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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 2002
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]
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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 2002 [Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett] |
GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2002
!!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!
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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 and central pressure estimates were obtained from
JMA's advisories. For the system below, JMA was the only agency
to classify it as a tropical depression.
Systems Tracked
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Tropical Depression 15 Feb
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None 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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02 FEB 15 0000 5.6 N 130.8 E 1006 30
02 FEB 15 0600 6.0 N 130.5 E 1006 30
02 FEB 15 1200 6.5 N 130.1 E 1008 30
02 FEB 15 1800 8.5 N 128.8 E 1008 30
Note: System was classified as a tropical depression by JMA only.
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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
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Intense Tropical Cyclone FRANCESCA (MFR 08 / 12S) 30 Jan - 12 Feb
Tropical Disturbance (MFR 09) 05 - 06 Feb
Intense Tropical Cyclone GUILLAUME (MFR 10 / 15S) 14 - 22 Feb
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Storm Name: FRANCESCA Cyclone Number: 12S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 08
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 JAN 30 1800 13.0 S 93.0 E 1003 25 Locally 30 kts
02 JAN 31 0600 12.0 S 89.4 E 1003 25 "
02 JAN 31 1200 12.4 S 89.9 E 1002 25 "
02 JAN 31 1800 12.7 S 90.2 E 999 30
02 FEB 01 0000 12.9 S 89.0 E 998 25 30
02 FEB 01 0600 13.3 S 87.5 E 998 30 Locally 35 kts
02 FEB 01 1200 13.5 S 85.8 E 997 30 "
02 FEB 01 1800 13.5 S 85.0 E 997 30 30 "
02 FEB 02 0000 13.4 S 84.4 E 997 30 "
02 FEB 02 0600 14.2 S 82.7 E 997 35 30
02 FEB 02 1200 14.0 S 81.8 E 991 35 40
02 FEB 02 1800 13.8 S 80.7 E 984 45 50
02 FEB 03 0000 14.1 S 80.1 E 980 55
02 FEB 03 0600 14.3 S 79.4 E 975 60 60
02 FEB 03 1200 15.0 S 78.9 E 973 60
02 FEB 03 1800 15.0 S 78.1 E 973 70 60
02 FEB 04 0000 14.9 S 77.7 E 965 70
02 FEB 04 0600 14.9 S 77.4 E 958 85 75
02 FEB 04 1200 15.0 S 77.7 E 950 85
02 FEB 04 1800 15.5 S 77.9 E 925 115 100
02 FEB 05 0000 15.8 S 78.4 E 925 100
02 FEB 05 0600 16.1 S 78.7 E 925 110 100
02 FEB 05 1200 16.4 S 79.2 E 945 85
02 FEB 05 1800 16.9 S 79.6 E 952 100 80
02 FEB 06 0000 16.9 S 79.8 E 958 75
02 FEB 06 0600 17.2 S 80.0 E 968 85 65
02 FEB 06 1200 17.4 S 80.3 E 968 65
02 FEB 06 1800 17.8 S 80.8 E 968 85 65
02 FEB 07 0000 17.8 S 81.2 E 968 65
02 FEB 07 0600 18.0 S 82.0 E 962 85 70
02 FEB 07 1200 18.2 S 82.5 E 957 75
02 FEB 07 1800 18.7 S 83.1 E 958 95 75
02 FEB 08 0000 19.2 S 83.4 E 958 75
02 FEB 08 0600 19.6 S 83.5 E 954 95 80
02 FEB 08 1200 20.0 S 84.1 E 954 80
02 FEB 08 1800 20.3 S 84.5 E 954 80 80
02 FEB 09 0000 20.9 S 84.7 E 955 80
02 FEB 09 0600 21.4 S 84.7 E 955 80 80
02 FEB 09 1200 21.9 S 84.8 E 960 75
02 FEB 09 1800 22.0 S 84.8 E 965 70 70
02 FEB 10 0000 22.3 S 84.8 E 972 60
02 FEB 10 0600 22.5 S 84.8 E 975 65 55 JTWC: 23.0 S, 85.0 E
02 FEB 10 1200 22.8 S 85.0 E 978 55
02 FEB 10 1800 23.2 S 85.2 E 984 50 50
02 FEB 11 0000 24.0 S 85.4 E 984 50
02 FEB 11 0600 25.1 S 85.8 E 990 40 40
02 FEB 11 1200 25.7 S 86.0 E 994 45 Locally 50 kts to south
02 FEB 11 1800 26.5 S 86.2 E 995 35 45 Extratropical
02 FEB 12 0000 27.6 S 86.4 E 995 45 Locally 50 kts to south
02 FEB 12 0600 29.1 S 86.5 E 995 45 "
02 FEB 12 1200 29.8 S 87.4 E 998 45 Final bulletin
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 09
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 05 1200 20.7 S 39.3 E 1005 25 Locally 30 kts
02 FEB 06 0600 21.8 S 40.7 E 1005 20 Locally 30 kts E quad
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Storm Name: GUILLAUME Cyclone Number: 15S Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 10
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 14 1200 18.0 S 50.0 E 1005 20 Locally 25-30 kts
02 FEB 15 0600 16.0 S 50.9 E 1003 25 Locally 30 kts S quad
02 FEB 15 1200 16.0 S 51.2 E 1000 25 "
02 FEB 15 1800 15.7 S 51.4 E 1000 30 25 "
02 FEB 16 0000 15.0 S 51.6 E 997 30
02 FEB 16 0600 14.7 S 52.5 E 997 35 30
02 FEB 16 1200 14.5 S 52.9 E 995 35
02 FEB 16 1800 14.2 S 54.4 E 993 50 35
02 FEB 17 0000 14.4 S 55.3 E 975 55
02 FEB 17 0600 14.5 S 56.4 E 965 90 70
02 FEB 17 1200 14.9 S 57.2 E 950 80
02 FEB 17 1800 15.5 S 58.1 E 950 90 80
02 FEB 18 0000 16.2 S 58.8 E 950 80
02 FEB 18 0600 16.8 S 59.3 E 950 100 80
02 FEB 18 1200 17.5 S 59.4 E 925 100
02 FEB 18 1800 18.1 S 59.5 E 920 120 105
02 FEB 19 0000 19.0 S 59.4 E 920 120 105
02 FEB 19 0600 19.4 S 59.2 E 925 115 100
02 FEB 19 1200 20.1 S 59.0 E 930 115 100
02 FEB 19 1800 20.6 S 58.9 E 930 115 100
02 FEB 20 0000 20.7 S 58.8 E 930 100
02 FEB 20 0600 21.0 S 58.9 E 930 120 100
02 FEB 20 1200 21.7 S 59.2 E 930 100
02 FEB 20 1800 22.4 S 59.8 E 940 105 90
02 FEB 21 0000 23.1 S 60.1 E 945 85
02 FEB 21 0600 24.0 S 60.6 E 965 75 70
02 FEB 21 1200 25.2 S 61.6 E 968 65
02 FEB 21 1800 26.4 S 62.9 E 975 60 55 JTWC: 26.2 S, 62.1 E
02 FEB 22 0000 25.8 S 61.8 E 990 40
02 FEB 22 0600 25.9 S 62.4 E 995 45 40
02 FEB 22 1200 26.1 S 62.8 E 998 30 Locally 35 kts to south
02 FEB 22 1800 26.4 S 64.0 E 30 Final JTWC warning
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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
Centres at Perth, Western Australia, and Darwin, Northern
Territory. Also, the central pressure estimates and 10-min
avg MSW values were obtained from Perth's and Darwin's advices
and warnings while the 1-min avg MSW was taken from JTWC's
warnings.
Systems Tracked
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Severe Tropical Cyclone CHRIS (13S) 02 - 06 Feb
Tropical LOW 12 - 13 Feb
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Storm Name: CHRIS Cyclone Number: 13S Basin: AUW
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 02 0500 13.0 S 120.6 E 1003 30
02 FEB 02 1400 14.0 S 121.0 E 1001 30 Gales north of center
02 FEB 02 2200 14.8 S 121.3 E 999 30 "
02 FEB 03 0300 15.4 S 121.3 E 990 45 45
02 FEB 03 1000 15.8 S 121.1 E 985 55
02 FEB 03 1600 16.2 S 120.6 E 975 55 60
02 FEB 03 2200 16.4 S 120.6 E 975 60
02 FEB 04 0400 16.9 S 121.0 E 970 65
02 FEB 04 0700 17.3 S 121.0 E 965 65 70
02 FEB 04 1000 17.6 S 120.9 E 955 80
02 FEB 04 1600 17.9 S 120.5 E 955 100 80
02 FEB 04 2200 18.2 S 120.2 E 940 90
02 FEB 05 0500 18.5 S 120.2 E 930 115 100
02 FEB 05 1100 18.9 S 120.3 E 930 100
02 FEB 05 1700 19.6 S 120.2 E 915 125 110
02 FEB 05 2300 20.2 S 120.0 E 935 100 Inland - See Note
02 FEB 06 0400 20.8 S 119.8 E 960 95 75
02 FEB 06 1000 21.6 S 119.5 E 980 50
02 FEB 06 1600 22.4 S 119.2 E 985 45
02 FEB 06 1800 23.4 S 119.4 E 55 Final JTWC warning
Note: The 10-min avg MSW values from 05/2300 UTC on were obtained from
the peak gusts given in the public advices issued by the Perth TCWC,
using a reduction factor of 1.41.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUW/AUE
(System was an overland monsoon depression over the Northern Territory)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 09 0230 13.7 S 130.0 E 1002 See Note
02 FEB 10 0230 15.0 S 130.5 E 999
02 FEB 11 0230 13.9 S 130.8 E 998
02 FEB 12 0130 12.5 S 133.0 E 1000 30
02 FEB 12 0730 13.1 S 134.1 E 998 30
02 FEB 12 1330 13.3 S 134.8 E 999 30
02 FEB 12 1930 13.5 S 134.5 E 998 30
02 FEB 13 0130 13.0 S 135.0 E 999 30
02 FEB 13 0730 13.5 S 135.5 E 998 30
02 FEB 13 1330 14.0 S 135.2 E 1000 30
02 FEB 13 1930 14.4 S 135.4 E 1000 30
02 FEB 13 2330 15.4 S 135.8 E 1002 25
Note: The first three entries above were taken from Darwin's daily
Tropical Weather Outlooks. No maximum wind values were specified. The
remainder of the track was taken from Tropical Cyclone Advices issued
by the Darwin TCWC. No MSW estimates were given--instead the expected
peak gusts were included. For the first two advices, the peak gust
estimate was 90 km/hr, which by using the standard overwater gust
reduction factor, translates to a 10-min avg MSW of 35 kts. However,
gale warnings were not issued in association with this depression, so
I reduced those values to 30 kts. From 12/1330 UTC onward, the peak
gust estimate was 80 km/hr, or 31 kts 10-min avg MSW.
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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; Nadi, Fiji; and Wellington,
New Zealand. Also, the central pressure estimates and 10-min avg
MSW values were obtained from the Southern Hemisphere centres'
warnings while the 1-min avg MSW was taken from JTWC's warnings.
A special thanks to Steve Ready of the New Zealand Meteorological
Service for sending me the Wellington warnings on Claudia as well
as an operational post-warning stage track.
Systems Tracked
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Severe Tropical Cyclone CLAUDIA (14P / 08F) 11 - 15 Feb
Tropical LOW 16 - 23 Feb
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Storm Name: CLAUDIA Cyclone Number: 14P Basin: AUE/SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 08F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 11 0400 19.3 S 156.1 E 30 From JTWC TCFA
02 FEB 11 0600 20.4 S 156.8 E 995 35 40
02 FEB 11 1200 22.0 S 157.0 E 995 65 40
02 FEB 11 1800 22.5 S 157.6 E 985 65 50
02 FEB 12 0000 23.3 S 158.4 E 970 70 65
02 FEB 12 0600 24.1 S 160.0 E 970 75 65
02 FEB 12 1200 25.0 S 161.8 E 970 75 65 Fiji warning
02 FEB 12 1800 26.0 S 163.5 E 975 65 60 Entered Wellington AOR
02 FEB 13 0000 26.5 S 165.5 E 980 55
02 FEB 13 0600 26.8 S 167.6 E 984 50 50 JTWC: 27.3 S, 167.7 E
02 FEB 13 1200 27.0 S 169.0 E 986 50
02 FEB 13 1700 27.2 S 172.0 E 994 30 35 JTWC: 27.2 S, 170.8 E
02 FEB 13 2300 27.2 S 172.5 E 999 30 Extratropical
02 FEB 14 0500 27.0 S 176.4 E 998 30
02 FEB 14 1100 27.9 S 179.5 E 1000 30
02 FEB 14 1700 27.7 S 180.0 E 1000 30
02 FEB 14 2300 29.7 S 178.1 W 999 30
02 FEB 15 0500 28.6 S 176.6 W 999 35
02 FEB 15 1100 30.5 S 172.7 W 1000 30
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUE/AUW
(Another primarily overland depression which moved westward)
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 16 0430 16.0 S 140.5 E 1000
02 FEB 17 0430 16.5 S 137.5 E 1000 Moving inland
02 FEB 21 0400 17.0 S 128.0 E 995 See Note
02 FEB 22 0400 17.0 S 128.0 E 996
02 FEB 23 0200 19.5 S 125.5 E 1002
Note: The information on this tropical LOW came from the daily Tropical
Weather Outlooks issued by Darwin and Perth. After the LOW moved inland
on 17 February, the Darwin Outlooks did not include any more coordinates,
but did refer to a weak LOW moving westward. The Outlooks from Perth
began mentioning a system on 21 February. I am not totally sure, but I
feel very strongly that the Perth system was a continuation of the
earlier one.
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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
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Tropical Depression (09F) 17 - 18 Feb
Tropical Depression (10F / 16P) 23 - 26 Feb
Tropical Depression (11F) 26 - 27 Feb
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 09F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 17 0600 14.0 S 179.0 W 1001 30
02 FEB 17 2100 14.0 S 179.0 W 1000 30
02 FEB 18 0600 18.0 S 179.0 W 998 30
02 FEB 18 2100 21.0 S 176.5 W 997 30 See Note
Note: The strongest winds associated with this depression were located
well to the north and later east of the center. Nadi's Tropical
Disturbance Summary at 18/2100 UTC noted that north to northwest winds
of 35 to 40 kts, gusting 50 to 60 kts, were located in a strong
convergence zone well to the east of the depression. Separate gale
warnings were issued on the 18th and 19th for this area of gales.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 16P Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 10F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 23 2100 18.0 S 176.0 E 1005 25 See Note
02 FEB 24 0100 18.6 S 175.1 E 30 From JTWC TCFA
02 FEB 24 1200 20.6 S 175.0 E 30 JTWC warning
02 FEB 24 2100 21.5 S 176.1 E 1000 30
02 FEB 25 0000 22.2 S 175.9 E 35 JTWC warning
02 FEB 25 1200 22.9 S 176.3 E 35 "
02 FEB 25 2100 23.2 S 176.4 E 1002 30
02 FEB 26 0000 23.2 S 176.9 E 30 JTWC warning
Note: The Nadi TCWC issued gale warnings on the 24th-26th for a zone
of gales displaced well to the east of the center.
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Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 11F
Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks
(GMT) Press 1-min 10-min
(mb) (kts) (kts)
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02 FEB 26 2100 16.0 S 166.0 E 1002 15 See Note
02 FEB 27 0600 16.0 S 167.0 E 1002 15
02 FEB 27 1800 16.0 S 167.0 E 1004 15
02 FEB 27 2100 16.0 S 166.0 E 1003 15
Note: The first Tropical Disturbance Summary from Nadi mentioned that
a QuikScat pass had revealed winds of 10 to 15 kts around the system's
center. No further mention of surface winds was made in subsequent
summaries.
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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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