archived. Many readers
will know about these already, but for the benefit of those who don't,
I wanted to include them.
(1) Aircraft Reconnaissance Information
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Various types of messages from reconnaissance aircraft may be
retrieved from the following FTP site:
ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon/>
Information regarding how to interpret the coded reconnaissance
messages may be found at the following URL:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/reconlist.shtml>
Links are also included to websites with further information about the
U. S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the NOAA Air-
craft Operations Center.
(2) Archived Advisories
-----------------------
All the advisory products (public advisories, forecast/advisories,
strike probabilities, discussions, various graphics) issued by TPC/NHC
are archived on TPC's website. For the current year (using 2004 as an
example), the archived products can be found at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/index.shtml>
Links to tropical products archives for earlier years are available at
the following URL:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml>
JTWC warnings for past storms are archived on the NRL Monterrey website:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>
On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left
corner of the screen.
I am not aware at the moment of any other TCWC which archives all
its tropical cyclone warning/advisory products for public access, but
if I learn of any, I will add them to this list.
(3) Satellite Imagery
---------------------
Satellite images of tropical cyclones in various sensor bands are
available on the NRL Monterrey and University of Wisconsin websites,
courtesy of Jeff Hawkins and Chris Velden and their associates. The
links are:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html>
On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left
corner of the screen. For the CIMSS site, a link to data archives is
located in the lower left portion of the screen.
Additional tropical satellite imagery, along with looping ability for
composite microwave imagery for the Western Hemisphere north of the
equator, can be found at:
(1) For the Eastern North Pacific:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-epac.html>
(2) For the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-atl.html>
(4) Cyclone Tracking Information
--------------------------------
There is a U. S. Navy site that tracks tropical cyclones at 6-hourly
intervals which often includes pre and post-advisory positions. The
link to the site is:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/doc_archives/>
Steve Young has compiled many of these tracks onto a single webpage
which is very user-friendly:
http://home.earthlink.net/~shy9/tc1.htm>
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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://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC>
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>
PREPARED BY:
Gary Padgett [email protected]
Kevin Boyle [email protected]
Michael Bath [email protected]
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:
Michael V. Padua [email protected]
[email protected]
Steve Young [email protected]
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