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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks January 2000
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks January 2000 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JANUARY 2000
SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN (SIO) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E
NOTE: The tracking coordinates, 10-min avg MSW, and estimates of
central pressure were obtained from the RSMC La Reunion's
advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW were taken from JTWC's
warnings.
A special thanks is due to Patrick Hoareau of Rennes, France,
(and a former resident of La Reunion) for preparing the track
for Tropical Cyclones Babiola and Connie. Patrick is a
dedicated enthusiast and student of tropical cyclones and quite
a knowledgeable chap about many aspects of the storms. Also,
a special thanks to Philippe Caroff of the La Reunion TCWC for
sending me the information on Tropical Disturbance 03.
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Storm Name: BABIOLA Cyclone Number: 04S Basin: SIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 03 0600 12.0 S 82.4 E 1001 25 Meteo France Warning
00 JAN 03 1200 12.3 S 82.2 E 1001 25 25 JTWC-1630Z: 13.2S,82.2E
00 JAN 03 1800 12.5 S 81.8 E 1001 25
00 JAN 04 0000 12.6 S 81.6 E 1000 25
00 JAN 04 0600 12.4 S 81.7 E 999 25
00 JAN 04 1200 12.0 S 82.3 E 999 30 25 JTWC Formation Alert
00 JAN 04 1800 11.7 S 82.6 E 999 25
00 JAN 05 0000 11.5 S 82.9 E 999 25
00 JAN 05 0600 10.4 S 84.4 E 999 25
00 JAN 05 1200 11.5 S 84.0 E 999 30 25 JTWC Formation Alert
00 JAN 05 1800 12.0 S 83.9 E 999 35 25 JTWC: 12.2 S, 82.8 E
00 JAN 06 0000 12.0 S 82.8 E 997 30
00 JAN 06 0600 12.6 S 81.7 E 994 45 35
00 JAN 06 1200 13.2 S 81.7 E 994 35
00 JAN 06 1800 13.7 S 80.5 E 994 45 35
00 JAN 07 0000 14.1 S 79.6 E 994 35
00 JAN 07 0600 14.4 S 78.7 E 988 50 43
00 JAN 07 1200 15.1 S 77.6 E 985 50
00 JAN 07 1800 15.7 S 75.8 E 980 55 55
00 JAN 08 0000 15.7 S 75.0 E 978 55
00 JAN 08 0600 16.2 S 73.3 E 976 65 57
00 JAN 08 1200 16.9 S 72.0 E 965 70
00 JAN 08 1800 17.1 S 70.9 E 960 75 75
00 JAN 09 0000 17.5 S 70.1 E 960 75
00 JAN 09 0600 18.3 S 68.9 E 960 75 75
00 JAN 09 1200 18.8 S 67.9 E 954 80
00 JAN 09 1800 19.6 S 67.6 E 954 90 80
00 JAN 10 0000 20.3 S 67.2 E 954 80
00 JAN 10 0600 20.6 S 67.2 E 954 90 80
00 JAN 10 1200 21.5 S 67.0 E 956 80
00 JAN 10 1800 22.0 S 67.0 E 965 65 70 JTWC: 22.6 S, 67.6 E
00 JAN 11 0000 23.0 S 67.2 E 970 65
00 JAN 11 0600 23.6 S 67.7 E 980 45 55 JTWC: 23.7 S, 68.4 E
00 JAN 11 1200 24.8 S 68.4 E 985 50
00 JAN 11 1800 25.4 S 68.8 E 990 35 45
00 JAN 12 0000 26.7 S 69.4 E 990 45
00 JAN 12 0600 27.7 S 70.1 E 995 40 See Note
00 JAN 12 1200 28.5 S 71.3 E 995 40 "
00 JAN 12 1800 29.5 S 72.3 E 998 30
Note: Winds to 40 kts forecast to be occurring up to 120 nm from center
in southeast quadrant.
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Storm Name: Trop. Disturbance Cyclone Number: 03 Basin: SIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 12 1200 21.4 S 41.7 E 998 25 Meteo France Warning
00 JAN 13 0000 21.3 S 41.6 E 998 25 "
00 JAN 14 1800 22.4 S 43.0 E 1000 25 JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
00 JAN 15 1800 21.6 S 45.7 E 1002 25 |
00 JAN 22 1000 18.6 S 39.7 E 1005 20 |
00 JAN 22 1800 19.4 S 39.2 E 1002 25 |
00 JAN 23 1800 20.1 S 39.0 E 1004 20 v
00 JAN 24 0600 21.5 S 39.0 E 1006 25 Meteo France Warning
00 JAN 24 1800 21.8 S 39.1 E 1003 25 JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
00 JAN 25 0700 22.3 S 39.1 E 1004 20 |
00 JAN 25 1800 22.0 S 38.0 E 1005 20 |
00 JAN 26 1800 22.5 S 38.0 E 1005 20 v
Note: The only reason for including this system is that MFR issued
three warnings on it, numbering it as Tropical Disturance 03. Since
there was an 11-day gap between the second and third warnings, I went
back and gleaned some information from JTWC's daily Significant Tropical
Weather Outlooks. Apparently disturbed weather persisted in the
Mozambique Channel for a rather extended period. JTWC dropped the
system on 17 Jan but began mentioning an area of disturbed weather in
the Channel again on 22 Jan. Apparently there was some continuity with
the earlier system since MFR maintained the same disturbance number for
the latter warning.
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Storm Name: CONNIE Cyclone Number: 08S Basin: SIO
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 25 0600 15.0 S 56.0 E 999 25 Meteo France Warning
00 JAN 25 1200 15.1 S 55.1 E 997 30 30 JTWC Formation Alert
00 JAN 25 1800 15.2 S 55.2 E 991 35 40 JTWC: 15.7 S, 56.3 E
00 JAN 26 0000 15.2 S 55.4 E 991 35 40
00 JAN 26 0600 14.8 S 55.3 E 988 35 45
00 JAN 26 1200 14.4 S 55.3 E 988 45 45
00 JAN 26 1800 14.2 S 55.7 E 988 55 45
00 JAN 27 0000 14.6 S 55.6 E 986 60 45
00 JAN 27 0600 15.2 S 56.4 E 975 65 60
00 JAN 27 1200 15.6 S 56.5 E 955 85 80
00 JAN 27 1800 16.1 S 56.8 E 940 115 90
00 JAN 28 0000 16.4 S 57.0 E 940 115 90
00 JAN 28 0600 16.6 S 57.1 E 938 110 90
00 JAN 28 1200 17.0 S 57.0 E 938 110 90
00 JAN 28 1800 17.7 S 56.6 E 928 105 100
00 JAN 29 0000 18.1 S 56.2 E 930 95 100
00 JAN 29 0600 18.9 S 55.2 E 930 90 100
00 JAN 29 1200 19.8 S 54.5 E 950 80 85
00 JAN 29 1800 20.9 S 53.7 E 960 80 80
00 JAN 30 0000 22.0 S 53.0 E 968 70 70
00 JAN 30 0600 23.1 S 51.6 E 970 65 70
00 JAN 30 1200 24.4 S 50.6 E 972 60
00 JAN 30 1800 25.5 S 50.2 E 976 60 55
00 JAN 31 0000 26.5 S 50.0 E 976 55
00 JAN 31 0600 27.5 S 50.5 E 980 55 55
00 JAN 31 1200 28.6 S 51.1 E 980 55 See Note
00 JAN 31 1800 29.7 S 51.7 E 985 65 50
00 FEB 01 0000 30.5 S 53.4 E 985 50 MFR: Final Warning
00 FEB 01 0600 31.3 S 52.3 E 55 JTWC Warning
00 FEB 01 1800 32.1 S 53.3 E 35 "
00 FEB 02 0600 33.4 S 54.5 E 25 "
Note: Position coordinates for this time were interpolated from the
previous and following positions.
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AUSTRALIAN REGION (AUS) - From Longitude 90E Eastward to Longitude 160E
NOTE: The tracking information presented below was obtained from
operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
Centres at Perth, Western Australia; Darwin, Northern Territory;
and Brisbane, Queensland. JTWC warnings were utilized for
making comparisons and for supplying information for times when
the Australian warnings were unavailable. The 10-min MSW values
were obtained from the Australian warnings while the 1-min MSW
values were assigned by JTWC.
The tropical cyclone warnings from Perth report the analyzed
cyclone positions at 0400, 1000, 1600, and 2200 UTC instead of
the more familiar 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC utilized by most
TC warning agencies.
A special thanks is due to Matthew Saxby of Queanbeyan, New
South Wales, Australia, for sending me tabulated tracks of the
Australian centres' tracking information. Matthew is also a very
knowledgeable and dedicated tropical cyclone enthusiast.
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Storm Name: Tropical LOW Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUS
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 10 0600 15.4 S 150.4 E 1000 30
00 JAN 10 1200 14.5 S 150.2 E 1000 30
00 JAN 10 1800 14.0 S 150.0 E 1000 35 See Note
00 JAN 11 0000 13.8 S 151.2 E 1000 35
00 JAN 11 0600 13.5 S 151.2 E 1000 30
Note: Gales were forecast for southern quadrant only.
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Storm Name: Hybrid LOW Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUS
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 12 0600 26.5 S 161.0 E 1002 40 See Note
00 JAN 12 1200 26.0 S 160.5 E 1002 40
00 JAN 12 1800 26.0 S 160.0 E 1002 40
00 JAN 13 0000 26.0 S 158.5 E 1002 40
00 JAN 13 0600 26.0 S 158.0 E 1002 40
00 JAN 13 1200 26.0 S 157.0 E 1004 40
Note: This system was never referred to in warnings from Brisbane as
a tropical LOW; and, considering its latitude, was likely some sort of
hybrid or baroclinic system.
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Storm Name: Tropical LOW Cyclone Number: 06S Basin: AUS
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 18 0400 10.5 S 128.5 E 1002 30
00 JAN 18 1200 11.0 S 127.5 E 1000 35 See Note
00 JAN 18 1800 11.0 S 127.0 E 998 35
00 JAN 19 0000 11.2 S 126.3 E 1000 30
00 JAN 19 0600 12.0 S 126.0 E 1000 25
00 JAN 19 1200 12.7 S 125.3 E 1000 25
00 JAN 19 1600 13.0 S 124.3 E 1000 25
00 JAN 19 2200 13.3 S 123.3 E 1000 25
00 JAN 20 0400 14.3 S 121.8 E 1002 25
00 JAN 20 1000 15.0 S 121.0 E 1002 25
00 JAN 20 1600 16.5 S 118.5 E 998 30
00 JAN 20 2200 17.4 S 117.6 E 998 30 30 JTWC-00Z: 16.4S, 116.4E
00 JAN 21 0400 17.8 S 116.2 E 1000 25 30 JTWC-06Z: 16.9S, 115.7E
00 JAN 21 1000 18.4 S 116.1 E 1000 25 30 JTWC-12Z: 17.8S, 115.2E
00 JAN 21 1600 18.2 S 115.5 E 1000 30 30
00 JAN 21 2200 18.5 S 115.1 E 997 30 30
00 JAN 22 0400 19.0 S 114.8 E 996 35 30 JTWC-06Z: 18.9S, 115.4E
00 JAN 22 1000 18.8 S 116.1 E 992 30 30 JTWC-12Z: 19.3S, 116.1E
00 JAN 22 1600 19.0 S 116.7 E 992 30 30 JTWC-18Z: 19.9S, 116.7E
00 JAN 22 2200 19.5 S 117.5 E 992 25 30 JTWC-00Z: 20.6S, 117.5E
00 JAN 23 0100 20.0 S 118.0 E 992 30 Overland
Note: Gales were forecast to be occurring only in the northwest
semicircle. MSW (10-min) estimates after LOW left the Darwin AOR
(after 19/1200 UTC) are my own, based upon the trend of the central
pressure.
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Storm Name: KIRRILY Cyclone Number: 09S Basin: AUS
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 25 0400 12.3 S 104.7 E 1002 25 See Note
00 JAN 25 1000 12.9 S 106.1 E 1002 25
00 JAN 25 1600 13.1 S 107.1 E 1002 25
00 JAN 25 2200 13.6 S 108.1 E 1002 25
00 JAN 26 0400 13.8 S 109.4 E 998 30
00 JAN 26 1000 14.7 S 110.4 E 998 30
00 JAN 26 1600 15.4 S 111.4 E 997 30
00 JAN 26 2200 16.1 S 112.2 E 997 30
00 JAN 27 0400 16.8 S 112.4 E 997 30 30
00 JAN 27 1000 17.9 S 112.9 E 997 30
00 JAN 27 1600 18.2 S 112.3 E 997 35 30
00 JAN 27 2200 18.8 S 112.0 E 996 30
00 JAN 28 0000 18.0 S 111.0 E 985 50
00 JAN 28 0400 18.3 S 110.4 E 980 55 60 JTWC-06Z: 18.2S, 109.8E
00 JAN 28 1000 18.7 S 109.3 E 975 60
00 JAN 28 1600 19.4 S 108.8 E 975 60 55
00 JAN 28 2200 19.7 S 109.0 E 980 55
00 JAN 29 0400 20.2 S 107.9 E 975 80 60 Relocated
00 JAN 29 1000 20.7 S 107.2 E 965 65
00 JAN 29 1600 21.3 S 106.8 E 965 70 65
00 JAN 29 2200 21.7 S 106.3 E 975 60
00 JAN 30 0400 22.1 S 105.9 E 975 65 60
00 JAN 30 1000 22.9 S 105.6 E 975 60
00 JAN 30 1600 23.4 S 105.4 E 980 50 55
00 JAN 30 2200 23.4 S 105.1 E 984 50
00 JAN 31 0400 23.6 S 105.4 E 990 35 45
00 JAN 31 1000 23.6 S 105.2 E 995 45
00 JAN 31 1600 23.2 S 105.1 E 997 35 40
00 JAN 31 2200 22.9 S 104.9 E 999 35
00 FEB 01 0600 22.4 S 104.1 E 30 JTWC Warning
00 FEB 01 1800 21.9 S 102.8 E 25 "
Note: MSW (10-min) values prior to 28/0000 UTC are estimates based
upon the central pressure.
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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (SWP) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E
NOTE: The tracking and intensity information for Southwest Pacific
Basin tropical cyclones was taken from real-time operational
warnings issued by the Nadi TCWC, Fiji for positions north of
25S and from the Wellington, New Zealand office for positions
south of 25S. Warnings from JTWC (west of 180) and from
NPMOC (east of 180) were utilized for the purpose of making
comparisons and for supplying information for times when the
Nadi or Wellington warnings were unavailable. The 10-min avg
MSW values were taken from the Fiji or New Zealand warnings
while the 1-min avg MSW values were obtained from the JTWC or
NPMOC warnings.
A special thanks to Alipate Waqaicelua, Chief Forecaster at the
Nadi, Fiji, TCWC for sending me summaries and tabulated tracks
of Tropical Cyclones Iris and Jo.
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Storm Name: Tropical Depression Cyclone Number: 06F Basin: SWP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 03 2100 17.5 S 170.0 E 1005 25 See Note
00 JAN 04 2100 19.0 S 172.0 E 1006 25
00 JAN 05 2100 20.5 S 177.9 E 1004 25
00 JAN 06 1800 21.0 S 179.0 W 1004 25
Note: The 10-min MSW values are my estimates based on the fact that
Nadi did not issue any 6-hourly warnings on this system but only
mentioned it in their daily tropical weather outlooks.
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Storm Name: IRIS (05F) Cyclone Number: 05P Basin: SWP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 07 0000 15.5 S 164.0 E 999 35 See Note
00 JAN 07 0600 16.0 S 164.5 E 999 35
00 JAN 07 1200 16.1 S 164.7 E 997 35
00 JAN 07 1800 16.3 S 165.2 E 997 40 35
00 JAN 07 2100 16.3 S 165.3 E 995 35 Named as a TC
00 JAN 08 0000 16.5 S 165.5 E 987 45
00 JAN 08 0600 16.7 S 166.5 E 980 65 55
00 JAN 08 1200 16.7 S 167.5 E 975 60
00 JAN 08 1800 16.9 S 168.4 E 980 65 55
00 JAN 09 0000 17.2 S 169.6 E 980 55
00 JAN 09 0600 17.5 S 170.4 E 985 65 50
00 JAN 09 1200 17.7 S 172.1 E 985 50
00 JAN 09 1800 18.5 S 173.8 E 987 45 45 JTWC: 18.6 S, 174.3 E
00 JAN 10 0000 19.0 S 176.0 E 987 45
00 JAN 10 0600 19.3 S 177.3 E 990 35 40
00 JAN 10 1200 20.0 S 179.0 E 995 35
00 JAN 10 1800 20.0 S 180.0 E 998 25 35 Downgraded to TD
Note: During the pre-cyclone tropical depression stage, gales were
occurring only in the northeastern semicircle. The final warning at
10/1800 UTC, which downgraded Iris back to a depression, indicated that
some gales were still occurring in the eastern semicircle. It should
be noted that objective (digital) Dvorak analysis yielded T-numbers
up to T6.5 at one point (this from Mark Lander), and a Satellite Bulletin
from JTWC indicated that IR analysis yielded a T-number of T6.0 while
the Dvorak rating based upon visible imagery was T4.0.
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Storm Name: Tropical Depression Cyclone Number: 08F Basin: SWP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 20 0600 14.0 S 172.0 W 1003 25 See Note #1
00 JAN 20 2100 14.0 S 172.0 W 1000 25
00 JAN 21 2100 16.5 S 173.8 W 1000 25
00 JAN 22 0600 18.0 S 175.0 W 1000 25
00 JAN 22 2100 18.6 S 176.8 W 1004 25
00 JAN 23 0600 18.9 S 177.4 W 1003 25
00 JAN 23 1800 19.0 S 175.0 W 998 30
00 JAN 24 0000 20.1 S 175.1 W 998 30
00 JAN 24 0600 20.8 S 175.0 W 997 35 See Note #2
00 JAN 24 1200 21.5 S 174.5 W 997 35
00 JAN 24 1800 22.5 S 173.5 W 996 35
00 JAN 25 0000 22.5 S 173.3 W 997 35
00 JAN 25 0600 23.2 S 172.5 W 996 35
00 JAN 25 1200 23.6 S 171.8 W 997 35
00 JAN 25 1800 24.4 S 171.0 W 997 35
00 JAN 26 0000 25.1 S 171.0 W 997 35
00 JAN 26 0500 26.0 S 168.0 W 1000 40 Wellington Warning
Note #1: 10-min MSW values prior to the first warning at 23/1800 UTC are
my estimates based upon the reported pressure and the fact that regular
warnings were not being issued.
Note #2: Gales were in the southeastern semicircle only but were reported
to be occurring within 40 nm of center.
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Storm Name: JO (09F) Cyclone Number: 07P Basin: SWP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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00 JAN 23 0000 14.0 S 172.0 E 997 25
00 JAN 23 0600 14.0 S 172.0 E 997 25
00 JAN 23 1200 16.2 S 172.6 E 997 30
00 JAN 23 1800 17.3 S 172.3 E 995 30
00 JAN 24 0000 18.2 S 173.3 E 995 40 35 JTWC: 17.5 S, 173.1 E
00 JAN 24 0300 18.0 S 173.2 E 995 40 Named as a TC
00 JAN 24 0600 18.4 S 173.1 E 992 40
00 JAN 24 1200 19.6 S 173.3 E 992 45 40
00 JAN 24 1800 19.4 S 173.3 E 985 50
00 JAN 25 0000 19.8 S 174.6 E 985 50 50
00 JAN 25 0600 21.3 S 174.6 E 985 50
00 JAN 25 1200 21.7 S 175.0 E 980 65 55
00 JAN 25 1800 22.7 S 176.0 E 980 55
00 JAN 26 0000 23.2 S 176.8 E 975 65 60
00 JAN 26 0600 24.0 S 177.9 E 975 60
00 JAN 26 1200 25.1 S 179.0 E 975 65 60
00 JAN 26 1800 26.3 S 180.0 E 978 60 Wellington Warnings
00 JAN 27 0000 27.4 S 178.8 W 978 60 60 |
00 JAN 27 0600 28.3 S 176.9 W 980 60 |
00 JAN 27 1200 30.0 S 175.0 W 984 55 |
00 JAN 27 1800 29.9 S 170.7 W 984 55 |
00 JAN 28 0000 31.8 S 165.6 W 984 55 v
00 JAN 28 0600 33.0 S 164.0 W 985 55 Extratropical
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