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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 2011
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

             GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2011

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

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2011 North
  Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


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

   Depression (BOB 01 / Invest 91B)                    02 - 03 Feb                                                     

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: NIO
IMD Depression Identifier: BOB 01

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 3-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

11 FEB 02 0900   6.5 N   82.5 E  1002         25  IMD bulletins
11 FEB 02 1200   6.5 N   82.5 E  1002         25
11 FEB 02 1800   6.5 N   82.5 E  1002         25
11 FEB 03 1430   8.1 N   82.5 E                   SAB: T1.5/1.5
11 FEB 03 2030   8.2 N   82.3 E                   SAB: T1.0/1.5

Note: Not really much of a track! I only included this system because
it was numbered by IMD and is referenced on the Wikipedia page.  To my
knowledge no Dvorak classifications of T2.0 were rendered by any agency.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
  Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


                             Systems Tracked
                             ---------------
         
   Intense Tropical Cyclone BINGIZA (MFR-05 / 13S)     09 Feb - 02 Mar
   Tropical Disturbance (MFR-06)                       15 - 18 Feb

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Storm Name: BINGIZA               Cyclone Number: 13S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 05

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

11 FEB 09 0600  13.6 S   55.8 E  1001         25  Locally 30 kts SW quad
11 FEB 09 1200  13.8 S   55.1 E   998         30
11 FEB 09 1800  13.7 S   54.6 E   996   40    35
11 FEB 10 0000  13.5 S   54.2 E   991         40
11 FEB 10 0600  13.6 S   54.5 E   991   45    40
11 FEB 10 1200  13.8 S   54.2 E   991         40
11 FEB 10 1800  13.8 S   54.1 E   990   45    40
11 FEB 11 0000  13.9 S   53.7 E   992         40
11 FEB 11 0600  14.3 S   53.7 E   993   45    40
11 FEB 11 1200  14.7 S   53.7 E   993         40
11 FEB 11 1800  14.9 S   54.0 E   991   45    40
11 FEB 12 0000  15.3 S   54.0 E   993         40
11 FEB 12 0600  15.7 S   53.5 E   986   55    50
11 FEB 12 1200  15.4 S   53.6 E   982         55
11 FEB 12 1800  15.6 S   53.5 E   963   85    80
11 FEB 13 0000  15.6 S   53.1 E   953         90
11 FEB 13 0600  15.7 S   52.6 E   953  100    90
11 FEB 13 1200  15.8 S   52.0 E   953         90
11 FEB 13 1800  16.0 S   51.5 E   958  100    85
11 FEB 14 0000  16.0 S   50.5 E   959         85
11 FEB 14 0600  15.9 S   49.8 E   953   85    80
11 FEB 14 1200  15.8 S   48.6 E   975         50  Inland in Madagascar
11 FEB 14 1800  16.2 S   47.2 E   990   55    35  JTWC: 16.0S/47.4E
11 FEB 15 0000  16.4 S   45.6 E   997         25
11 FEB 15 0600  16.5 S   45.7 E   995   35    20
11 FEB 15 1200  16.8 S   44.9 E   996         20  Moving offshore
11 FEB 15 1800  16.9 S   44.2 E   995   35    20  JTWC: 15.9S/44.2E
11 FEB 16 0000  17.7 S   43.3 E   997         25  Locally 30 kts NE quad
11 FEB 16 0600  16.7 S   44.1 E   994   35    30  JTWC: 17.4S/43.9E
11 FEB 16 1200  18.7 S   44.1 E   995         25  Locally 30 kts
11 FEB 16 1800  19.7 S   43.8 E   995   35    25        "
11 FEB 17 0000  20.7 S   43.7 E   993         30
11 FEB 17 0600  20.9 S   44.0 E   990   40    40
11 FEB 17 1200  20.9 S   43.9 E   990         40
11 FEB 17 1800  20.8 S   44.4 E   992   35    30  JTWC: 22.4S/44.8E
11 FEB 18 0000  21.5 S   45.2 E   996         25  Over land
11 FEB 18 0600  22.1 S   46.2 E   994         25
11 FEB 18 1200  24.0 S   47.3 E   994         25  40 kts ovr water S semi
11 FEB 18 1800  22.8 S   49.2 E   996             NRL track
11 FEB 19 0000  24.8 S   48.0 E   996 
11 FEB 19 0600  25.0 S   47.7 E   997 
11 FEB 19 1200  25.1 S   47.4 E   997 
11 FEB 19 1800  25.3 S   47.1 E  1000
11 FEB 20 0000  25.9 S   47.5 E  1001 
11 FEB 20 0600  26.8 S   46.5 E  1003 
11 FEB 20 1200  27.4 S   47.3 E  1003 
11 FEB 20 1800  27.7 S   46.0 E  1003 
11 FEB 21 0000  27.8 S   47.0 E  1002 
11 FEB 21 0600  28.6 S   47.2 E  1003 
11 FEB 21 1200  29.2 S   47.6 E  1001 
11 FEB 21 1800  29.9 S   48.8 E  1001 
11 FEB 22 0000  30.7 S   49.9 E   999 
11 FEB 22 0600  32.4 S   52.3 E   999 
11 FEB 22 1200  32.5 S   53.5 E   998 
11 FEB 22 1800  33.7 S   56.1 E   998 
11 FEB 23 0000  35.0 S   57.7 E   996              NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 23 0600  36.1 S   60.2 E   998 
11 FEB 23 1800  37.4 S   64.8 E   998 
11 FEB 24 0000  37.6 S   65.1 E   996 
11 FEB 24 0600  39.3 S   66.5 E   998 
11 FEB 24 1200  40.1 S   65.3 E   998 
11 FEB 24 1800  40.2 S   65.0 E   998
11 FEB 25 0000  40.2 S   64.6 E  1000 
11 FEB 25 0600  40.0 S   65.0 E  1003 
11 FEB 25 1200  40.2 S   65.8 E  1005 
11 FEB 25 1800  40.4 S   67.5 E  1006 
11 FEB 26 0000  41.0 S   69.8 E  1006 
11 FEB 26 0600  40.9 S   70.8 E  1007 
11 FEB 26 1200  41.0 S   72.4 E  1007 
11 FEB 26 1800  41.3 S   74.2 E  1009 
11 FEB 27 0000  41.4 S   75.1 E  1009 
11 FEB 27 0600  40.3 S   77.2 E  1010 
11 FEB 27 1200  40.5 S   77.5 E  1011 
11 FEB 27 1800  40.2 S   78.3 E  1012 
11 FEB 28 0000  40.0 S   79.5 E  1011 
11 FEB 28 0600  40.0 S   80.0 E  1010 
11 FEB 28 1200  40.1 S   80.1 E  1010 
11 FEB 28 1800  40.1 S   80.5 E  1012 
11 MAR 01 0000  40.0 S   80.8 E  1011 
11 MAR 01 0600  39.2 S   82.1 E  1011 
11 MAR 01 1200  39.0 S   82.8 E  1011 
11 MAR 01 1800  39.1 S   83.5 E  1012 
11 MAR 02 0000  38.1 S   85.6 E  1012 

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 06

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

11 FEB 15 1800  14.9 S   62.7 E  1000         25  Locally 30 kts NW quad
11 FEB 16 0000  14.8 S   63.2 E  1000         25             "
11 FEB 16 0600  14.8 S   62.6 E  1004         25
11 FEB 17 1200  16.3 S   62.1 E  1002         25  Locally 30 kts NW quad
11 FEB 17 1800  16.9 S   62.0 E  1001         25             "
11 FEB 18 0000  17.9 S   62.7 E  1003         25             "
11 FEB 18 0600  19.1 S   62.7 E  1003         25             "
11 FEB 18 1200  20.1 S   62.6 E  1003         25

Note: MFR assigned a peak Dvorak rating of T2.0/2.0 for this system,
implying that 1-min avg winds of 30 kts were possible.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
  Australian Region Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical LOW (15U / 14S)                            10 - 16 Feb
   Severe Tropical Cyclone DIANNE (16U / 16S)          15 - 23 Feb
   Severe Tropical Cyclone CARLOS (17U / 15S)          15 Feb - 01 Mar
   Tropical LOW (18U)                                  25 - 28 Feb

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 14S     Basin: AUW
(Australian LOW 15U)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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11 FEB 10 1932  18.7 S  107.7 E         30        SAB: T2.5/2.5
11 FEB 11 0000  19.5 S  107.0 E  1000         30
11 FEB 11 0600  20.3 S  104.8 E  1000         30
11 FEB 11 1200  20.5 S  103.5 E  1000   35    30
11 FEB 11 1800  20.8 S  102.1 E  1000         30
11 FEB 12 0000  21.0 S  100.0 E  1000   35    30
11 FEB 12 0600  20.9 S   99.0 E  1000         25  Final warning
11 FEB 12 1200  21.2 S   98.2 E  1000   30        NRL track
11 FEB 12 1800  21.4 S   97.2 E  1000   30
11 FEB 13 0000  21.7 S   96.2 E  1004   25
11 FEB 13 0600  22.1 S   95.7 E  1002             NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 13 1200  21.6 S   95.1 E  1001 
11 FEB 13 1800  20.8 S   93.7 E  1002 
11 FEB 14 0000  21.6 S   92.6 E  1002 
11 FEB 14 0600  22.1 S   91.6 E  1002 
11 FEB 14 1200  21.7 S   90.7 E  1003 
11 FEB 14 1800  22.3 S   89.6 E  1005 
11 FEB 15 0000  22.5 S   87.9 E  1004 
11 FEB 15 0600  22.7 S   87.7 E  1006 
11 FEB 15 1800  22.8 S   86.1 E  1008 
11 FEB 16 0000  23.2 S   84.9 E  1008 
11 FEB 16 0600  23.4 S   85.7 E  1008 

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Storm Name: DIANNE                Cyclone Number: 16S     Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Perth TCWC - Australian LOW 16U)

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

11 FEB 15 0600  19.1 S  112.7 E   995         25
11 FEB 15 1200  19.2 S  111.8 E   995         30
11 FEB 15 1800  19.2 S  111.2 E   995         30
11 FEB 16 0000  19.2 S  111.5 E   992   35    30
11 FEB 16 0600  19.1 S  111.2 E   992         30
11 FEB 16 1200  18.8 S  111.2 E   986   40    40  Named TC Dianne
11 FEB 16 1800  19.3 S  111.7 E   987         40
11 FEB 17 0000  19.3 S  111.7 E   986   40    45
11 FEB 17 0600  19.2 S  111.4 E   978         50
11 FEB 17 1200  18.7 S  110.6 E   972   55    55
11 FEB 17 1800  19.1 S  110.8 E   972         55
11 FEB 18 0000  20.0 S  110.0 E   972   60    55
11 FEB 18 0600  20.2 S  109.8 E   975         55
11 FEB 18 1200  20.9 S  109.1 E   970   65    60
11 FEB 18 1800  21.3 S  108.0 E   970         60
11 FEB 19 0000  21.5 S  108.1 E   965   80    65
11 FEB 19 0600  22.1 S  107.7 E   962         70
11 FEB 19 1200  22.7 S  107.6 E   962   85    70
11 FEB 19 1800  23.2 S  107.4 E   962         70
11 FEB 20 0000  23.7 S  107.2 E   968   70    65
11 FEB 20 0600  24.4 S  106.6 E   968         65
11 FEB 20 1200  24.6 S  106.0 E   967   65    65
11 FEB 20 1800  25.0 S  105.3 E   970         60
11 FEB 21 0000  25.2 S  104.1 E   970   65    60
11 FEB 21 0600  25.9 S  103.3 E   980         50
11 FEB 21 1200  26.9 S  102.6 E   980   50    50
11 FEB 21 1800  27.3 S  102.0 E   987         40
11 FEB 22 0000  28.3 S  101.9 E   992   40    30  Ex-TC
11 FEB 22 0600  29.7 S  102.4 E   999             NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 22 1200  30.2 S  102.6 E   999 
11 FEB 22 1800  30.4 S  102.5 E  1001 
11 FEB 23 0000  29.9 S  102.5 E  1003 
11 FEB 23 0600  30.4 S  102.7 E  1004 

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Storm Name: CARLOS                Cyclone Number: 15S     Basin: AUW
(Name assigned by Darwin TCWC - Australian LOW 17U)

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

11 FEB 15 0000  13.3 S  130.7 E  1004         30  Over land
11 FEB 15 0600  13.0 S  130.4 E  1000         30       "
11 FEB 15 1200  12.8 S  130.6 E   999         30       "
11 FEB 15 1800  12.4 S  130.6 E   997   35    30  Over water
11 FEB 16 0000  12.4 S  130.9 E   996         35  Named TC Carlos
11 FEB 16 0600  12.5 S  131.0 E   993   35    35  Over land
11 FEB 16 1200  12.5 S  131.0 E   993         35       "
11 FEB 16 1800  12.9 S  131.3 E   996   35    35       "
11 FEB 16 2100  13.1 S  131.4 E   996         30  Ex-TC inland
11 FEB 17 0000  13.3 S  131.4 E   997         30
11 FEB 17 0600  13.3 S  130.8 E   995   35    30
11 FEB 17 1200  13.7 S  130.6 E   995         30
11 FEB 17 1800  13.8 S  130.6 E   996         30
11 FEB 18 0000  14.2 S  130.6 E   998         25
11 FEB 18 0600  14.5 S  130.3 E   997         25
11 FEB 18 1200  14.9 S  130.1 E   998         30
11 FEB 18 1800  15.2 S  130.1 E   999         30
11 FEB 19 0000  15.6 S  129.1 E   998         30
11 FEB 19 0600  15.1 S  128.5 E   997         30
11 FEB 19 1200  15.1 S  128.3 E   997         30
11 FEB 19 1800  15.6 S  127.3 E   998         30
11 FEB 20 0000  15.8 S  126.7 E   997         25
11 FEB 20 0600  16.1 S  125.5 E   996         25
11 FEB 20 1200  16.4 S  124.5 E   994         25
11 FEB 20 1800  17.5 S  122.0 E   995   35    25  Regenerated as TC
11 FEB 21 0000  17.7 S  121.6 E   992   40    35
11 FEB 21 0600  18.0 S  120.4 E   990   40    40
11 FEB 22 1200  18.7 S  119.3 E   988   45    45
11 FEB 22 1800  19.5 S  118.3 E   980   50    50
11 FEB 23 0000  20.2 S  117.3 E   980   55    55
11 FEB 23 0600  20.9 S  116.4 E   982   55    45  Crossed coast
11 FEB 23 1200  21.2 S  115.5 E   980   55    55  Over water
11 FEB 23 1800  21.7 S  114.8 E   978   60    55  Close to coast
11 FEB 24 0000  22.1 S  114.1 E   974   55    60  Over land
11 FEB 24 0600  22.5 S  113.4 E   978         55  Over water
11 FEB 24 1200  22.8 S  112.8 E   975   55    60
11 FEB 24 1800  23.3 S  111.9 E   973         60
11 FEB 25 0000  23.8 S  110.6 E   980   45    50  JTWC: 24.0S/110.1E
11 FEB 25 0600  24.3 S  109.4 E   978         55
11 FEB 25 1200  24.7 S  108.5 E   975   65    60
11 FEB 25 1800  25.3 S  107.6 E   968         65
11 FEB 26 0000  26.1 S  106.9 E   971   55    60  JTWC: 25.6S/107.8E
11 FEB 26 0600  26.9 S  106.1 E   977         55
11 FEB 26 1200  27.8 S  105.3 E   978   50    50
11 FEB 26 1800  28.6 S  105.2 E   983         45
11 FEB 27 0000  29.6 S  104.5 E   995   35    30  Ex-TC
11 FEB 27 0600  31.5 S  103.2 E  1004             NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 27 1200  32.2 S  104.3 E  1005 
11 FEB 27 1800  32.0 S  104.8 E  1006 
11 FEB 28 0000  31.8 S  103.6 E  1006 
11 FEB 28 0600  32.0 S  102.6 E  1006 
11 FEB 28 1200  30.6 S  102.2 E  1007 
11 FEB 28 1800  31.7 S  101.0 E  1008 
11 MAR 01 0000  32.2 S   99.2 E  1007 

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUW
Australian Tropical LOW Number: 18U 

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

11 FEB 25 0600  14.0 S  126.0 E   998             Peak gusts 40 kts
11 FEB 25 1200  14.0 S  126.0 E   998             Peak gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 25 1800  14.0 S  126.0 E   998                      "
11 FEB 26 0000  13.9 S  125.9 E   998                      "
11 FEB 26 0300  14.5 S  123.4 E   998             Relocated/Gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 26 0600  14.7 S  123.5 E   997             Peak gusts 45 kts
11 FEB 26 1200  15.1 S  123.3 E   997                      "
11 FEB 26 1800  15.3 S  123.9 E   995                      "
11 FEB 27 0000  15.3 S  123.6 E   995                      "
11 FEB 27 0600  15.8 S  123.2 E   994                      "
11 FEB 27 1200  17.1 S  123.5 E   992                      "
11 FEB 27 1800  17.7 S  123.9 E   994                      "
11 FEB 28 0000  18.7 S  123.3 E   994                      "

Note: The center of this tropical LOW remained inland for essentially all
its existence.  At one point it was forecast to move over the Timor Sea
and intensify, but this failed to materialize.  No ocean warnings nor
technical bulletins were issued by BoM.  Since the peak gust to mean wind
ratio factor is different over land than over water, I did not attempt 
to convert the  forecast peak gusts to an average wind.  (Gary speaking 
here--I typed this one for Michael since he has had a rather plentiful 
number of cyclone tracks to type.)

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


                        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 Nadi, Fiji, and
  Wellington, New Zealand.  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 Southern Hemisphere centres and annotations made in the
  Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
  or more.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
  South Pacific Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_South_Pacific_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical Cyclone ZAKA (10F / 12P)                   05 - 08 Feb
   Severe Tropical Cyclone ATU (11F / 17P)             14 Feb - 06 Mar

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Storm Name: ZAKA                  Cyclone Number: 12P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 10F

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

11 FEB 05 0000  22.2 S  169.5 W  1008
11 FEB 05 0600  22.5 S  171.0 W  1011
11 FEB 05 1800  22.5 S  173.8 W  1008
11 FEB 05 2100  22.5 S  174.6 W  1008
11 FEB 06 0300  23.0 S  174.9 W   998
11 FEB 06 0600  23.1 S  175.4 E   998         40  Area of gales
11 FEB 06 1200  24.2 S  176.1 W   995         35  Named TC Zaka
11 FEB 06 1800  25.7 S  177.2 W   987   45    45  NZ warnings
11 FEB 07 0000  27.4 S  177.9 W   985         50
11 FEB 07 0600  29.0 S  179.5 W   987   40    45
11 FEB 07 1200  31.6 S  179.8 E   988         40
11 FEB 07 1800  32.3 S  179.8 E   992   35    40  Extratropical
11 FEB 08 0000  35.0 S  180.0 E   996         40  
11 FEB 08 0600  36.0 S  179.0 W   997         35
11 FEB 08 1200  39.0 S  177.0 W  1000         35

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Storm Name: ATU                   Cyclone Number: 17P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 11F

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

11 FEB 14 0600  18.5 S  166.0 E  1004
11 FEB 14 1800  18.7 S  168.7 E  1005
11 FEB 15 0600  17.9 S  169.4 E  1005
11 FEB 15 1800  17.1 S  168.2 E  1005
11 FEB 15 2100  17.0 S  169.0 E  1007
11 FEB 16 0600  15.5 S  169.7 E  1004
11 FEB 16 1800  14.0 S  171.0 E  1003
11 FEB 16 2100  13.9 S  170.6 E  1003
11 FEB 17 0600  13.8 S  169.9 E  1002
11 FEB 17 1800  15.0 S  169.5 E  1001
11 FEB 17 2100  14.9 S  169.5 E  1001
11 FEB 18 0000  14.8 S  169.0 E  1000         25
11 FEB 18 0600  15.1 S  169.2 E   999         25
11 FEB 18 1200  15.3 S  169.3 E   999         25
11 FEB 18 1800  15.6 S  169.6 E   997   35    30
11 FEB 19 0000  16.0 S  169.3 E   995         35  Named TC Atu
11 FEB 19 0600  16.2 S  169.2 E   994   50    40
11 FEB 19 1200  16.4 S  168.7 E   987         45
11 FEB 19 1800  16.7 S  169.2 E   987   55    45
11 FEB 20 0000  16.8 S  169.2 E   980         55
11 FEB 20 0600  17.0 S  169.4 E   973   90    70
11 FEB 20 1200  17.0 S  169.5 E   940         90
11 FEB 20 1800  17.4 S  169.7 E   940  115    90
11 FEB 21 0000  17.9 S  169.9 E   940         90
11 FEB 21 0600  18.3 S  170.2 E   940  100    90
11 FEB 21 1200  19.0 S  170.5 E   940         90
11 FEB 21 1800  19.7 S  171.0 E   940   95    90
11 FEB 22 0000  21.2 S  171.8 E   942         90
11 FEB 22 0600  22.6 S  172.2 E   946   95    90
11 FEB 22 1200  23.8 S  172.7 E   940         90
11 FEB 22 1800  25.5 S  173.7 E   940   90    90
11 FEB 23 0000  27.0 S  175.0 E   945         85  NZ warnings
11 FEB 23 0600  28.5 S  176.4 E   945   70    85
11 FEB 23 1200  29.8 S  177.9 E   945         85
11 FEB 23 1800  31.0 S  179.7 E   965   55    70
11 FEB 24 0000  32.5 S  178.8 W   975         60
11 FEB 24 0600  33.2 S  176.6 W   989   45        NRL track
11 FEB 24 1200  33.7 S  175.3 W   989   45 
11 FEB 24 1800  34.1 S  174.2 W   989   45 
11 FEB 25 0000  34.4 S  172.6 W   989   45 
11 FEB 25 0600  35.4 S  171.6 W   989   45 
11 FEB 25 1200  37.5 S  171.9 W   991             NCEP reanalysis
11 FEB 25 1800  38.1 S  172.0 W   990 
11 FEB 26 0000  40.1 S  171.5 W   987 
11 FEB 26 0600  42.1 S  170.7 W   991 
11 FEB 26 1200  45.1 S  170.2 W   989 
11 FEB 26 1800  47.5 S  169.9 W   989 
11 FEB 27 0000  49.8 S  169.6 W   989 
11 FEB 27 0600  52.3 S  167.4 W   990 
11 FEB 27 1200  55.1 S  164.8 W   991 
11 FEB 27 1800  57.7 S  162.1 W   988 
11 FEB 28 0000  59.4 S  157.0 W   989 
11 FEB 28 0600  59.9 S  153.7 W   991 
11 FEB 28 1200  60.0 S  151.0 W   991 
11 FEB 28 1800  60.0 S  147.3 W   990 
11 MAR 01 0000  59.8 S  142.8 W   988 
11 MAR 01 0600  58.6 S  135.7 W   983 
11 MAR 01 1200  57.7 S  128.2 W   976 
11 MAR 01 1800  57.7 S  119.9 W   970 
11 MAR 02 0000  58.0 S  115.3 W   962 
11 MAR 02 0600  57.7 S  113.7 W   951 
11 MAR 02 1200  57.8 S  109.3 W   947 
11 MAR 02 1800  57.9 S  104.8 W   946 
11 MAR 03 0000  58.9 S  100.0 W   949 
11 MAR 03 0600  60.2 S   95.2 W   953 
11 MAR 03 1200  61.2 S   90.9 W   956 
11 MAR 03 1800  63.3 S   83.5 W   960 
11 MAR 04 0000  65.5 S   77.6 W   960 
11 MAR 04 0600  67.7 S   78.2 W   964 
11 MAR 04 1200  70.0 S   74.4 W   966 
11 MAR 04 1800  70.1 S   73.3 W   969 
11 MAR 05 0000  70.3 S   72.2 W   973 
11 MAR 05 0600  70.5 S   73.3 W   976 
11 MAR 05 1200  70.3 S   71.0 W   977 
11 MAR 05 1800  70.0 S   68.5 W   977 
11 MAR 06 0000  70.1 S   69.8 W   980 

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                   ********** SPECIAL NOTE **********

     I now have some assistants who are helping to prepare the monthly
  tropical cyclone files, and I'd like to thank them for their willing-
  ness to assist me.  Kevin Boyle, of Stoke-on-Trent, UK, will be 
  preparing the tracks for Northwest Pacific basin tropical cyclones 
  during the most active part of the NWP season from June through 
  December. 

     Michael Bath, of McLeans Ridges, New South Wales, Australia, is now
  preparing the track files for Australian Region and South Pacific
  tropical cyclones.  Also, Steve Young sends me tracks with data for 
  the pre-warning and post-warning stages of tropical cyclones in all 
  basins, prepared primarily from NCEP re-analysis data or else taken
  from NRL files.

     A very special thanks is due to Kevin, Michael and Steve for their
  assistance.

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                   SOURCES OF TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION

     The purpose of this section is to list some websites where many and
  varied types of tropical cyclone information are archived.  Many readers
  will know about these already, but for the benefit of those who don't,
  I wanted to include them. 

  (1) Aircraft Reconnaissance Information
  ---------------------------------------

     Various types of messages from reconnaissance aircraft may be
  retrieved from the following FTP site:

     ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon/>

     Information regarding how to interpret the coded reconnaissance
  messages may be found at the following URL:

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

  Links are also included to websites with further information about the
  U. S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the NOAA Air-
  craft Operations Center.

  (2) Archived Advisories
  -----------------------

     All the advisory products (public advisories, forecast/advisories,
  strike probabilities, discussions, various graphics) issued by TPC/NHC
  are archived on TPC's website.  For the current year (using 2004 as an
  example), the archived products can be found at:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/index.shtml>

  Links to tropical products archives for earlier years are available at
  the following URL:

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

  JTWC warnings for past storms are archived on the NRL Monterrey website:

     http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>

  On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left 
  corner of the screen.

     I am not aware at the moment of any other TCWC which archives all
  its tropical cyclone warning/advisory products for public access, but
  if I learn of any, I will add them to this list.

  (3) Satellite Imagery
  ---------------------

     Satellite images of tropical cyclones in various sensor bands are
  available on the NRL Monterrey and University of Wisconsin websites,
  courtesy of Jeff Hawkins and Chris Velden and their associates.  The
  links are:

     http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>

     http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html>

  On the NRL site, the link to past years can be found in the upper left 
  corner of the screen.  For the CIMSS site, a link to data archives is 
  located in the lower left portion of the screen.

     Additional tropical satellite imagery, along with looping ability for
  composite microwave imagery for the Western Hemisphere north of the
  equator, can be found at:

  (1) For the Eastern North Pacific:

     http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-epac.html>

  (2) For the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea:

     http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-atl.html>

  (4) Cyclone Tracking Information
  --------------------------------

     There is a U. S. Navy site that tracks tropical cyclones at 6-hourly
  intervals which often includes pre and post-advisory positions.  The
  link to the site is:

  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/doc_archives/>

     Steve Young has compiled many of these tracks onto a single webpage
  which is very user-friendly:

  http://home.earthlink.net/~shy9/tc1.htm>

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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:

     http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC>


  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]
  Kevin Boyle               [email protected]
  Michael Bath              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

  Michael V. Padua          [email protected] 
                            [email protected]
  Steve Young               [email protected]

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Document: trak1102.htm
Updated: 12 March 2011

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