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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks May 2000
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks May 2000 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 2000
ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico
NOTE: The information presented below on a possible subtropical
disturbance southeast of Bermuda was sent to me by Michael
Pitt. Tropical Weather Discussions issued by TPC classified
the system as a complex system with an upper-level LOW with
supporting fronts and an associated surface LOW. The Air Force
Weather Agency (AFWA) assigned Dvorak ratings on the disturbance
for about 30 hours on 19 and 20 May.
Systems Tracked
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Possible Subtropical Disturbance 19 - 21 May
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: ATL
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 19 1800 28.0 N 63.0 W 1014 T2.5 (See Note)
00 MAY 20 0000 28.0 N 62.0 W 1012 T2.5
00 MAY 20 0600 27.0 N 63.0 W 1012 T1.5
00 MAY 20 1200 27.0 N 62.0 W 1013 T1.5
00 MAY 20 1800 26.7 N 62.6 W 1015 T1.5
00 MAY 21 0400 26.9 N 62.0 W T1.5
Note: The positions by-and-large were taken from the Tropical Weather
Discussions issued by TPC. The system did not move very much and the
coordinates from AFWA's Satellite Discussions were similar. The Dvorak
ratings were supplied by AFWA.
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NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180
NOTE: The tracking and intensity information for Northeast Pacific
Basin tropical cyclones is based upon operational advisories
from the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
in Miami, Florida, for systems east of Longitude 140W; and
from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu, Hawaii,
for systems west of Longitude 140W. The MSW are based on a
1-min averaging period, which is used by all U.S. civilian
and military weather services for tropical cyclone warnings.
Systems Tracked
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Hurricane ALETTA (01E) 22 - 28 May
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Storm Name: ALETTA Cyclone Number: 01E Basin: NEP
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 22 1200 13.3 N 99.2 W 1005 30
00 MAY 22 1800 13.9 N 100.2 W 1004 30
00 MAY 23 0000 14.4 N 101.4 W 1003 30
00 MAY 23 0600 14.6 N 101.7 W 1002 35
00 MAY 23 1200 14.8 N 102.4 W 1002 40
00 MAY 23 1800 14.5 N 103.1 W 1000 45
00 MAY 24 0000 14.6 N 103.6 W 998 50
00 MAY 24 0600 14.6 N 104.4 W 994 55
00 MAY 24 1200 14.5 N 105.4 W 987 65
00 MAY 24 1800 14.9 N 105.9 W 984 70
00 MAY 25 0000 14.9 N 106.7 W 977 80
00 MAY 25 0600 15.0 N 107.4 W 970 90
00 MAY 25 1200 15.0 N 108.0 W 970 90
00 MAY 25 1800 15.0 N 107.5 W 975 80
00 MAY 26 0000 14.8 N 107.9 W 975 80
00 MAY 26 0600 14.7 N 107.5 W 979 75
00 MAY 26 1200 14.7 N 107.5 W 980 70
00 MAY 26 1800 14.8 N 107.9 W 985 65
00 MAY 27 0000 15.0 N 107.7 W 990 60
00 MAY 27 0600 15.2 N 107.4 W 1000 45
00 MAY 27 1200 15.5 N 107.5 W 1004 30
00 MAY 27 1800 15.5 N 107.5 W 1004 30
00 MAY 28 0000 16.1 N 107.5 W 1005 25
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NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180
NOTE: The tracking information for Northwest Pacific Basin tropical
cyclones is based primarily upon operational warnings from the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. Air Force and Navy at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Comparisons were made with track coordinates
given in advisories from the meteorological services of Japan
(JMA) and the Philippines (PAGASA). In general, whenever the
center position differed by more than 40-50 nm from JTWC's, an
entry was made in the Remarks column.
The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
10-min avg MSW were obtained from PAGASA's advisories if the
storm was in PAGASA's area of responsibility; otherwise, they
were gleaned from JMA's advisories or high seas forecasts. In
a few cases the 10-min MSW given by PAGASA and JMA did not agree;
in those cases I reported the higher value. The estimates of
central pressure were obtained from JMA's advisories.
Michael V. Padua, owner of the Typhoon 2000 webpage sent me the
PAGASA and JMA tracks for these systems--a special thanks to
Michael for his assistance.
Systems Tracked
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Super Typhoon DAMREY (01W / 0001 / ASIANG) 5 - 12 May
Tropical Storm LONGWANG (02W / 0002 / BIRING) 17 - 20 May
Tropical Depression (03W / KONSING) 20 - 22 May
Tropical Depression (04W) 30 May - 1 Jun
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Storm Name: DAMREY Cyclone Number: 01W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: ASIANG JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0001
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 05 1800 11.2 N 132.9 E 30
00 MAY 06 0000 11.8 N 132.2 E 30 30 PAGASA: 11.7 N, 133.9 E
00 MAY 06 0600 11.8 N 132.4 E 1002 30 30
00 MAY 06 1200 12.4 N 132.2 E 998 40 30
00 MAY 06 1800 13.2 N 131.6 E 998 55 35
00 MAY 07 0000 13.3 N 131.7 E 990 60 45
00 MAY 07 0600 13.4 N 131.8 E 980 65 55 JMA: 13.7 N, 131.2 E
00 MAY 07 1200 13.6 N 131.4 E 980 70 55 PAGASA: 14.0 N, 131.1 E
00 MAY 07 1800 13.7 N 131.5 E 975 75 65 PAGASA: 14.1 N, 131.0 E
00 MAY 08 0000 13.9 N 131.5 E 970 75 65 PAGASA: 14.3 N, 131.0 E
00 MAY 08 0600 14.3 N 132.0 E 965 75 70
00 MAY 08 1200 14.4 N 132.4 E 960 80 75
00 MAY 08 1800 15.1 N 133.0 E 960 105 75
00 May 09 0000 15.6 N 133.4 E 950 115 80
00 MAY 09 0600 16.4 N 134.4 E 940 130 85
00 MAY 09 1200 17.3 N 135.2 E 930 150 90
00 MAY 09 1800 18.6 N 136.1 E 930 155 90
00 MAY 10 0000 19.5 N 136.8 E 930 140 90
00 MAY 10 0600 20.9 N 137.7 E 935 105 85
00 MAY 10 1200 21.9 N 138.3 E 940 90 85 JMA: 22.2 N, 138.8 E
00 MAY 10 1800 22.9 N 138.9 E 950 65 80 JMA: 23.0 N, 139.5 E
00 MAY 11 0000 23.8 N 139.8 E 960 60 70
00 MAY 11 0600 25.0 N 140.9 E 970 45 65
00 MAY 11 1200 26.1 N 141.9 E 975 40 60
00 MAY 11 1800 27.1 N 143.5 E 980 35 55
00 MAY 12 0000 27.7 N 145.8 E 985 35 50
00 MAY 12 0600 28.3 N 147.7 E 994 25 35
00 MAY 12 1200 29.2 N 149.8 E 998 30 Extratropical (JMA Pos)
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Storm Name: LONGWANG Cyclone Number: 02W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: BIRING JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0002
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 17 1800 16.5 N 119.5 E 1002 25 PAGASA Warning
00 MAY 18 0000 16.6 N 120.6 E 1002 25 "
00 MAY 18 0600 18.6 N 122.4 E 1002 30 "
00 MAY 18 1200 19.6 N 123.5 E 1002 30 "
00 MAY 18 1800 20.1 N 123.6 E 1002 30 30
00 MAY 19 0000 20.9 N 125.3 E 998 35 40
00 MAY 19 0600 22.1 N 126.4 E 996 40 40
00 MAY 19 1200 23.3 N 128.3 E 996 40 40
00 MAY 19 1800 23.9 N 129.6 E 992 35 45 JMA: 24.7 N, 130.7 E
00 MAY 20 0000 26.8 N 135.0 E 994 30 40
00 MAY 20 0600 28.3 N 139.1 E 996 25 40 Extratropical
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 03W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: KONSING JMA Tropical Storm Number: None
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 20 1800 18.5 N 118.0 E 25 PAGASA Warning
00 MAY 21 0000 18.2 N 118.2 E 1002 30 30 PAGASA: 19.0 N, 119.8 E
00 MAY 21 0600 19.5 N 119.7 E 1002 30 30 PAGASA: 19.6 N, 120.5 E
00 MAY 21 1200 21.0 N 121.9 E 1002 30 30 PAGASA: 21.0 N, 122.5 E
00 MAY 21 1800 20.5 N 123.0 E 1004 25 30 PAGASA: 22.0 N, 123.5 E
00 MAY 22 0000 21.4 N 124.7 E 1008 25 30 PAGASA: 22.3 N, 124.8 E
00 MAY 22 0600 23.0 N 126.0 E 30 PAGASA Warning
Note: JMA's positions were normally fairly close to either JTWC's or
PAGASA's, but there were two times when there was considerable spread
between all three agencies' positions. JMA's coordinates for these
two times are:
21/1200 UTC - 19.7 N, 121.6 E
22/0000 UTC - 24.0 N, 126.0 E
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 04W Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None JMA Tropical Storm Number: None
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 30 1800 12.3 N 110.5 E 25
00 MAY 31 0000 12.9 N 110.7 E 25
00 MAY 31 0600 14.2 N 110.6 E 25
00 MAY 31 1200 14.8 N 110.2 E 30
00 MAY 31 1800 14.4 N 109.4 E 30
00 JUN 01 0000 16.1 N 108.8 E 25
00 JUN 01 0600 16.7 N 108.2 E 25
00 JUN 01 1200 17.3 N 107.7 E 25
00 JUN 01 1800 18.2 N 106.9 E 25
Note: Neither PAGASA nor JMA issued any warnings on this depression;
hence, there are no 10-min avg MSW estimates.
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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 Brisbane, Queensland.
A special thanks is due to Matthew Saxby of Queanbeyan, New
South Wales, Australia, for sending me the tabulated track for
this tropical LOW.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical LOW 20 - 23 May
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUS
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 20 2100 12.0 S 160.5 E 1008
00 MAY 21 2300 12.6 S 158.0 E 1002 40 See Note
00 MAY 22 0600 13.0 S 157.1 E 1004 35
00 MAY 22 1200 13.0 S 157.0 E 1004 35
00 MAY 22 1800 13.0 S 157.0 E 1004 35
00 MAY 23 0000 11.8 S 155.8 E 1006
00 MAY 23 0600 11.8 S 156.0 E 1004 25
Note: Gales were forecast for the southern quadrant only. I did not
see any Dvorak ratings exceeding T1.5 for this depression.
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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.
A special thanks to Matthew Saxby of Queanbeyan, New South Wales,
Australia, for preparing the tabular track below.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Depression (22F) 3 - 8 May
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SWP
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 22F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
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00 MAY 03 1200 19.0 S 167.0 W 1004 30
00 MAY 03 1800 20.4 S 165.5 W 1004 30
00 MAY 04 0000 20.6 S 165.6 W 1004 30
00 MAY 04 0000 20.5 S 164.2 W 1004 35 See Note
00 MAY 04 0600 20.5 S 165.7 W 1004 35
00 MAY 04 1200 20.7 S 166.0 W 1004 35
00 MAY 04 1800 20.8 S 166.7 W 1004 35
00 MAY 05 0000 20.0 S 165.0 W 1004 35
00 MAY 05 0600 20.0 S 165.0 W 1004 35
00 MAY 05 1200 20.0 S 165.0 W 1001 35
00 MAY 05 1800 20.3 S 165.9 W 1001 40
00 MAY 06 0000 20.4 S 165.7 W 1001 40
00 MAY 06 0600 20.3 S 166.1 W 1001 40
00 MAY 06 1200 20.3 S 166.3 W 1004 40
00 MAY 06 1800 20.4 S 166.1 W 1004 35
00 MAY 07 0000 20.7 S 165.4 W 1004 35
00 MAY 07 0600 21.1 S 165.1 W 1004 35
00 MAY 07 1200 21.9 S 165.2 W 1004 35
00 MAY 07 1800 21.9 S 166.1 W 1004 35
00 MAY 08 0000 21.9 S 167.1 W 1004 35
00 MAY 08 0600 21.8 S 167.8 W 1004 35
00 MAY 08 1200 21.9 S 168.8 W 1004 35
00 MAY 08 1800 22.2 S 169.2 W 1004 35
Note: Gales were forecast to be occurring only in the southern semi-
circle of the depression. Dvorak T-numbers from JTWC and KGWC were
quite low for this system (T1.5 or less).
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