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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks November 2001
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

 
              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - NOVEMBER 2001


          !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!

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ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for Atlantic Basin
       tropical cyclones is based upon operational advisories from
       the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center,
       located in Miami, Florida, USA.  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.

       The track information for the initial non-tropical and later
       extratropical stages of Hurricanes Noel and Olga were taken
       from the High Seas Forecasts issued by the Marine Prediction 
       Center (north of 31N) and the Tropical Prediction Center 
       (south of 31N).   Also, David Roth contributed some tracking
       information for the pre-warning phase of Olga.

       There were several gale and storm systems in the subtropics
       during November which exhibited some hybrid or subtropical
       characteristics.   I hope to get some tracks for these systems
       from David Roth later on, and if so, I will include them as
       addenda with the cyclone tracks file for a subsequent month.


                              Systems Tracked
                              ---------------

   Hurricane MICHELLE (15)                             29 Oct - 06 Nov
   Hurricane NOEL (16)                                 01 - 07 Nov
   Hurricane OLGA (17 / STS #2)                        23 Nov - 06 Dec

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Storm Name: MICHELLE              Cyclone Number: 15      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 OCT 29 1800  13.0 N   83.5 W  1005   30
01 OCT 30 0000  13.7 N   83.5 W  1005   30
01 OCT 30 0600  13.9 N   84.0 W  1007   30        Inland in Nicaragua
01 OCT 30 1200  13.9 N   84.0 W  1005   30
01 OCT 30 1800  12.9 N   83.4 W  1006   30
01 OCT 31 0000  13.8 N   83.6 W  1004   30
01 OCT 31 0600  13.9 N   83.6 W  1006   30
01 OCT 31 1200  14.6 N   83.6 W  1004   30
01 OCT 31 1800  15.0 N   83.3 W  1002   30
01 NOV 01 0000  15.8 N   83.1 W  1001   35        Back over Caribbean
01 NOV 01 0600  16.6 N   83.5 W   997   50
01 NOV 01 1200  17.0 N   83.8 W   993   60
01 NOV 01 1800  17.0 N   83.8 W   991   55
01 NOV 02 0000  17.4 N   83.9 W   991   55
01 NOV 02 0600  17.5 N   83.9 W   985   60
01 NOV 02 1200  17.8 N   83.9 W   978   65
01 NOV 02 1800  18.0 N   84.1 W   967   75
01 NOV 03 0000  18.5 N   84.0 W   957   95
01 NOV 03 0600  18.8 N   84.3 W   940  110
01 NOV 03 1200  18.9 N   84.3 W   937  115
01 NOV 03 1800  19.3 N   84.1 W   933  115        See Note
01 NOV 04 0000  19.8 N   83.8 W   944  115
01 NOV 04 0600  20.1 N   83.3 W   944  115
01 NOV 04 1200  20.8 N   82.5 W   950  115
01 NOV 04 1800  21.8 N   81.7 W   949  115
01 NOV 05 0000  22.5 N   80.9 W   965   95        Over Cuba
01 NOV 05 0600  23.1 N   79.8 W   971   85        Moving back over water
01 NOV 05 1200  24.3 N   78.0 W   973   75        Over Andros Island
01 NOV 05 1800  25.5 N   76.3 W   980   65        Near Eleuthera Island
01 NOV 06 0000  26.3 N   74.5 W   980   75
01 NOV 06 0600  26.9 N   72.7 W   977   75
01 NOV 06 1200  27.1 N   69.5 W   980   65
01 NOV 06 1800  28.5 N   67.0 W   989   65

Note: The final NHC discussion noted that cold air was invading the core
of Michelle and that the center was becoming difficult to locate.  The
High Seas Forecast for 07/0000 UTC mentions only a trough with winds
to gale force in the western Atlantic, so presumably Michelle rapidly
opened up into a trough after 1800 UTC on 6 November.  Another item--the
seasonal wrap-up summary on TPC/NHC's website indicates that Michelle's
peak intensity has been upped to 120 kts in post-storm analysis.  Since
I don't know exactly at which synoptic hours this maximum applies, I
have chosen not to indicate this in the track above.

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Storm Name: NOEL                  Cyclone Number: 16      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 NOV 01 0000  35.0 N   43.0 W  1016   30        Non-tropical LOW
01 NOV 01 1200  33.0 N   42.0 W  1013   35
01 NOV 01 1800  32.0 N   42.0 W  1009   40
01 NOV 02 0000  33.0 N   41.0 W  1010   35
01 NOV 02 0600  34.0 N   42.0 W  1011   35
01 NOV 02 1200  32.0 N   43.0 W  1007   40
01 NOV 02 1800  32.0 N   44.0 W  1003   35
01 NOV 03 0000  33.0 N   44.0 W  1002   45
01 NOV 03 0600  34.0 N   45.0 W  1000   50
01 NOV 03 1200  35.0 N   49.0 W   992   55
01 NOV 03 1800  34.0 N   50.0 W   984   55
01 NOV 04 0000  34.0 N   50.0 W   985   50
01 NOV 04 0600  34.0 N   50.0 W   990   45
01 NOV 04 1200  34.0 N   50.0 W   992   45
01 NOV 04 1800  35.0 N   50.0 W   996   40
01 NOV 05 0000  36.0 N   50.0 W   998   35
01 NOV 05 0600  37.0 N   50.0 W   998   35
01 NOV 05 1200  37.8 N   50.4 W   986   65        First NHC advisory
01 NOV 05 1800  38.8 N   50.3 W   986   65
01 NOV 06 0000  39.7 N   49.7 W   990   60
01 NOV 06 0600  41.3 N   49.2 W   984   55
01 NOV 06 1200  43.0 N   48.5 W   996   45        Last NHC advisory
01 NOV 06 1800  45.0 N   48.0 W  1000   40        Extratropical
01 NOV 07 0000  47.0 N   47.0 W  1003   40
01 NOV 07 1200  53.0 N   48.0 W   997   35

Note: The track and intensity information prior to NHC's naming and
upgrading the system to Hurricane Noel at 05/1200 UTC, and also for
the final extratropical stage, were taken from MPC's High Seas Fore-
casts.

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Storm Name: OLGA                  Cyclone Number: 17      Basin: ATL
(Initially identified as Subtropical Storm #2)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 NOV 23 0000  30.0 N   52.3 W  1003   35        Info from David Roth
01 NOV 23 0600  30.0 N   51.0 W  1003   35        From TPC High Seas Fcst
01 NOV 23 1200  30.2 N   51.0 W  1000   35        Info from David Roth
01 NOV 23 1800  30.0 N   51.0 W   994   35        From TPC High Seas Fcst
01 NOV 24 0000  29.3 N   50.3 W   994   40        Info from David Roth
01 NOV 24 0600  29.5 N   50.0 W  1000   45        From TPC High Seas Fcst
01 NOV 24 1200  29.5 N   49.8 W   999   45        Info from David Roth
01 NOV 24 1800  30.3 N   49.5 W   990   50        1st advisory on STS #2
01 NOV 25 0000  31.2 N   50.2 W   990   50
01 NOV 25 0600  31.9 N   51.8 W   990   50
01 NOV 25 1200  31.8 N   53.5 W   989   55
01 NOV 25 1800  30.8 N   55.0 W   987   60
01 NOV 26 0000  30.1 N   55.5 W   979   60
01 NOV 26 0600  30.1 N   55.6 W   979   60
01 NOV 26 1200  30.6 N   55.9 W   979   60        Classified as TS Olga
01 NOV 26 1800  31.1 N   56.0 W   977   65
01 NOV 27 0000  32.1 N   56.2 W   975   75
01 NOV 27 0600  32.8 N   57.1 W   975   75
01 NOV 27 1200  31.6 N   57.2 W   975   75
01 NOV 27 1800  32.0 N   55.9 W   973   80
01 NOV 28 0000  32.3 N   55.9 W   973   80
01 NOV 28 0600  32.6 N   55.7 W   975   75
01 NOV 28 1200  32.3 N   56.2 W   977   75
01 NOV 28 1800  31.4 N   57.0 W   979   70
01 NOV 29 0000  30.3 N   57.6 W   987   65
01 NOV 29 0600  29.3 N   58.7 W   990   60
01 NOV 29 1200  28.4 N   60.1 W   992   60
01 NOV 29 1800  27.3 N   61.8 W   994   55
01 NOV 30 0000  26.2 N   63.2 W   998   45
01 NOV 30 0600  25.4 N   65.0 W  1001   35
01 NOV 30 1200  24.5 N   66.2 W  1003   30
01 NOV 30 1800  23.7 N   67.1 W  1003   30
01 DEC 01 0000  23.5 N   67.7 W  1004   30
01 DEC 01 0600  23.0 N   68.5 W  1005   30
01 DEC 01 1200  22.8 N   68.3 W  1004   30
01 DEC 01 1800  22.8 N   68.6 W  1004   30
01 DEC 02 0000  23.4 N   68.9 W  1003   35
01 DEC 02 0600  24.3 N   68.9 W  1003   35
01 DEC 02 1200  25.6 N   69.2 W  1001   40
01 DEC 02 1800  26.4 N   69.5 W  1001   40
01 DEC 03 0000  27.0 N   69.7 W  1004   35
01 DEC 03 0600  27.4 N   69.9 W  1005   35
01 DEC 03 1200  27.8 N   69.9 W  1005   35
01 DEC 03 1800  27.7 N   69.6 W  1005   35
01 DEC 04 0000  27.7 N   69.1 W  1006   30
01 DEC 04 0600  27.8 N   68.2 W  1006   30
01 DEC 04 1200  27.8 N   68.0 W  1006   30
01 DEC 04 1800  27.0 N   67.4 W  1006   25        Final NHC advisory
01 DEC 05 0000  27.0 N   67.0 W  1008   25        From TPC High Seas Fcst
01 DEC 05 0600  26.0 N   68.0 W  1008   25
01 DEC 05 1200  26.0 N   69.0 W  1009   25
01 DEC 05 1800  25.0 N   72.0 W  1012   30
01 DEC 06 0600  23.5 N   75.0 W  1013             Fcst to dissipate

Note: By 06/1200 UTC the remnants of Olga had elongated into a trough
which was forecast to move into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and
dissipate.

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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.

       Michael V. Padua, owner of the Typhoon 2000 webpage, sent me the
       PAGASA and JMA tracks for the cyclones, and Huang Chunliang of
       Fuzhou City, China, sent me the tracks from the National 
       Meteorological Center of China (NMCC) and the Hong Kong 
       Observatory (HKO).  A special thanks to Michael and Chunliang 
       for their assistance.

       The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
       10-min avg MSW and central pressure estimates were obtained from
       JMA's advisories.  The 10-min MSW estimates from the other centers
       follow the primary tracks in a separate table.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Typhoon LINGLING (27W / 0123 / NANANG)              06 - 12 Nov
   Tropical Storm (28W / ONDOY)                        17 - 25 Nov
   Tropical Storm (29W / PABLING)                      18 - 24 Nov

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Storm Name: LINGLING              Cyclone Number: 27W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: NANANG      JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0123

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 NOV 06 0000  10.1 N  127.6 E  1004   25    25  PAGASA: 10.3 N, 129.0 E
01 NOV 06 0600  10.4 N  127.0 E  1002   25    25  PAGASA: 10.4 N, 128.0 E
01 NOV 06 1200  10.5 N  126.3 E  1002   30    30  Approaching Leyte Gulf
01 NOV 06 1800  10.4 N  125.2 E   998   30    35  PAGASA: 11.2 N, 125.0 E
01 NOV 07 0000  10.8 N  124.0 E   996   35    35  Over northern Cebu
01 NOV 07 0600  10.8 N  123.6 E   994   40    35
01 NOV 07 1200  10.9 N  123.3 E   994   35    35  Near northern Negros
01 NOV 07 1800  11.1 N  122.7 E   994   40    35  JMA: 11.3 N, 123.5 E
01 NOV 08 0000  11.3 N  122.1 E   992   45    40  JMA: 11.5 N, 121.8 E
01 NOV 08 0600  11.8 N  121.9 E   990   45    45  Northwestern Panay
01 NOV 08 1200  12.1 N  121.2 E   990   55    45  Just south of Mindoro
01 NOV 08 1800  12.6 N  119.9 E   990   55    45  In Mindoro Strait
01 NOV 09 0000  12.6 N  118.8 E   985   65    50  In South China Sea
01 NOV 09 0600  13.1 N  117.7 E   975   75    60
01 NOV 09 1200  13.1 N  116.9 E   970   75    65
01 NOV 09 1800  13.4 N  116.0 E   965   90    70
01 NOV 10 0000  13.4 N  115.3 E   955  100    75
01 NOV 10 0600  13.5 N  114.9 E   950  115    80
01 NOV 10 1200  13.6 N  114.1 E   945  115    85
01 NOV 10 1800  13.6 N  113.3 E   945  115    85
01 NOV 11 0000  13.6 N  112.4 E   940  115    85
01 NOV 11 0600  13.5 N  111.8 E   940  110    85
01 NOV 11 1200  13.5 N  110.6 E   945  100    80  Approaching Vietnam
01 NOV 11 1800  13.6 N  109.4 E   980   95    55  JMA: 13.4 N, 109.0 E
01 NOV 12 0000  13.6 N  108.3 E   985   60    45  JMA: 13.0 N, 108.0 E
01 NOV 12 0600  13.6 N  107.3 E   990   45    40  Well inland
01 NOV 12 1200  13.4 N  106.1 E   996         30  JMA Warning
01 NOV 12 1800  14.0 N  105.0 E  1002         25      "

Note: Center position coordinates were in basically good agreement among
the various NWP warning centers for Typhoon Lingling, especially during
the storm's intense phase.   Tabulated below are the 10-min avg MSW
estimates from the National Meteorological Center of China (NMCC),
the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), and the Philippines (PAGASA).

   Date   Time    Estimated 10-min avg MSW in kts
          (GMT)     NMCC       HKO       PAGASA  
-------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 06 0000                              30
01 NOV 06 0600                              35
01 NOV 06 1200                              35
01 NOV 06 1800                              35
01 NOV 07 0000       35         30          40
01 NOV 07 0600       40         35          40
01 NOV 07 1200       40         35          40
01 NOV 07 1800       40         35          40
01 NOV 08 0000       45         40          40
01 NOV 08 0600       50         40          45
01 NOV 08 1200       50         50          55
01 NOV 08 1800       60         50          55
01 NOV 09 0000       60         50          55
01 NOV 09 0600       60         60          60
01 NOV 09 1200       65         65          65
01 NOV 09 1800       70         65          65
01 NOV 10 0000       80         75          65
01 NOV 10 0600       90         85
01 NOV 10 1200      100         90
01 NOV 10 1800      100         95
01 NOV 11 0000      100         90
01 NOV 11 0600      100         90
01 NOV 11 1200       90         85
01 NOV 11 1800       80         65
01 NOV 12 0000       60         50
01 NOV 12 0600       50         40
01 NOV 12 1200       40

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 28W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: ONDOY       JMA Tropical Storm Number: None

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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01 NOV 17 0600   9.5 N  146.5 E  1004         30  JMA Warnings
01 NOV 17 1200   9.4 N  145.2 E  1004         30        "
01 NOV 17 1800  10.5 N  143.5 E  1002         30        "
01 NOV 18 0000  11.5 N  141.3 E  1004         30        "
01 NOV 18 0600  11.2 N  143.3 E  1002         30        "
01 NOV 18 1200  11.8 N  142.4 E  1002   25    30
01 NOV 18 1800  12.9 N  142.0 E  1002   25    30
01 NOV 19 0000  13.8 N  141.7 E  1002   25    30
01 NOV 19 0600  14.0 N  140.9 E  1002   25    30  JMA: 13.7 N, 140.0 E
01 NOV 19 1200  14.1 N  139.7 E  1002   25    30
01 NOV 19 1800  14.1 N  138.7 E  1002   25    30
01 NOV 20 0000  14.2 N  136.5 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 15.0 N, 137.5 E
01 NOV 20 0600  14.3 N  135.1 E  1004   30    30
01 NOV 20 1200  14.1 N  134.2 E  1004   35    30
01 NOV 20 1800  13.8 N  133.0 E  1004   40    30  JMA: 14.6 N, 133.2 E
01 NOV 21 0000  13.1 N  131.9 E  1004   35    30  PAGASA: 14.3 N, 133.5 E
01 NOV 21 0600  12.8 N  130.9 E  1002   35    30  JMA: 13.5 N, 131.6 E
01 NOV 21 1200  12.8 N  129.8 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 14.1 N, 131.0 E
01 NOV 21 1800  13.5 N  129.4 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 13.1 N, 130.6 E
01 NOV 22 0000  12.0 N  129.0 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 11.4 N, 128.7 E
01 NOV 22 0600  10.7 N  128.9 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 11.1 N, 129.3 E
01 NOV 22 1200  10.3 N  128.0 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 11.2 N, 128.3 E
01 NOV 22 1800  10.8 N  127.5 E  1000   30    25  JMA: 12.0 N, 129.0 E
01 NOV 23 0000  11.6 N  127.5 E  1002   30    30  JMA: 11.8 N, 129.5 E
01 NOV 23 0600  11.7 N  128.0 E   998   30    30  JMA: 13.1 N, 128.7 E
01 NOV 23 1200  12.9 N  130.1 E   998   30    30  JMA: 13.3 N, 128.5 E
01 NOV 23 1800  14.2 N  130.5 E   996   30    30  PAGASA: 13.9 N, 128.6 E
01 NOV 24 0000  15.2 N  130.3 E   996   30    30  JMA: 16.2 N, 130.2 E
01 NOV 24 0600  17.5 N  131.4 E   996   30    30
01 NOV 24 1200  19.0 N  132.0 E   996   25    30
01 NOV 24 1800  21.1 N  132.3 E   996   25    30  JMA: 20.1 N, 132.2 E
01 NOV 25 0000  21.0 N  132.4 E  1000         40  PAGASA Warnings
01 NOV 25 0600  21.5 N  133.0 E               40         "
01 NOV 25 1200  24.0 N  136.0 E               30         "

Note: As is obvious from the alternate coordinates given in the Remarks
column above, there was a lot of variance in the center position
estimates from JTWC, JMA and PAGASA--certainly not unexpected with such
a weak, nebulous system.   Since the PAGASA coordinates at many times
were quite different from both JTWC and JMA, I have included them in the
table below along with PAGASA's 10-min avg MSW estimates.  Note that in
the above track, the last three 10-min avg MSW values were taken from
PAGASA's warnings whereas the values through 24/1800 UTC came from
JMA's bulletins--this is the reason for the apparent upward jump in
the MSW.

   Date   Time       MSW (kts)   PAGASA Coordinates
          (GMT)       10-min       Lat      Lon
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01 NOV 20 0600          30        14.2 N  135.1 E
01 NOV 20 1200          30        14.1 N  134.6 E
01 NOV 20 1800          30        14.3 N  134.0 E
01 NOV 21 0000          35        14.3 N  133.5 E
01 NOV 21 0600          35        14.3 N  132.6 E
01 NOV 21 1200          35        14.3 N  131.7 E
01 NOV 21 1800          35        11.1 N  130.8 E
01 NOV 22 0000          35        11.1 N  130.0 E
01 NOV 22 0600          40        11.1 N  129.8 E
01 NOV 22 1200          40        10.9 N  129.3 E
01 NOV 22 1800          40        12.2 N  129.1 E
01 NOV 23 0000          40        12.2 N  128.9 E
01 NOV 23 0600          40        12.5 N  128.6 E
01 NOV 23 1200          40        13.3 N  128.6 E
01 NOV 23 1800          40        13.9 N  128.6 E
01 NOV 24 0000          40        15.8 N  130.0 E
01 NOV 24 0600          40        17.5 N  131.4 E
01 NOV 24 1200          40        18.4 N  131.8 E
01 NOV 24 1800          40        19.5 N  132.4 E
01 NOV 25 0000          40        21.0 N  132.4 E
01 NOV 25 0600          40        21.5 N  133.0 E
01 NOV 25 1200          30        24.0 N  136.0 E

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 29W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: PABLING     JMA Tropical Storm Number: None

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 18 1800   5.0 N  106.8 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 4.2 N, 107.2 E
01 NOV 19 0000   4.6 N  107.1 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 3.6 N, 106.4 E
01 NOV 19 0600   4.6 N  108.1 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 4.0 N, 108.4 E
01 NOV 19 1200   4.7 N  109.0 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 5.0 N, 108.2 E
01 NOV 19 1800   5.0 N  109.9 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 5.0 N, 108.0 E
01 NOV 20 0000   5.5 N  110.4 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 6.7 N, 108.9 E
01 NOV 20 0600   6.3 N  110.6 E  1004   25    30
01 NOV 20 1200   5.8 N  111.8 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 6.5 N, 112.0 E
01 NOV 20 1800   5.9 N  112.1 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 6.8 N, 112.8 E
01 NOV 21 0000   6.2 N  112.5 E  1004   35    30  JMA: 6.7 N, 112.5 E
01 NOV 21 0600   7.9 N  113.4 E  1004   35    30
01 NOV 21 1200   8.1 N  113.9 E  1006   35    30
01 NOV 21 1800   8.4 N  113.9 E  1006   35    30
01 NOV 22 0000   8.4 N  114.0 E  1006   35    30
01 NOV 22 0600   8.5 N  115.3 E  1006   35    30
01 NOV 22 1200   8.4 N  116.0 E  1006   35    30
01 NOV 22 1800   8.4 N  116.0 E  1006   35    30  JMA: 9.0 N, 115.0 E
01 NOV 23 0000   8.4 N  116.5 E  1008   30    30  JMA: 7.0 N, 115.0 E
01 NOV 23 0600   8.1 N  117.3 E         30    30  PAGASA: 8.7 N, 117.1 E
01 NOV 23 1200   8.6 N  118.1 E               30  Over southern Palawan
01 NOV 23 1800   8.6 N  119.2 E               30  PAGASA Warning 
01 NOV 24 0000   8.7 N  119.6 E               30         "
01 NOV 24 0600   8.7 N  120.3 E               25         "

Note: PAGASA issued warnings on this system only after it had entered its
AOR, from 22/0600 UTC onward.    During the period when both PAGASA and
JTWC were issuing warnings, the respective coordinates were in good
agreement.  PAGASA's 10-min avg MSW was 30 kts for all warnings except
for the last one at 24/0600 UTC.   In the table above the 10-min avg
MSW values were obtained from JMA's bulletins through 22/1200 UTC; from
22/1800 UTC onward I used PAGASA's.

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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for North Indian Ocean
       Basin tropical cyclones is based upon operational warnings from
       the Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. Air Force and Navy
       at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  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.   Some information was
       also obtained from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Cyclone (04B)                              09 - 12 Nov

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 04B     Basin: NIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 09 0000  12.4 N   82.4 E  1004   25        From JTWC STWO
01 NOV 09 1800  13.2 N   81.3 E  1004   25               "
01 NOV 10 1400  14.0 N   82.4 E  1002   30        From JTWC TCFA
01 Nov 10 1800  14.0 N   81.8 E  1004   25        From JTWC STWO
01 NOV 11 0000  15.1 N   82.7 E         30        First JTWC Wrng
01 NOV 11 1200  15.4 N   84.1 E         35        IMD: 16.5 N, 83.5 E
01 NOV 12 0000  16.3 N   85.3 E         30        Final JTWC Wrng
01 NOV 12 1800  18.7 N   87.0 E  1003   25        From JTWC STWO

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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - 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
       (MFR) advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW values were taken
       from JTWC's warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Depression (MFR 03 / 04S)                  15 - 23 Nov
                            
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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 04S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 03

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 15 1200   9.0 S   78.0 E  1005         20  Locally 25-30 kts
01 NOV 16 0600   9.5 S   76.5 E  1005         20          "
01 NOV 17 0600  10.0 S   76.0 E  1005         20          "
01 NOV 19 0600   9.5 S   78.2 E  1005         20          "
01 NOV 20 1200  11.6 S   82.1 E  1003         20          "
01 NOV 21 0600  12.0 S   83.0 E   998   30    30  Tropical Depression
01 NOV 21 1800  13.2 S   83.1 E   998   35    30
01 NOV 22 0000  11.8 S   83.3 E  1000         25  Locally 30 kts
01 NOV 22 0600  12.2 S   83.0 E  1000   35    25        "
01 NOV 22 1200  12.4 S   82.5 E  1000         25        "
01 NOV 22 1800  12.5 S   81.5 E   999   35    25        "
01 NOV 23 0000  12.7 S   80.4 E  1000         25        "
01 NOV 23 0600  12.8 S   79.8 E  1000   25    25        "
01 NOV 23 1200  13.0 S   79.2 E  1002         25        "

Note: Bulletins were issued by MFR at 16/1200 UTC, 18/1200 UTC, and
20/0600 UTC, but no coordinates were given since the disturbance was
very broad and ill-defined.  The bulletin at 16/1200 UTC indicated that
several small LLCCs were evident.

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NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN (AUW) - Longitude 90E to 135E

NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centre at Perth, Western Australia.  Also, the central pressure
       estimates and 10-min avg MSW values were obtained from Perth's
       warnings while the 1-min avg MSW was taken from JTWC's warnings.

       Tropical Cyclone Bessi was renamed Bako by Mauritius after
       crossing 90E.  The coordinates, central pressure and 10-min avg
       MSW estimates were taken from RSMC La Reunion's (MFR) warnings
       from that point onward.
       

                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical LOW                                        07 - 13 Nov
   Tropical Cyclone BESSI-BAKO (05S / MFR 04)          25 Nov - 06 Dec

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUW


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 07 1800   6.9 S   88.4 E  1004   25        From JTWC STWO
01 NOV 08 1800   8.0 S   89.5 E  1004   25               "
01 NOV 09 1800  10.4 S   92.3 E  1003   25               "
01 NOV 09 2000  10.7 S   92.0 E  1000   30        JTWC TCFA
01 NOV 10 0500  11.7 S   93.4 E  1000         30  BoM Warning (Perth)
01 NOV 10 1000  11.9 S   93.5 E   998         30
01 NOV 10 1600  12.5 S   93.5 E   998   25    30  JTWC-18Z: 12.4S, 94.3 E
01 NOV 10 2200  12.7 S   93.5 E  1000         25  Final Gale Warning
01 NOV 11 0400  13.0 S   93.0 E  1000         25  From BoM TC Outlook
01 NOV 12 0400  14.0 S   92.0 E  1004         20
01 NOV 13 0400  13.0 S   89.0 E  1004         20

Note: No 10-min avg MSW winds were specifically mentioned in the Gale
Warnings and Tropical Cyclone Outlooks from Perth, but based on the
estimated pressure and the fact that gales were anticipated, it seems
likely that 30-kt winds would have been associated with the depression
on 10 November.

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Storm Name: BESSI-BAKO            Cyclone Number: 05S     Basin: AUW/SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 04

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 25 0600   6.5 S   96.4 E         20        JTWC: JMV File
01 NOV 25 1200   6.8 S   96.1 E         25
01 NOV 25 1800   7.0 S   95.8 E         25
01 NOV 26 0000   7.3 S   95.5 E         25
01 NOV 26 0600   7.5 S   95.3 E         25
01 NOV 26 1200   7.9 S   95.0 E         25
01 NOV 26 1700   8.3 S   94.1 E  1000   25    25  BoM Warnings (Perth) 
01 NOV 26 2200   8.5 S   93.9 E  1000   25    25             
01 NOV 27 0300   8.5 S   94.0 E   998   30    30
01 NOV 27 0600   8.2 S   93.5 E   995   30    35 
01 NOV 27 1000   8.1 S   93.4 E   995   35    35
01 NOV 27 1600   8.4 S   92.8 E   990   45    45
01 NOV 27 2200   8.5 S   92.5 E   985   45    50
01 NOV 28 0400   9.3 S   92.0 E   975   45    60
01 NOV 28 1000  10.0 S   91.0 E   975   55    60
01 NOV 28 1600  10.7 S   91.3 E   982   55    55
01 NOV 28 2200  11.5 S   91.7 E   985   55    50
01 NOV 29 0300  11.5 S   92.5 E   990   55    40        
01 NOV 29 1000  12.9 S   92.2 E   990   55    40
01 NOV 29 1600  13.8 S   92.0 E   992   50    40
01 NOV 29 2200  14.3 S   90.5 E   992   45    40
01 NOV 30 0400  14.6 S   89.1 E   992   40    40
01 NOV 30 0600  14.5 S   88.8 E   993   45    40  MFR Warnings
01 NOV 30 1200  14.5 S   87.7 E   990         40
01 NOV 30 1800  14.5 S   86.5 E   988   55    40
01 DEC 01 0000  14.7 S   86.3 E   988         40
01 DEC 01 0600  15.0 S   85.7 E   984   55    50
01 DEC 01 1200  15.1 S   85.4 E   976         55
01 DEC 01 1800  15.3 S   85.4 E   972   60    60
01 DEC 02 0000  15.6 S   85.1 E   972         60
01 DEC 02 0600  16.0 S   85.1 E   972   65    60
01 DEC 02 1200  16.6 S   85.4 E   971         60
01 DEC 02 1800  17.0 S   85.8 E   966   75    65
01 DEC 03 0000  17.2 S   85.9 E   966         65
01 DEC 03 0600  17.4 S   85.8 E   970   70    65
01 DEC 03 1200  17.6 S   86.1 E   972         60
01 DEC 03 1800  18.0 S   86.4 E   976   65    60  JTWC: 18.6 S, 86.5 E
01 DEC 04 0000  18.4 S   86.2 E   978         55
01 DEC 04 0600  18.0 S   86.4 E   990   45    40
01 DEC 04 1200  18.1 S   86.4 E   992         40
01 DEC 04 1800  18.1 S   86.2 E   995   35    35
01 DEC 05 0000  17.9 S   86.4 E   998         30
01 DEC 05 0600  18.5 S   87.1 E   999   30    30  JTWC: 18.2 S, 86.0 E
01 DEC 05 1200  19.2 S   87.0 E  1000         35  Extratropical
01 DEC 05 1800  19.3 S   86.6 E  1000         35  Gales well south of ctr
01 DEC 06 0000  19.9 S   86.8 E  1000         35
01 DEC 06 0600  21.1 S   86.9 E  1000         35
01 DEC 06 1200  21.4 S   86.7 E  1002         35

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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 160E

NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centres at Brisbane, Queensland, and Darwin, Northern Territory.
       Also, the central pressure estimates and 10-min avg MSW values
       were obtained from the Australian centres' warnings while the
       1-min avg MSW was taken from JTWC warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical LOW (03S)                                  15 - 24 Nov
   Non-tropical LOW                                    27 - 29 Nov

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 03S     Basin: AUE/AUW


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 15 0430   9.7 S  147.0 E  1006
01 NOV 16 0230  10.6 S  145.6 E  1006   20        JTWC STWO
01 NOV 16 0445  10.0 S  144.0 E  1004
01 NOV 17 0445   8.0 S  142.0 E  1003   25        MSW from JTWC STWO
01 NOV 18 0445   7.0 S  140.0 E  1004   25                 "
01 NOV 19 0445   7.0 S  138.0 E  1002   25                 "
01 NOV 20 0445   6.5 S  133.5 E  1002   25                 "
01 NOV 20 1800   6.6 S  132.0 E  1004   25        JTWC STWO
01 NOV 21 0030   6.7 S  130.3 E  1003   30        JTWC TCFA
01 NOV 21 0445   6.5 S  130.5 E  1002
01 NOV 21 0600   6.9 S  128.9 E         35        JTWC Warning #1
01 NOV 21 1800   7.4 S  126.2 E         25        JTWC Warning #2
01 NOV 22 0445   5.5 S  126.5 E  1003
01 NOV 23 0445   5.0 S  126.5 E  1005
01 NOV 24 0445  12.0 S  127.0 E  1006

Note: The Darwin TCWC did not issue any gale warnings or advices on this
tropical LOW, and the daily STWOs did not indicate any 10-min avg maximum
winds associated with the system, so I have refrained from attempting to
supply any.  The 1-min MSW values were all taken from various JTWC
products.

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUE
(Non-tropical LOW off East Coast of Australia)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 27 1800  25.5 S  157.0 E  1003         35
01 NOV 28 0000  27.0 S  157.0 E  1002         40
01 NOV 28 0600  27.5 S  158.5 E  1000         40
01 NOV 28 1200  28.5 S  159.5 E  1002         40
01 NOV 28 1800  28.7 S  160.5 E  1003         40
01 NOV 29 0000  27.3 S  162.0 E  1004         30

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SOUTH PACIFIC (SPA) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E

NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for South 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 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 warnings.


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------

   Tropical Cyclone TRINA (01F / 06P)                  29 Nov - 03 Dec

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Storm Name: TRINA                 Cyclone Number: 06P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 01F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

01 NOV 29 1800  21.5 S  160.0 W  1003         25
01 NOV 30 0000  21.5 S  159.7 W  1000         30
01 NOV 30 0600  21.9 S  159.4 W   997         35
01 NOV 30 1200  21.9 S  158.7 W   997   35    35  JTWC: 22.2 S, 159.8 W
01 NOV 30 1800  21.1 S  159.4 W   998         35
01 DEC 01 0000  21.1 S  159.0 W   998   30    35
01 DEC 01 0600  21.3 S  158.8 W   997         35
01 DEC 01 1200  21.1 S  158.6 W   997   30    35
01 DEC 01 1800  21.2 S  158.7 W   997         35
01 DEC 02 0000  21.5 S  158.5 W   998         30  Some gales far from ctr
01 DEC 02 0600  21.5 S  158.5 W   998         30            "
01 DEC 02 1200  21.0 S  157.0 W   998         30            "
01 DEC 02 1800  21.0 S  158.4 W   998         30            "
01 DEC 03 0000  20.5 S  158.2 W   998         30            "
01 DEC 03 0600  20.5 S  158.2 W  1002         30            "
01 DEC 03 1200  20.5 S  158.2 W  1002         30            "

Note: Trina was considered extratropical from 02/0000 UTC onward.  The
gales were occurring in a boundary at some distance southwest of the
center.

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             !!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTE - PLEASE READ  !!!!!!

     It has been brought to my attention that I should repeat in the
  cyclone tracks file the caveat which is included in the Author's
  Note at the end of the cyclone summaries.   The tropical cyclone
  tracks which I prepare are based upon the operational warnings/
  advisories/advices/bulletins from the various tropical cyclone
  warning agencies around the world.   Users of these tracks should
  be aware that they are preliminary and subject to revision during
  post-seasonal analyses of the cyclones by the forecasters and
  analysts at the several warning centers.

     For the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific basins, official tropical
  cyclone reports and "best tracks" can be found at the website of
  the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>

     The Joint Typhoon Warning Center's website contains links to their
  Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports which include that agency's "best
  tracks" for tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific basin, the
  North Indian Ocean, and the Southern Hemisphere:

     http://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>

     In the near future I shall contact the other tropical warning
  centers to see if I can locate any links to sites where their "best
  tracks" might be archived.

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Document: trak0111.htm
Updated: 27th December 2006

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