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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary June 2005
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MONTHLY GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY
JUNE, 2005
(For general comments about the nature of these summaries, as well as
information on how to download the tabular cyclone track files, see
the Author's Note at the end of this summary.)
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JUNE HIGHLIGHTS
--> Two June Atlantic storms for first time since 1986
--> Impressive typhoon recurves east of the Philippines
--> Two minor Eastern North Pacific tropical storms
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***** Feature of the Month for June *****
A REVIEW OF THE 2004-2005 TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON
FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Following is a tabular summary of all the tropical depressions
and tropical cyclones which occurred in the Southern Hemisphere
between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005 as reported in the Monthly
Global Tropical Cyclone Summaries prepared by the author.
(1) Number - this is the sequential cyclone number assigned by JTWC
in Hawaii.
(2) Name - the name (if any) assigned by the responsible Tropical
Cyclone Warning Centre. For systems in the South Indian Ocean
west of 90E and in the Southwest Pacific east of 160E which were
unnamed, the alphanumeric designator applied by La Reunion or
Fiji, respectively, is given in this column.
(3) Dates - range of dates for which tracking information for the
cyclone is available in the Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks files
prepared by the author. The dates given in most cases refer to
the time the system was in warning status and generally do not
include the pre-depression stages of the disturbance.
(4) Pressure - Lowest central pressure (either estimated or recorded)
during the lifetime of the cyclone. An asterisk (*) following
the pressure indicates the reading was an actual measured
pressure. Central pressure is given in millibars, which is
numerically equivalent to hectopascals.
(5) MSW 1-min avg - maximum 1-minute average sustained windspeed in
knots as assigned by JTWC. An asterisk (*) following the MSW
indicates that it was an actual measured value.
(6) MSW 10-min avg - maximum 10-minute average sustained windspeed
in knots as assigned by the responsible Tropical Cyclone Warning
Centre. An asterisk (*) following the MSW indicates that it was
an actual measured value.
(7) Basins - tropical cyclone basins where the cyclone tracked during
its life:
SWI - Southwest Indian Ocean - West of 90E
AUW - Northwest Australia/Southeast Indian Ocean - 90E to 135E
AUE - Northeast Australia/Coral Sea - 135E to 160E
SPA - South Pacific Ocean - East of 160E
SAT - South Atlantic Ocean
A number in parentheses (e.g. (1) ) following an entry refers to
a note following the entries for the given basin. A separate table
is given for each of the four Southern Hemisphere basins.
Abbreviations for Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres:
JTWC - Joint Typhoon Warning Center, formerly on Guam, now at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
MFR - Meteo France Reunion (RSMC La Reunion)
RSMC - Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN
JTWC NAME DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN
NUM PRS 1-MIN 10-MIN
(mb) (kts) (kts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
02S (MFR-02) 25-29 Oct 996 35 30 SWI
03S Arola 07-13 Nov 976 75 60 SWI
04S Bento 20-30 Nov 905 140 120 SWI
--- (MFR-05) 11 Dec 1000 -- 25 SWI (1)
06S Chambo 23 Dec-02 Jan 945 95 85 SWI
--- (MFR-07) 04-05 Jan 998 -- 30 SWI
12S Ernest 17-25 Jan 940 100 90 SWI
11S Daren 17-22 Jan 988 45 40 SWI
--- Felapi 26 Jan-02 Feb 995 -- 35 SWI
14S Gerard 28 Jan-05 Feb 973 60 60 SWI
--- (MFR-13) 04-08 Feb 997 -- 30 SWI
--- (MFR-14) 08-17 Feb 1000 -- 25 SWI
--- (MFR-15) 24-28 Feb 998 -- 30 SWI
24S Hennie 21-29 Mar 980 65 55 SWI
25S Isang 29 Mar-07 Apr 975 55 60 SWI
NOTES:
(1) System was a short-lived subtropical disturbance.
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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA / SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN
JTWC NAME DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN
NUM PRS 1-MIN 10-MIN
(mb) (kts) (kts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
01S Phoebe 31 Aug-04 Sep 984 55 50 SWI/AUW
05S ----- 02-07 Dec 998 40 30 AUW
07S Raymond 31 Dec-03 Jan 990 50 45 AUW
09S Sally 07-10 Jan 988 40 45 AUW
10S ----- 13-19 Jan 998 35 30 AUW (1)
13S Tim 23-26 Jan 988 35 45 AUW
17S Vivienne 05-10 Feb 990 35 45 AUW
23S Willy 09-17 Mar 960 90 80 AUW
26S Adeline-Juliet 01-14 Apr 905 130 120 AUW/SWI
NOTES:
(1) Some peripheral gales were associated with this system.
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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA / CORAL SEA
JTWC NAME DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN
NUM PRS 1-MIN 10-MIN
(mb) (kts) (kts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- ----- 19-25 Jan 997 -- 40 AUE (1)
16P Harvey 05-14 Feb 965 50 85 AUE
22P Ingrid 05-19 Mar 925 135 120 AUE/AUW
--- ----- 14-15 Apr 993 -- 45 AUE (2)
NOTES:
(1) This system had two lives: the first as a weak but well-defined
tropical LOW inland over the Cape York Peninsula. The latter
portion occurred over water and peripheral gales were reported,
but the system did not then have the structure of a true tropical
cyclone.
(2) System occurred in Port Moresby's AOR but no warnings were issued by
that agency. The CP and MSW reported above were taken from gale
warnings issued by BoM Brisbane.
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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
JTWC NAME DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN
NUM PRS 1-MIN 10-MIN
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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--- (01F) 28-30 Oct 1001 -- 25 SPA (1)
--- (02F) 03-14 Dec 1000 -- 30 SPA (2)
--- (03F) 05-10 Dec 1003 -- 25 SPA
--- Judy 22-27 Dec 989 -- 40 SPA
08P Kerry 03-15 Jan 960 90 75 SPA/AUE
--- Lola 26 Jan-02 Feb 990 -- 40 SPA
15P Meena 02-08 Feb 915 125 115 SPA
18P Nancy 10-18 Feb 935 125 110 SPA
19P Olaf 10-23 Feb 915 145 125 SPA
20P Percy 24 Feb-05 Mar 900 140 125 SPA
--- (11F) 26-27 Feb 998 -- 30 SPA (2)
21P Rae 27 Feb-08 Mar 990 35 40 SPA
--- (13F) 27 Feb-04 Mar 1001 -- -- SPA (3)
--- (14F) 14 Apr-01 May 1000 -- 30 SPA
--- Sheila 20-23 Apr 995 -- 40 SPA
--- (17F) 26 Apr-01 May 1007 -- -- SPA (3)
--- (18F) 29 Apr-01 May 1006 -- -- SPA (3)
NOTES:
(1) This system drifted westward in the early days of November into
Brisbane's AOR. That warning centre mentioned the LOW in its daily
tropical weather outlook for several days but gave no coordinates.
(2) Some peripheral gales were associated with these systems.
(3) No MSW specified in the Tropical Disturbance Summaries issued by
RSMC Nadi for these systems.
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ACTIVITY BY BASINS
ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico
Activity for June: 2 tropical storms
Sources of Information
----------------------
Most of the information presented below was obtained from the
various tropical cyclone products issued by the Tropical Prediction
Center/National Hurricane Center (TPC/NHC) in Miami, Florida:
discussions, public advisories, forecast/advisories, tropical weather
outlooks, special tropical disturbance statements, etc. Some
additional information may have been gleaned from the monthly
summaries prepared by the hurricane specialists and available on
TPC/NHC's website. All references to sustained winds imply a
1-minute averaging period unless otherwise noted.
Atlantic Tropical Activity for June
-----------------------------------
The month of June produces a tropical storm about every other year
on the average in the Atlantic basin with a hurricane forming only about
every 6 years. June, 2005, was above normal with two named tropical
storms forming, yielding a NTC figure of 4.40%. The average NTC for
June is 2.25%, so tropical cyclone activity in June was about twice
the average. (See the Monthly Feature in the June, 2003, summary for
the definition of NTC.) Tropical Storm Arlene formed during the second
week of June in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, a favored area for June
tropical cyclogenesis. Arlene moved northward across the western tip
of Cuba into the eastern Gulf of Mexico where it intensified to near
hurricane status. Weakening slightly, the cyclone made landfall on
the Alabama coast almost exactly where the eye of destructive Hurricane
Ivan had crashed ashore nine months earlier. Arlene brought heavy
tropical rainfall to many of the southeastern states, but damage was
minimal. Late in the month, small, ephemeral Tropical Storm Bret
popped up in the Bay of Campeche and quickly made landfall in Mexico.
Another late June system deserves some mention. A small surface
LOW formed on 24 June off the southeastern U. S. coast due to the
interaction between an upper-level trough and a vigorous tropical wave.
On the morning of the 25th the LOW appeared better organized as it
moved north-northwestward toward the Carolinas. A reconnaissance plane
investigated the system during the afternoon but found that it was less
organized than it had appeared in satellite imagery. Either this LOW
redeveloped, or else another one formed, near the eastern coast of
North Carolina between Morehead City and Cape Hatteras on the morning
of 26 June. Surface observations indicated maximum sustained winds
of around 20 kts with gusts to 30 kts along the coast and to the east
of the center. The system subsequently moved north-northeastward
through coastal North Carolina and back out to sea, but no further
development was noted.
Reports on Tropical Storms Arlene and Bret follow.
TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
(TC-01)
8 - 13 June
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A. Storm Origins
----------------
The six-month Atlantic hurricane season officially begins each year
on 1 June, and in 2005 there was not a long wait before the first named
tropical cyclone appeared. On 7 June the 1530 UTC Tropical Weather
Outlook issued by TPC/NHC noted that an increase in clouds and shower
activity had been noted over Central America and the western Caribbean
Sea, and that surface pressures had been slowly falling in the area.
A broad area of low pressure formed later in the day and began moving
slowly northward. By midday on the 8th surface observations and
satellite imagery indicated that the system was becoming better
organized and that a tropical depression appeared to be forming.
During the early afternoon of 8 June, a U. S. Air Force Reserves
reconnaissance aircraft found a poorly-defined circulation center with
light and variable winds and a minimum CP of 1004 mb located about
275 nm south of the western tip of Cuba. Maximum FLWs of about 25-30 kts
were mostly confined to convective bands well-removed from the center in
the eastern semicircle. Based upon this, advisories were initiated at
2100 UTC on Tropical Depression 01. During the evening of the 8th and
early on 9 June the depression lumbered slowly northward, its development
hampered somewhat by southwesterly shear associated with a sharp upper-
level trough to the west. During the wee hours of the 9th ship 3FFL8
reported 40-kt winds while located about 130 nm east-northeast of the
cyclone's center. Although this report was considered slightly too
high, it nonetheless provided the basis for upgrading the depression to
Tropical Storm Arlene at 1200 UTC. The center of the newly-christened
tropical storm was located about 165 nm south-southeast of the western
tip of Cuba, moving northward at about 8 kts.
B. Synoptic History
-------------------
For the first 24 hours after being named Arlene remained rather
ragged-looking. Wind shear continued to affect the system and the
LLCC became separated from the convection. During the evening of 9 June
satellite imagery and reconnaissance data indicated that multiple small
circulations were rotating inside a larger well-defined outer cyclonic
envelope. As it plodded northward Arlene looked in satellite imagery
like half of a cyclone. Very dry air associated with the trough to the
west had essentially squelched convection on the western side of the
system. At 0900 UTC on 10 June Arlene passed over the extreme western
tip of Cuba. Shortly after entering the southeastern Gulf of Mexico
Arlene strengthened significantly. A Hurricane Hunter aircraft at
1130 UTC reported a peak 850-mb FLW of 65 kts about 110 nm northeast of
the center, so the MSW was upped to 50 kts at 1500 UTC.
Tropical Storm Arlene reached its peak intensity of 60 kts at 0000
UTC on 11 June. A reconnaissance plane found a peak 850-mb FLW of 75 kts
and a CP of 989 mb within a new but stronger low-level vortex that had
developed beneath a deep convective burst rotating cyclonically around
the east and north side of the larger cyclonic gyre. Arlene was centered
at this time about 250 nm south-southeast of Pensacola, Florida, and
moving north-northwestward at 16 kts. By early morning on the 11th
satellite imagery indicated that Arlene's convection had become rather
disorganized with no new significant convective bursts to replace the
one which had carried the cyclone to its peak intensity. The MSW was
officially reduced to 50 kts at 11/1800 UTC with the cyclone's center
approaching the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores.
The center of Arlene's large circulation crossed the coastline around
1900 UTC on 11 June. The CP reported by a reconnaissance aircraft just
before landfall was 991 mb. Hurricane warnings had been issued for
portions of the central Gulf Coast in the event that Arlene reached
hurricane intensity, but this did not materialize. Once inland Arlene's
winds began to quickly drop and the system was downgraded to tropical
depression status at 12/0000 UTC while passing near Jackson, Alabama.
The final advisory from TPC/NHC was issued at 12/0300 UTC, and the
concurrent discussion bulletin noted that surprisingly Arlene's
satellite and radar signatures had both improved and looked better than
at any time while the cyclone was over water. Beginning at 0900 UTC
the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in Maryland assumed the
responsibility for writing advisories on the weakening Arlene. The
cyclone's remnants tracked northward through western Alabama, across
Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and finally into southern Michigan.
By 2100 UTC on 13 June the depression had lost all its semblance of
tropical characteristics and was declared extratropical while located
about 65 km northeast of Flint, Michigan, and heading for Lake Huron.
A graphic displaying the track of Tropical Storm Arlene may be
found at the following link:
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/database/tc_besttracks_graphics/ATLANTIC_NORTH/2005_01L_ARLENE.jpg>
C. Meteorological Observations
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RAINFALL TOTALS FOR TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
-----------------------------------------
Only storm totals exceeding 4 inches (~100 mm) are listed. The
first group are totals from Cuba (CU) with the city (and sometimes
Cuban state) listed. The United States totals are grouped by state
in alphabetical order. A special thanks to David Roth of the
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center for sending me the master
Excel spreadsheet for Arlene rainfalls from which the following
were extracted.
City/Location Lat Lon Storm Total
N W (in) (mm)
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CU La Fe, Isla De La Juventud 21.7 82.8 8.18 207.8
CU Pinar del Rio ---- ---- 7.40 188.0
CU Cuba Francia ---- ---- 6.56 166.6
CU Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus 21.9 79.5 6.11 155.2
CU Santa Fe ---- ---- 6.00 152.4
CU Punta del Este ---- ---- 5.63 143.0
CU Paso Real De San Diego, Pinar Del Rio 22.6 83.3 5.39 136.9
CU La Palma, Pinar Del Rio 22.8 83.6 4.67 118.6
CU San Juan Y Martinez, Pinar Del Rio 22.3 83.8 4.65 118.1
CU Bahia Honda, Pinar Del Rio 22.9 83.2 4.41 112.0
AL MILLERS FERRY L&D 32.1 87.4 6.77 172.0
AL MOBILE 2S ---- ---- 5.81 147.6
AL MOBILE NWS OFFICE ---- ---- 5.06 128.5
AL MOBILE REG AP-ASOS 30.7 88.2 4.67 118.6
AL ALBERTA 32.2 87.4 4.60 116.8
AL NEWBERN 32.6 87.6 4.60 116.8
AL JASPER 33.9 87.3 4.35 110.5
AL LIVINGSTON 1SSW 32.6 88.2 4.20 106.7
AL UNIONTOWN 32.5 87.5 4.20 106.7
AL TUSCALOOSA L&D 33.2 87.6 4.18 106.2
AL DEMOPOLIS LOCK/DAM 32.5 87.9 4.07 103.4
FL APOPKA 28.6 81.6 6.50 165.1
FL NAPLES 26.2 81.8 6.21 157.7
FL DOWLING PK-SUWANNE R 30.2 83.2 5.75 146.1
FL TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY 8SE 30.1 85.6 5.48 139.2
FL MARY ESTHER 30.4 86.7 5.42 137.7
FL ROCK_ISLAND_4N 26.2 81.4 5.34 135.6
FL STEINHATCHEE 29.7 83.4 5.07 128.8
FL MONROE_15NE/RACOON PT 26.0 81.3 4.95 125.7
FL SWEETWATER_14WSW 25.7 80.6 4.95 125.7
FL HOMESTEAD 25.5 80.5 4.91 124.7
FL DOWLING PARK 30.3 83.3 4.81 122.2
FL DUNEDIN 28.1 82.8 4.75 120.7
FL FORT_MYERS 26.6 81.9 4.75 120.7
FL RICHMOND HGTS 13W/CHEKIKA 25.6 80.6 4.68 118.9
FL PLYMOUTH 28.8 81.5 4.66 118.4
FL TAMIAMI RANGER STN 25.8 80.8 4.66 118.4
FL SUWANNEE 7ENE 29.4 83.0 4.52 114.8
FL PACE 30.6 87.1 4.42 112.3
FL BIG CYPRESS 26.3 81.0 4.35 110.5
FL OLDSMAR 3ENE/DBL BR 28.1 82.6 4.30 109.2
FL DAYTONA_BEACH 29.2 81.1 4.29 109.0
FL JAY 30.8 87.1 4.29 109.0
FL HOMESTEAD GEN AV APT 25.5 80.6 4.20 106.7
FL HOMESTEAD AFB 25.5 80.4 4.18 106.2
FL FT MEADE-PEACE RVR 27.8 81.8 4.17 105.9
FL MIAMI INTL ARPT ASOS 25.8 80.3 4.08 103.6
FL PINELLAS PK/ST JOE C 27.8 82.7 4.05 102.9
FL CLEWISTON NO. 2 26.7 81.1 4.00 101.6
FL ALLIGATOR CK/CLRWTR 28.0 82.7 3.99 101.3
GA PINE MOUNTAIN 35.0 83.2 6.10 154.9
GA HELEN 7N/USFS 34.8 83.7 5.40 137.2
GA CLAYTON 4NE 34.9 83.3 5.31 134.9
GA MOUNTAIN CITY 2SW/BLACK ROCK MTN ST PK 34.9 83.4 5.24 133.1
GA MOULTRIE/SUNBELT AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION 31.1 83.7 5.21 132.3
GA CHOESTOE 34.8 83.9 4.93 125.2
GA SAUTEE 3W 34.7 83.7 4.59 116.6
GA NACOOCHEE-GA PWR 34.7 83.7 4.27 108.5
GA CRISP COUNTY DAM 31.9 84.0 4.12 104.6
IN EVANSVILLE 38.0 87.5 4.44 112.8
IN BLOOMINGTON 39.1 86.6 4.22 107.2
IN MEROM 2ESE 39.1 87.5 4.00 101.6
MS ABERDEEN L&D/TOMB RVR 33.8 88.5 6.19 157.2
MS FULTON L&D C 34.3 88.4 5.99 152.1
MS FULTON 34.3 88.5 5.55 141.0
MS AMORY LOCK A 34.0 88.5 5.51 140.0
MS DAMASCUS 1SE/OKATIBBEE CK 32.6 88.8 5.50 139.7
MS MACON-NOXUBEE RIVER 33.1 88.6 5.30 134.6
MS COLUMBUS L&D/TOMB RVR 33.5 88.5 5.27 133.9
MS COLUMBUS/WEST POINT 33.5 88.6 5.16 131.1
MS COLLINSVILLE 32.4 88.8 5.08 129.0
MS MERIDIAN_10NW/OKATIBBEE RSVR 32.5 88.8 4.96 126.0
MS BALDWYN 2S 34.5 88.6 4.88 124.0
MS TOPTON 32.5 88.6 4.69 119.1
MS SMITHVILLE LOCK B 34.1 88.4 4.63 117.6
MS SHUCKTOWN 1N 32.6 88.8 4.60 116.8
MS BAY SPRINGS L/D 34.5 88.3 4.45 113.0
MS BOONEVILLE/BIG BROWN CK 34.7 88.6 4.34 110.2
MS CHUNKY_1E/CHUNKY RVR 32.3 88.9 4.17 105.9
MS PASCAGOULA 30.5 88.5 4.09 103.9
NC LAKE TOXAWAY 35.1 83.0 9.84 249.9
NC HIGHLANDS 35.1 83.2 7.83 198.9
NC MT MITCHELL ST PK 35.8 82.3 6.46 164.1
SC CAESARS HEAD 35.1 82.6 4.85 123.2
SC WALHALLA 5NW 34.8 83.1 4.72 119.9
TN SPRINGFIELD EXPERIMENT STATION 36.5 86.8 4.01 101.9
D. Damage and Casualties
------------------------
Damage resulting from Tropical Storm Arlene was minimal. There was
one death reported--a student drowned in a rip current triggered by
Arlene at Miami Beach, Florida.
(Report written by Gary Padgett)
TROPICAL STORM BRET
(TC-02)
28 - 30 June
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A. Storm Origins
----------------
Bret's origins appear to lie in a tropical wave with an associated
weak area of surface low pressure which crossed portions of Central
America and the Yucatan Peninsula from 24-27 June. For several days
disturbed weather covered extensive portions of the western and central
Caribbean Sea and extended northward and northeastward across Florida
and the Bahamas. By the afternoon of the 27th the activity across
Central America had weakened and tropical storm formation was not
expected in the region during the next couple of days. However, a
Tropical Weather Outlook issued at 28/0230 UTC noted that convective
activity in the Bay of Campeche associated with a trough of low pressure
had increased during the evening hours and the currently unfavorable
upper-level winds were forecast to become somewhat more conducive to
tropical cyclogenesis during the next day or two.
As the 28th progressed showers and thunderstorms continued to
increase around the area of surface low pressure. A reconnaissance
aircraft during the afternoon found that a tropical depression very near
tropical storm strength had developed, located about 50 nm northeast of
Veracruz, Mexico. A few spots of FLWs over 40 kts were found,
indicating that the system was on the verge of becoming a tropical storm.
The very small LLCC was moving west-northwestward at about 5 kts. A
second reconnaissance mission into the system during the early evening
hours found that the system had continued to intensify, and at 0000 UTC
on 29 June the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Bret. This
was the first occasion since 1986 in which two Atlantic tropical storms
formed during the month of June, and only the 13th time since 1851.
Bret was a very small tropical cyclone--the reconnaissance aircraft
found the maximum FLWs only 3 nm southwest of the center. Gales
associated with Bret covered an area only 50-60 nm in diameter.
B. Synoptic History
-------------------
By late evening a reconnaissance mission found that Bret's radar
presentation had deteriorated with cloud top temperatures warming
somewhat. However, deeper convection soon began to appear and for
most of the overnight period Bret maintained a fairly tight convective
band in the western semicircle. Dvorak classifications at 29/0600 UTC
were T2.5 from TAFB and SAB. Bret remained a minimal tropical storm
with peak winds of 35 kts until landfall near Tuxpan, Mexico, around
1200 UTC. The minimum CP reported by reconnaissance aircraft was
1002 mb during the evening of 28 June. Bret was downgraded to a tropical
depression at 1500 UTC as it continued to push further inland into
Mexico. The weakening cyclone turned to a north-northwesterly course,
and the final advisory, issued at 0300 UTC on 30 June, placed the center
about 65 km west of Tampico, Mexico.
A graphic displaying the track of Tropical Storm Bret may be found at
the following link:
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/database/tc_besttracks_graphics/ATLANTIC_NORTH/2005_02L_BRET.jpg>
C. Meteorological Observations
------------------------------
I have one rainfall observation from Mexico, sent by Huang Chunliang.
Tuxpan, Veracruz State (WMO 76640, 20.95N/97.40W), reported 117.4 mm of
rain between 28/1200 and 29/1200 UTC.
D. Damage and Casualties
------------------------
Rainfall from Tropical Storm Bret produced flooding in the State of
Veracruz. In the town of Naranjos two people were reportedly swept away
by floodwaters. No other reports of damage or casualties resulting from
Tropical Storm Bret are available.
(Report written by Gary Padgett)
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NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180
Activity for June: 2 tropical storms
Sources of Information
----------------------
Most of the information presented below was obtained from the
various tropical cyclone products issued by the Tropical Prediction
Center/National Hurricane Center (TPC/NHC) in Miami, Florida (or the
Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, for
locations west of longitude 140W): discussions, public advisories,
forecast/advisories, tropical weather outlooks, special tropical
disturbance statements, etc. Some additional information may have
been gleaned from the monthly summaries prepared by the hurricane
specialists and available on TPC/NHC's website. All references to
sustained winds imply a 1-minute averaging period unless otherwise
noted.
Northeast Pacific Tropical Activity for June
--------------------------------------------
June tropical cyclone activity was well below normal in the Eastern
North Pacific during June, 2005. The June averages for this basin are
(based on 1971-2004) 2 named storms and 1 hurricane with an intense
hurricane (Saffir/Simpson Category 3 or higher) in about two years out
of five. Two tropical storms formed in June, 2005, but neither reached
hurricane intensity. The average NTC for June in this basin is 10.3%,
but the NTC for this year was only 2.8%--about 25% of the average for
June. Tropical Storms Beatriz and Calvin formed south of the Mexican
coast and moved westward without producing any significant effects on
land. Short reports on both these systems follow.
TROPICAL STORM BEATRIZ
(TC-02E)
21 - 24 June
------------------------------------------
Tropical Storm Beatriz was the first in a series of weak, short-lived
tropical storms which formed south of central Mexico during late June
and early July. All these tropical cyclones formed in an environment
of easterly shear which prevented rapid strengthening. And with cooler-
than-normal SSTs south of the Baja California Peninsula, none were able
to reach hurricane intensity before encountering sub-26 C water and its
attendant stable air.
Beatriz formed from a tropical wave which had entered the Eastern
North Pacific from Central America. The system became a tropical
depression (TD-02E) at 1800 UTC on 21 June while located approximately
375 nm south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. The depression
strengthened slowly while moving west-northwestward well south of the
Mexican coastline. By 1200 UTC on 22 June a well-defined deep
convective band was consolidating in the northern semicircle of the
large circulation, and Dvorak classifications were a consensus T2.5;
hence, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Beatriz while
located about 275 nm south-southwest of Manzanillo. At 1200 UTC a ship
(9VVN) reported 30-kt winds just southeast of the center and outside
the deep convection, so it was considered likely that winds were slightly
stronger beneath the convection.
Beatriz reached its peak intensity of 45 kts at 0000 UTC on 23 June
while centered approximately 475 nm south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas
on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. A healthy burst
of convection had developed over or near the LLCC during the preceding
few hours, producing a nice round CDO feature. Even though T-numbers
were up to 3.5 (55 kts) at 0600 UTC, the coverage of the deep convection
subsequently began to diminish. A TRMM overpass near 0700 UTC revealed
a sheared system with the estimated center beneath the eastern side of
the deep convection. The MSW was decreased to 40 kts at 23/1800 UTC,
and six hours later Beatriz was downgraded to a tropical depression.
By 1200 UTC on 24 June the cyclone had become a remnant swirl of low
clouds centered about 350 nm south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas and
slightly more than 100 nm west-southwest of Socorro Island.
A graphic displaying the track of Tropical Storm Beatriz may be found
at the following link:
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/database/tc_besttracks_graphics/PACIFIC_EAST/2005_02E_BT.jpg>
No damage or casualties were reported as a result of Tropical Storm
Beatriz.
(Report written by Gary Padgett)
TROPICAL STORM CALVIN
(TC-03E)
26 - 29 June
-----------------------------------------
A tropical wave crossed Central America and entered the Eastern North
Pacific on 21 June. The associated area of disturbed weather moved
slowly westward for several days as it very gradually became better
organized. The system was classified as a tropical depression (TD-03E)
at 1800 UTC on 26 June while located about 225 nm southeast of Acapulco,
Mexico. A 27/0449 UTC AMSU overpass indicated that the LLCC was to the
southeast of the main convective cloud mass and the well-defined mid-
level circulation center. However, all three satellite agencies were
estimating the intensity at 35 kts, so TD-03E was upgraded to Tropical
Storm Calvin at 27/0600 UTC while centered a little less than 200 nm
southeast of Acapulco. Also, the most recent UW-CIMSS 3-hour average
AODT estimate was 36 kts.
As seen in satellite imagery the deep convection was not well-
organized; however, radar images from the Comision Nacional del Agua
Acapulco revealed a rather well-defined spiral rain band structure.
Based on this the MSW was upped to the peak intensity of 45 kts at 1500
UTC on 27 June. Calvin's center was then located roughly 100 nm south-
southwest of Acapulco. During the evening hours Calvin's satellite and
radar presentations deteriorated significantly: cloud tops had warmed
and the banding seen earlier had all but disappeared. Also, two
microwave passes near 28/0100 UTC indicated that the LLCC was about
50 nm to the southeast of the mid-level circulation center. The MSW
was lowered to 40 kts at 28/0000 UTC, and further to 35 kts at 0300 UTC.
The system subsequently began to track to the southwest as it weakened
to a tropical depression at 28/2100 UTC. High-resolution visible imagery
showed that Calvin was in the process of degenerating into an east-west
elongated trough. The final advisory was issued at 29/0300 UTC, by which
time Calvin had degenerated into a cloud swirl embedded within a larger
elongated trough. The final position was about 250 nm south-southwest
of Manzanillo. For a couple more days the remnant circulation, embedded
within a broader area of low pressure, continued to move toward the west-
northwest while producing intermittent bursts of deep but disorganized
convection.
A graphic displaying the track of Tropical Storm Calvin may be found
at the following link:
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/database/tc_besttracks_graphics/PACIFIC_EAST/2005_03E_BT.jpg>
No damage or casualties were reported as a result of Tropical Storm
Calvin. The proximity of the cyclone to the coast, however, resulted in
the posting of tropical storm watches along portions of the Mexico coast-
line on 27 and 28 June.
(Report written by Gary Padgett)
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NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180
Activity for June: 1 typhoon
Sources of Information
----------------------
Most of the information presented below is based upon tropical
cyclone warnings and significant tropical weather outlooks issued
by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U. S. Air Force and
Navy (JTWC), located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the companion
tropical cyclone tracks file, I normally annotate track coordinates
from some of the various Asian warning centers when their center
positions differ from JTWC's by usually 40-50 nm or more. All
references to sustained winds imply a 1-minute averaging period
unless otherwise noted.
Michael V. Padua of Naga City in the Philippines, owner of the
Typhoon 2000 website, normally sends me cyclone tracks based upon
warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA). Also, Huang Chunliang of Fuzhou City, China,
sends data taken from synoptic observations around the Northwest
Pacific basin. A very special thanks to Michael and Chunliang for
the assistance they so reliably provide.
In the title line for each storm I have referenced all the cyclone
names/numbers I have available: JTWC's depression number, the
JMA-assigned name (if any), JMA's tropical storm numeric designator,
and PAGASA's name for systems forming in or passing through their
area of warning responsibility.
Northwest Pacific Tropical Activity for June
--------------------------------------------
No tropical cyclones actually formed in the Northwest Pacific basin
during June, 2005. A tropical storm (TS-04W) had formed in late May,
and on 1 June was upgraded to tropical storm status by JMA and assigned
the name Nesat. Nesat (named Dante by PAGASA) went on to become an
intense typhoon which peaked just under the super typhoon criterion
of 130 kts. Typhoon Nesat/Dante followed a long trajectory from its
birthplace south of Guam, recurving well east of the Philippines and
eventually passing southeast of Japan. A report on Nesat, authored by
Kevin Boyle, follows.
TYPHOON NESAT
(TC-04W / TY 0504 / DANTE)
30 May - 14 June
----------------------------------------------
Nesat: contributed by Cambodia, means 'fishing' (i.e., the verb
'to fish')
A. Introduction
---------------
Nesat was the third Western North Pacific tropical cyclone of 2005
to reach typhoon intensity. It became a very intense storm, peaking at
125 kts, the strongest of the year so far. The only active tropical
cyclone in June, Nesat followed a very similar recurving track to that
followed by Typhoon Sonca in late April and proved to be noteworthy for
its resilience.
B. Storm Origins
----------------
The disturbance that became Typhoon Nesat was first mentioned in
JTWC's STWO at 2130 UTC 27 May when it was located approximately 860 nm
southeast of Guam. Despite a light wind shear environment and a
favourably-placed TUTT, the system remained dormant until late on the
29th when it began to organize. After further development, a TCFA was
released, followed by the first warning at 30/0600 UTC. At this time,
Tropical Depression 04W was centred 280 nm southeast of Guam, drifting
slowly west-northwestward along the southern periphery of the mid-level
steering ridge. Intensifying, it reached tropical storm intensity at
30/1800 UTC. The tropical cyclone maintained 35-kt winds through much
of the 31st while exhibiting a partially-exposed LLCC.
C. Synoptic History
-------------------
More rapid strengthening occurred on 1 June and, after JMA upgraded
their MSW to 45 kts at 0000 UTC 1 June, the newly christened Nesat was
upgraded to a typhoon at 01/1200 UTC (per JTWC warnings) while located
approximately 310 nm west-southwest of Guam. Nesat then underwent an
explosive deepening phase which brought the intensity up to 115 kts by
02/0000 UTC. Intensification then abruptly ceased and the system began
to slowly weaken on 3 June, apparently due to moderate easterly shear
and restricted poleward outflow. However, the typhoon began to rapidly
strengthen once more later that day, and aided by favourable interaction
with a TUTT cell centred 600 nm to the east, rapidly intensified to
125 kts at 04/0000 UTC, just shy of becoming the first super typhoon of
the year. This was to be the peak intensity of the tropical cyclone.
At this time, Typhoon Nesat was centred about 720 nm south-southeast of
Okinawa and was still plodding along towards the west-northwest at
around 6 kts. (PAGASA had already assigned the name Dante, the fourth
name from their list, after the cyclone had crossed longitude 135 degrees
east shortly after 02/1800 UTC.)
Typhoon Nesat/Dante began to steadily weaken on 4 June as it turned
rather sharply northwards around the western extremity of the mid-level
steering ridge. Animated satellite imagery indicated that the northern
semicircle had eroded significantly in association with a large area of
convergence aloft. Also, weak northeasterly shear was displacing the
deep convection slightly to the southwest of the LLCC. However, after
the MSW had levelled off at 90 kts at 1200 UTC 5 June, poleward outflow
began to improve and Typhoon Nesat began its third and final
strengthening phase which brought the intensity back up to 120 kts at
06/1800 UTC. In response to a brief enhancement of the steering ridge
in association with the passage of a mid-latitude shortwave ridge, Nesat
moved onto a more northerly heading at 07/0000 UTC, and the storm,
centred approximately 410 nm southeast of Okinawa, began to feel the
effects of dry air and increasing shear.
The slow northward drift persisted on 7 June. On the 8th steering
currents became increasingly influenced by a mid-latitude trough over
China, and this feature guided Nesat back onto a northeasterly heading.
Typhoon Nesat weakened rather quickly and was downgraded to a tropical
storm at 0000 UTC 9 June while located approximately 520 nm south-
southwest of Tokyo, Japan. JTWC issued the final warning at 10/0000 UTC,
locating the centre of the extratropical system 310 nm south of Tokyo.
JMA maintained Nesat as a tropical cyclone until 11/0600 UTC, when that
agency also ended warning coverage. Typhoon Nesat's remnants accelerated
northeastward and were last noted as a 35-kt LOW in the vicinity of the
Aleutian Islands in the High Seas Bulletin issued at 14/0600 UTC.
JMA, PAGASA, and the CWB of Taiwan all estimated peak winds of 95 kts
(10-min avg) while the lowest CP estimated by JMA was 930 mb. NMCC's
peak wind estimate was higher at 110 kts (10-min avg).
A graphic displaying the track of Typhoon Nesat may be found at
the following link:
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/database/tc_besttracks_graphics/PACIFIC_WEST/2005_04W_NESAT_BT.jpg>
D. Damage and Casualties
------------------------
There were no reports of damages or casualties associated with
Typhoon Nesat/Dante.
(Report written by Kevin Boyle)
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
Activity for June: 2 depressions
North Indian Ocean Tropical Activity for June
---------------------------------------------
Two depressions were identified by IMD during the month of June, 2005.
One formed over the northeastern Arabian Sea on 21 June just off the
Saurrashtra coast near Porbandar. The system moved westward and by
1200 UTC on 22 June was centered approximately 135 nm west of Porbandar.
This depression was accompanied by intense convection initially, but
apparently began to weaken late on the 22nd. No mention of it was made
in the IMD Tropical Weather Outlook for 23 June. The other system formed
at the end of the month over the northwestern Bay of Bengal and adjacent
land areas. This depression for the most part remained over land and
persisted for over a week, producing copious amounts of rainfall. A
report on this land depression, compiled by Huang Chunliang, follows.
(Neither of the above systems were classified by JTWC nor assigned
invest numbers by NRL.)
OVERLAND DEPRESSION
27 June - 6 July
---------------------------------------
Following is a report sent by Huang Chunliang describing an overland
depression which formed over the northwestern Bay of Bengal and adjacent
land areas in late June and which was responsible for heavy rainfalls
in several Indian states. A special thanks to Chunliang for preparing
and sending the report.
A. Introduction (Time in Local Time Zone, i.e. UTC+5.5 hrs)
===========================================================
A low-pressure area formed over northwestern Bay of Bengal and
adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and northern Orissa on the 27th. It
became well-marked in the evening that day. Moving northwestwards, the
system concentrated into a depression and lay over Jharkhand and
adjoining Gangetic West Bengal close to Jamshedpur on the 28th & 29th.
The depression moved slowly west-northwestwards and lay over Jharkhand
and neighbouring areas with its centre close to Daltonganj on the 30th.
Moving further west-northwestwards, it was seen over northeastern Madhya
Pradesh and adjoining southeastern Uttar Pradesh with its centre close
to Rewa on the 1st of July and close to Khajuraho on the 2nd. The
system remained virtually stationary on the 3rd & 4th and lay close to
Banda in southeastern Uttar Pradesh on the 5th. It further moved west-
northwestwards and weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over
southwestern Uttar Pradesh and adjoining East Rajasthan on the 6th. The
well-marked low-pressure area further weakened into a low-pressure area
over northeastern Rajasthan and adjoining Haryana on the 7th. It became
less marked on the 8th. (Slightly edited from the INDIA METEOROLOGICAL
DEPARTMENTAL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORTS.)
(Note: I've never seen IMD keep an overland system in depression status
for so many days (more than a week indeed!!!), though neither NRL nor
JTWC ever mentioned the system.)
B. Daily Track from IMD
=======================
27/03Z LPA ----------- Over Northwestern BOB
28/03Z Depression 23.0N 86.0E Near JAMSHEDPUR(WMO 42798)
29/03Z Depression 23.0N 86.0E Near JAMSHEDPUR(WMO 42798)
30/03Z Depression 24.0N 84.0E Near DALTONGANJ(WMO 42587)
01/03Z Depression 24.5N 81.5E Near REWA(WMO 42574)
02/03Z Depression 25.0N 80.0E Near KHAJURAHO(WMO 42567)
03/03Z Depression 25.0N 80.0E Near KHAJURAHO(WMO 42567)
04/03Z Depression 25.0N 80.0E Near KHAJURAHO(WMO 42567)
05/03Z Depression 25.5N 80.5E Near BANDA(WMO 42473)
06/03Z LPA ----------- Over Southwestern UTTAR PRADESH
(Note: The IMD bulletins didn't specify cyclone positions in digits, but
with nearby cities/stations for overland systems. I just looked up the
lat. & lon. for the five above-mentioned WMO stations and pinpointed
them to the nearest half degree.)
C. Rainfall Obs from India (only daily amounts >= 10 cm listed)
===============================================================
Kalaikunda, WEST BENGAL 10 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Durgachak, WEST BENGAL 16 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Thakurmunda, ORISSA 38 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Telkoi, ORISSA 36 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Palahara, ORISSA 34 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Swampatna, ORISSA 18 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Deogarh, ORISSA 16 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Jetpur, ORISSA 15 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Rengali, ORISSA 15 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Karanjia, ORISSA 14 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Balasore, ORISSA 13 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Baripada, ORISSA 11 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Joshipur, ORISSA 11 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Keonjhargarh, ORISSA 11 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Komna, ORISSA 11 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Soro, ORISSA 11 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Akhuapada, ORISSA 10 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Bhogari, ORISSA 10 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Kamakhya Nagar, ORISSA 10 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Talcher, ORISSA 10 cm [27/03-28/03Z]
Magra, WEST BENGAL 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Pallahara, ORISSA 30 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Deogarh, ORISSA 18 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Joshipur, ORISSA 18 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Champua, ORISSA 17 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Ambabonda, ORISSA 13 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Hirakund, ORISSA 12 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Jamankira, ORISSA 12 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Kuchinda, ORISSA 12 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Karanjia, ORISSA 11 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Sambalpur, ORISSA 11 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Sundergarh, ORISSA 11 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Keonjhargarh, ORISSA 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Panposh, ORISSA 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Rairangpur, ORISSA 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Bilaspur, CHHATTISGARH 28 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Raigarh, CHHATTISGARH 19 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Kalaghora, CHHATTISGARH 12 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Jajgir, CHHATTISGARH 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Sakti, CHHATTISGARH 10 cm [28/03-29/03Z]
Ambikapur, CHHATTISGARH 17 cm [29/03-30/03Z]
Jajgir, CHHATTISGARH 12 cm [29/03-30/03Z]
Champa, CHHATTISGARH 12 cm [29/03-30/03Z]
Dongargarh, CHHATTISGARH 11 cm [29/03-30/03Z]
Jaspurnagar, CHHATTISGARH 10 cm [30/03-01/03Z]
Satna, MADHYA PRADESH 19 cm [01/03-02/03Z]
Banda, MADHYA PRADESH 26 cm [02/03-03/03Z]
Satna, MADHYA PRADESH 19 cm [02/03-03/03Z]
Katni, MADHYA PRADESH 14 cm [02/03-03/03Z]
Sagar, MADHYA PRADESH 12 cm [02/03-03/03Z]
Rewa, MADHYA PRADESH 11 cm [02/03-03/03Z]
Sagar, MADHYA PRADESH 48 cm [03/03-04/03Z]
Patan, MADHYA PRADESH 21 cm [03/03-04/03Z]
Jabalpur, MADHYA PRADESH 16 cm [03/03-04/03Z]
Katni, MADHYA PRADESH 14 cm [03/03-04/03Z]
Narsinghpur, MADHYA PRADESH 12 cm [03/03-04/03Z]
Tendukheda, MADHYA PRADESH 34 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Garhakota, MADHYA PRADESH 23 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Narsinghpur, MADHYA PRADESH 23 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Patan, MADHYA PRADESH 19 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Jabalpur, MADHYA PRADESH 17 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Katni, MADHYA PRADESH 16 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Panchmari, MADHYA PRADESH 13 cm [04/03-05/03Z]
Chipaboard, RAJASTHAN 13 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Arnod, RAJASTHAN 12 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Malernandgaon, RAJASTHAN 11 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Nagaur, RAJASTHAN 11 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Chabra, RAJASTHAN 10 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Bhora, MADHYA PRADESH 10 cm [05/03-06/03Z]
Jind, HARYANA 17 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Uchana, HARYANA 14 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Rohtak, HARYANA 12 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Narwana, HARYANA 10 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Bahadurgarh, RAJASTHAN 15 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Govindgarh, RAJASTHAN 14 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Ramgarh, RAJASTHAN 13 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Kishangarhwas, RAJASTHAN 12 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Mandawar, RAJASTHAN 12 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
Laxmangarh, RAJASTHAN 11 cm [06/03-07/03Z]
(Report compiled by Huang Chunliang)
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E
Activity for June: No tropical cyclones
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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN (AUW) - From 90E to 135E
Activity for June: No tropical cyclones
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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - From 135E to 160E
Activity for June: No tropical cyclones
Northeast Australia/Coral Sea
Tropical Activity for June
-----------------------------
No tropical or hybrid cyclones formed in Coral Sea waters during June,
but an extreme rain event in southeastern Queensland and northeastern
New South Wales at the end of the month is worth reporting. I do not
have available all the details of the synoptic situation which led to
the torrential downpours, but a tropical airstream bringing in tons of
moist, unstable air was involved. An e-mail from Jeff Callaghan alluded
to 24-hour totals of 510 mm (most falling in 12 hours) and hourly totals
to 144 mm. Michael Bath, who lives at McLeans Ridges, NSW, about 10 km
up the Wilsons River from Lismore, reported that he recorded 450 mm in
36 hours, with 265 mm in the 24 hours ending at 9:00 AM local time on
30 June. As much as 58 mm fell in 40 minutes on the morning of the 30th
with 48 mm being recorded in 30 minutes the previous evening. The
central business district of Lismore was spared major flooding by a new
$19 million levee which had been completed in April of 2005. The Wilsons
River there rose to 10.2 metres above normal levels. Many places in
the eastern half of the river's catchment area received 500 mm of rain.
According to Simon Clarke, Cleveland (near Brisbane) recorded 345 mm of
rain in five days with 266 mm falling in a 24-hour period.
There were reports of two persons missing and one fatality due to the
flooding. According to Carl Smith, who lives on Queensland's Gold Coast,
every suburb along the entire Gold Coast was suffering flooding, over
70 arterial roads and highways were closed due to floods, no one could
get anywhere, many businesses were closed as staff were unable to leave
their homes to get to work, busses were not running, taxi services had
stopped with many cabs having been washed away from the depot, emergency
services were having real difficulty in attending hundreds of call outs,
the hospital was running in emergency-only mode with just a skeleton
staff, the airport was closed, etc. (Carl, by the way, had some flooding
problems in his own home from the torrential rainfall.)
A special thanks to Jeff Callaghan, Michael Bath, Carl Smith, Phil
Smith and Simon Clarke who contributed information regarding this
remarkable rainfall and flooding event.
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SOUTH PACIFIC (SPA) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E
Activity for June: No tropical cyclones
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SPECIAL FEATURE - 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
---------------------------------------
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 Monterry 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>
I'm sure there are other sites with available imagery available, and
as I learn of them, I will add the links to this list.
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EXTRA FEATURE
In order to shorten the amount of typing in preparing the narrative
material, I have been in the habit of freely using abbreviations and
acronyms. I have tried to define most of these with the first usage
in a given summary, but I may have missed one now and then. Most of
these are probably understood by a majority of readers but perhaps a
few aren't clear to some. To remedy this I developed a Glossary of
Abbreviations and Acronyms which I first included in the August, 1998
summary. I don't normally include the Glossary in most months in
order to help keep them from being too long. If anyone would like to
receive a copy of the Glossary, please e-mail me and I'll be happy
to send them a copy.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This summary should be considered a very preliminary
overview of the tropical cyclones that occur in each month. The cyclone
tracks (provided separately) will generally be based upon operational
warnings issued by the various tropical cyclone warning centers. The
information contained therein may differ somewhat from the tracking and
intensity information obtained from a "best-track" file which is based
on a detailed post-seasonal analysis of all available data. Information
on where to find official "best-track" files from the various warning
centers will be passed along from time to time.
The track files are not being sent via e-mail. They can be retrieved
from the archive sites listed below. (Note: I do have a limited e-mail
distribution list for the track files. If anyone wishes to receive
these via e-mail, please send me a message.)
Both the summaries and the track files are standard text files
created in DOS editor. Download to disk and use a viewer such as
Notepad or DOS editor to view the files.
The first summary in this series covered the month of October,
1997. Back issues can be obtained from the following websites
(courtesy of Michael Bath, Michael V. Padua, Michael Pitt, Chris
Landsea, and John Diebolt):
http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/>
http://www.typhoon2000.ph>
http://mpittweather.com>
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/landsea/padgett/>
http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/>
Another website where much information about tropical cyclones may
be found is the website for the UK Meteorological Office. Their site
contains a lot of statistical information about tropical cyclones
globally on a monthly basis. The URL is:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropicalcyclone>
TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORTS AVAILABLE
JTWC now has available on its website the Annual Tropical Cyclone
Report (ATCR) for 2004 (2003-2004 season for the Southern Hemisphere).
ATCRs for earlier years are available also.
The URL is: http://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>
Also, TPC/NHC has available on its webpage nice "technicolor"
tracking charts for the 2004 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific
tropical cyclones; also, storm reports for all the 2004 Atlantic
and Eastern North Pacific cyclones are now available, as well as
track charts and reports on storms from earlier years.
The URL is: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>
A special thanks to Michael Bath of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales,
Australia, for assisting me with proofreading the summaries.
PREPARED BY
Gary Padgett
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 334-222-5327
Kevin Boyle (Eastern Atlantic, Western Northwest Pacific, South
China Sea)
E-mail: [email protected]
John Wallace (Assistance with Eastern North Pacific)
E-mail: [email protected]
Huang Chunliang (Assistance with Western Northwest Pacific, South
China Sea)
E-mail: [email protected]
Simon Clarke (Northeast Australia/Coral Sea, South Pacific)
E-mail: [email protected]
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