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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks December 2008
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks December 2008 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - DECEMBER 2008
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!
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NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The central pressure and 10-minute
average maximum sustained wind estimates for most systems were obtained
from warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), which
is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
ological Centre for the basin. In a few instances, information from
warnings issued by other Asian warning centers may have been utilized.
The center position coordinates from JMA and other centers were com-
pared with those from JTWC and annotations made in the Remarks column
when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm or more.
Michael V. Padua of Naga City in the Philippines, owner of the
Typhoon 2000 website, sends me cyclone tracks based upon warnings
issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Philippines'
Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA). A special thanks to Michael for his efforts.
Systems Tracked
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Typhoon DOLPHIN (27W / 0822 / ULYSSES) 02 - 19 Dec
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Storm Name: DOLPHIN Cyclone Number: 27W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: ULYSSES JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0822
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 DEC 02 1200 25.0 N 143.0 E 1012 35 XT LOW-JMA warnings
08 DEC 02 1800 26.0 N 145.0 E 1008 45
08 DEC 03 0000 27.0 N 147.0 E 1008 55
08 DEC 03 0600 28.0 N 149.0 E 1004 60
08 DEC 03 1200 29.0 N 152.0 E 1004 60
08 DEC 03 1800 30.0 N 155.0 E 1002 60
08 DEC 04 0000 30.0 N 156.0 E 994 50
08 DEC 04 0600 31.0 N 158.0 E 992 60
08 DEC 04 1200 31.0 N 159.0 E 992 60
08 DEC 04 1800 31.0 N 161.0 E 992 55
08 DEC 05 0000 30.0 N 162.0 E 992 55
08 DEC 05 0600 30.0 N 164.0 E 990 55
08 DEC 05 1200 29.0 N 166.0 E 990 55
08 DEC 05 1800 28.0 N 168.0 E 990 55
08 DEC 06 0000 27.0 N 169.0 E 990 55
08 DEC 06 0600 26.0 N 171.0 E 992 55
08 DEC 06 1200 24.0 N 171.0 E 994 60
08 DEC 06 1800 22.0 N 172.0 E 992 55
08 DEC 07 0000 21.0 N 173.0 E 996 50
08 DEC 07 0600 20.0 N 172.0 E 996 50
08 DEC 07 1200 19.0 N 172.0 E 1000 40
08 DEC 07 1800 18.0 N 171.0 E 1000 40
08 DEC 08 0000 16.0 N 170.0 E 1004 30 Tropical depression
08 DEC 08 0600 16.0 N 168.0 E 1002 30
08 DEC 08 1200 15.0 N 167.0 E 1004 30
08 DEC 08 1800 14.0 N 165.0 E 1002 30
08 DEC 09 0000 11.0 N 163.0 E 1004 25
08 DEC 09 0600 12.0 N 160.0 E 1004 25
08 DEC 09 1200 12.0 N 158.0 E 1006 25
08 DEC 09 1800 11.0 N 155.0 E 1004 25
08 DEC 10 0000 12.0 N 154.0 E 1004 25
08 DEC 10 0600 12.0 N 152.0 E 1002 25
08 DEC 10 1200 12.2 N 150.7 E 1004 25 25
08 DEC 10 1800 12.5 N 149.0 E 1002 30 25
08 DEC 11 0000 12.5 N 147.3 E 1002 30 25 JMA: 12.0N/146.0E
08 DEC 11 0600 12.7 N 144.9 E 998 30 30
08 DEC 11 1200 12.9 N 143.2 E 1002 30 30 JMA: 12.3N/143.3E
08 DEC 11 1800 13.1 N 141.9 E 1002 35 30 JMA: 12.5N/142.2E
08 DEC 12 0000 13.2 N 140.9 E 1002 35 30
08 DEC 12 0600 13.6 N 140.1 E 1000 40 35
08 DEC 12 1200 14.1 N 139.2 E 1000 40 40
08 DEC 12 1800 14.3 N 138.3 E 998 45 40
08 DEC 13 0000 14.0 N 137.2 E 992 55 45
08 DEC 13 0600 14.0 N 135.8 E 990 55 45
08 DEC 13 1200 13.9 N 134.7 E 990 55 45
08 DEC 13 1800 13.8 N 133.5 E 990 60 45
08 DEC 14 0000 13.2 N 132.6 E 990 60 45 JMA: 13.7N/132.7E
08 DEC 14 0600 13.2 N 131.9 E 990 55 45 JMA: 13.6N/132.4E
08 DEC 14 1200 13.8 N 131.1 E 990 55 45 JMA: 13.7N/131.6E
08 DEC 14 1800 13.9 N 130.7 E 985 60 50
08 DEC 15 0000 13.8 N 130.4 E 980 65 60
08 DEC 15 0600 14.5 N 130.2 E 980 65 60
08 DEC 15 1200 14.9 N 130.4 E 970 90 65
08 DEC 15 1800 15.5 N 130.5 E 970 85 65
08 DEC 16 0000 15.9 N 130.6 E 970 85 65
08 DEC 16 0600 16.4 N 130.6 E 970 85 65
08 DEC 16 1200 17.2 N 130.9 E 980 80 60
08 DEC 16 1800 17.8 N 131.3 E 985 65 55
08 DEC 17 0000 18.4 N 131.9 E 985 65 55
08 DEC 17 0600 19.4 N 132.7 E 990 60 50
08 DEC 17 1200 20.2 N 133.7 E 990 55 50
08 DEC 17 1800 21.1 N 135.3 E 992 50 45
08 DEC 18 0000 22.2 N 137.3 E 996 45 40
08 DEC 18 0600 23.4 N 139.6 E 1000 35 40
08 DEC 18 1200 24.7 N 142.0 E 1008 25 35 Extratropical
08 DEC 18 1800 24.0 N 144.0 E 1010 30
08 DEC 19 0000 24.0 N 145.0 E 1014 25
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind
values in general were taken from operational warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Occasionally some information may
have been gleaned from the daily tropical weather outlooks and other
bulletins issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which
is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
ological Centre for the basin.
The reported maximum sustained winds are based on a 1-minute
averaging period, which is used by all U. S. civilian and military
weather services for tropical cyclone warnings. For synoptic
observations in the North Indian Ocean region, both 10-minute and
3-minute average winds are employed, but IMD makes no attempt to
modify the Dvorak scale for estimating tropical cyclone intensity;
hence, a 1-minute average MSW is implied.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Cyclone (07B) 04 - 07 Dec
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 07B Basin: NIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 DEC 04 0000 6.7 N 90.2 E 30
08 DEC 04 0600 6.8 N 89.6 E 30
08 DEC 04 1200 7.1 N 89.3 E 30
08 DEC 04 1800 7.6 N 89.2 E 30
08 DEC 05 0000 7.7 N 88.8 E 30
08 DEC 05 0600 8.1 N 88.4 E 30
08 DEC 05 1200 8.6 N 87.8 E 30
08 DEC 05 1800 8.8 N 86.7 E 30
08 DEC 06 0000 8.8 N 85.8 E 35
08 DEC 06 0600 8.2 N 84.7 E 35
08 DEC 06 1200 8.0 N 83.9 E 35
08 DEC 06 1800 7.7 N 83.2 E 35
08 DEC 07 0000 7.7 N 83.2 E 25
08 DEC 07 0530 7.9 N 82.7 E 25 JTWC satellite bulletin
08 DEC 07 1130 8.2 N 82.2 E 25 IMD: 8.5N/81.5E
08 DEC 07 1730 8.9 N 80.6 E 20 Inland over Sri Lanka
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
issued by Meteo France's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre on Reunion
Island (MFR), which is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional
Specialised Meteorological Centre for the basin. The 1-minute average
maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The center position coordinates from
JTWC were compared with those from MFR and annotations made in the
Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
or more.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Storm CINDA (MFR-04 / 04S) 15 - 21 Dec
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Storm Name: CINDA Cyclone Number: 04S 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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08 DEC 15 1200 9.4 S 69.8 E 1003 20 Locally 25 kts S semi.
08 DEC 16 0000 9.4 S 68.6 E 1002 20 "
08 DEC 16 1200 9.8 S 67.6 E 1002 25 Locally 30 kts S semi.
08 DEC 16 1800 10.1 S 67.3 E 1000 25 "
08 DEC 17 0000 10.8 S 66.9 E 999 35 30 JTWC: 10.3S/67.0E
08 DEC 17 0600 10.3 S 66.5 E 998 30
08 DEC 17 1200 10.5 S 66.7 E 998 35 30
08 DEC 17 1800 10.9 S 67.0 E 997 30 Locally 35 kts S semi.
08 DEC 18 0000 11.3 S 66.9 E 994 50 35
08 DEC 18 0600 12.2 S 66.8 E 985 50
08 DEC 18 1200 12.9 S 66.8 E 985 55 50
08 DEC 18 1800 12.8 S 66.6 E 987 45
08 DEC 19 0000 13.6 S 65.7 E 992 50 40
08 DEC 19 0600 13.4 S 65.3 E 990 40
08 DEC 19 1200 13.7 S 64.9 E 990 40 40
08 DEC 19 1800 13.9 S 64.0 E 990 40
08 DEC 20 0000 14.2 S 63.1 E 990 40 40
08 DEC 20 0600 13.8 S 62.9 E 992 40
08 DEC 20 1200 14.1 S 62.6 E 998 35 30
08 DEC 20 1800 14.7 S 62.4 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts SW quad
08 DEC 21 0000 15.4 s 62.1 E 1000 30 25 JTWC: 15.5S/61.5E
08 DEC 21 0600 14.9 S 60.0 E 1000 20 Locally 25 kts S semi.
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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN (AUW) - Longitude 90E to 135E
Sources of Information
----------------------
The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres at Perth, Western
Australia, and Darwin, Northern Territory. The 1-minute average
maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by
the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and
Navy, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The center position coordinates
from JTWC were compared with those from the Australian centres and
annotations made in the Remarks column when the differences in general
amounted to 40-50 nm or more.
Systems Tracked
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Severe Tropical Cyclone BILLY (05S) 17 - 29 Dec
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Storm Name: BILLY Cyclone Number: 05S Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Darwin TCWC)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 DEC 17 0630 12.5 S 127.0 E 1004 30
08 DEC 17 1200 12.8 S 127.5 E 1004 30
08 DEC 17 1800 13.7 S 127.7 E 1002 30
08 DEC 18 0000 13.8 S 128.3 E 1002 30
08 DEC 18 0600 14.1 S 128.6 E 997 30
08 DEC 18 1200 14.5 S 128.8 E 993 40
08 DEC 18 1800 14.6 S 128.8 E 991 30 40
08 DEC 19 0000 14.4 S 128.8 E 988 45 45
08 DEC 19 0600 14.5 S 128.7 E 983 50
08 DEC 19 1200 14.6 S 128.6 E 982 45 50
08 DEC 19 1800 14.9 S 128.1 E 986 50 Moving inland
08 DEC 20 0000 14.9 S 127.9 E 990 35 45
08 DEC 20 0600 15.1 S 127.3 E 998 30 Inland
08 DEC 20 1200 15.2 S 126.9 E 998 20 30
08 DEC 20 1800 15.3 S 126.3 E 998 30
08 DEC 21 0000 15.3 S 125.9 E 997 25 25
08 DEC 21 0600 15.3 S 125.5 E 997 25
08 DEC 21 1200 15.4 S 125.2 E 997 25 25
08 DEC 21 1800 15.7 S 124.7 E 992 30
08 DEC 22 0000 15.6 S 124.3 E 992 40 35 Back over water
08 DEC 22 0600 15.6 S 124.1 E 991 35
08 DEC 22 1200 16.1 S 123.5 E 989 40 40
08 DEC 22 1800 16.6 S 122.8 E 990 40
08 DEC 23 0000 17.2 S 122.2 E 988 40 40
08 DEC 23 0600 17.6 S 121.2 E 990 40
08 DEC 23 1200 17.8 S 120.8 E 987 50 40
08 DEC 23 1800 17.9 S 120.3 E 986 45
08 DEC 24 0000 17.8 S 119.9 E 975 75 60
08 DEC 24 0600 17.9 S 119.3 E 962 80
08 DEC 24 1200 17.8 S 118.6 E 951 105 90
08 DEC 24 1800 17.6 S 117.9 E 948 95
08 DEC 25 0000 17.5 S 117.3 E 953 105 90
08 DEC 25 0600 17.3 S 116.6 E 953 90
08 DEC 25 1200 16.9 S 115.9 E 951 95 90
08 DEC 25 1800 16.6 S 115.3 E 958 85
08 DEC 26 0000 16.3 S 114.8 E 960 85 80
08 DEC 26 0600 15.8 S 114.3 E 960 80
08 DEC 26 1200 15.6 S 113.8 E 966 70 70
08 DEC 26 1800 15.5 S 113.5 E 977 55
08 DEC 27 0000 15.2 S 113.3 E 980 55 55
08 DEC 27 0600 15.1 S 112.9 E 982 50 50
08 DEC 27 1200 15.3 S 112.9 E 983 45
08 DEC 27 1800 15.2 S 112.9 E 986 35 40
08 DEC 28 0000 15.0 S 112.8 E 990 35
08 DEC 28 0600 15.5 S 113.0 E 992 35
08 DEC 28 1200 16.0 S 112.5 E 995 30
08 DEC 28 1430 16.4 S 112.5 E 25 SAB satellite bulletin
08 DEC 28 2030 16.8 S 111.7 E 25 "
08 DEC 29 0230 16.6 S 111.1 E 25 "
08 DEC 29 0830 16.9 S 110.4 E 30 "
08 DEC 29 1430 16.9 S 109.4 E 25 "
08 DEC 29 2030 17.0 S 108.6 E 25 "
08 DEC 29 0230 16.8 S 108.2 E 25 "
08 DEC 29 0830 16.7 S 107.6 E 20 "
Note: A 29/1011 UTC QuikScat pass showed winds of 30 kts, and some
renewed convection led to a T2.0/2.0 Dvorak rating from SAB at 0830
UTC; hence, the temporary increase in winds to 30 kts at that hour.
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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:
https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php>
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]
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:
Michael V. Padua [email protected]
[email protected]
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