GARY PADGETT'S GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2006 !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!! ************************************************************************* 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Storm (MFR-09 / 12S) 19 - 21 Feb Intense Tropical Cyclone CARINA (MFR-10 / 14S) 23 Feb - 03 Mar ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 12S Basin: SWI MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 09 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 19 0600 17.6 S 55.2 E 1003 25 06 FEB 19 1200 18.5 S 56.2 E 999 30 06 FEB 19 1800 19.0 S 57.0 E 995 45 40 06 FEB 20 0000 19.1 S 57.3 E 995 40 06 FEB 20 0600 19.2 S 58.1 E 995 40 40 JTWC: 19.6S/58.0E 06 FEB 20 1200 19.4 S 58.1 E 1000 30 06 FEB 20 1800 19.2 S 57.8 E 1001 25 30 06 FEB 21 0000 18.8 S 57.4 E 1002 25 Locally 30 kts E semi Note: Even though Meteo France on Reunion Island, which is the WMO's RSMC for the Southwest Indian Ocean basin, considered this sytsem to be a tropical storm, it was not assigned a name. The Meteorological Service of Mauritius has the privilege of naming storms in this basin, and they apparently did not consider this system to be a tropical storm. ************************************************************************* Storm Name: CARINA Cyclone Number: 14S Basin: SWI MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 10 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 23 0000 9.9 S 81.4 E 1002 25 06 FEB 23 0600 10.5 S 81.8 E 999 35 30 JTWC: 10.7S/81.1E 06 FEB 23 1200 10.5 S 81.6 E 998 30 06 FEB 23 1800 10.8 S 81.4 E 996 35 35 06 FEB 24 0000 11.8 S 81.7 E 993 40 06 FEB 24 0600 11.4 S 81.4 E 993 55 40 06 FEB 24 1200 11.6 S 81.1 E 987 45 06 FEB 24 1800 12.0 S 80.6 E 985 55 50 06 FEB 25 0000 12.3 S 80.3 E 980 50 06 FEB 25 0600 12.2 S 80.5 E 976 70 55 JTWC: 12.6S/80.0E 06 FEB 25 1200 12.8 S 80.0 E 976 55 06 FEB 25 1800 13.0 S 80.2 E 972 75 60 JTWC: 12.5S/80.2E 06 FEB 26 0000 13.6 S 79.8 E 972 60 06 FEB 26 0600 13.1 S 79.6 E 972 75 60 06 FEB 26 1200 13.5 S 79.7 E 970 65 06 FEB 26 1800 14.0 S 79.8 E 960 90 75 06 FEB 27 0000 14.5 S 79.8 E 955 80 06 FEB 27 0600 14.9 S 79.9 E 946 100 85 06 FEB 27 1200 15.4 S 79.7 E 945 85 06 FEB 27 1800 15.9 S 79.5 E 930 115 100 06 FEB 28 0000 16.4 S 79.0 E 915 110 06 FEB 28 0600 16.5 S 78.6 E 915 130 110 06 FEB 28 1200 16.7 S 78.2 E 910 115 06 FEB 28 1800 16.8 S 78.0 E 915 125 110 06 MAR 01 0000 16.9 S 77.9 E 920 110 06 MAR 01 0600 17.5 S 77.8 E 920 115 110 06 MAR 01 1200 17.5 S 76.6 E 940 90 06 MAR 01 1800 17.8 S 76.3 E 955 65 75 06 MAR 02 0000 18.1 S 76.0 E 960 70 06 MAR 02 0600 19.3 S 78.0 E 965 40 70 06 MAR 02 1200 19.5 S 77.0 E 980 55 06 MAR 02 1800 19.5 S 77.1 E 988 35 40 06 MAR 03 0000 18.6 S 77.7 E 994 40 06 MAR 03 0600 18.9 S 78.7 E 997 35 06 MAR 03 1200 19.2 S 78.8 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S semi ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Cyclone EMMA (15S) 26 - 28 Feb ************************************************************************* Storm Name: EMMA Cyclone Number: 15S Basin: AUW (Name assigned by Perth TCWC) Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 26 0000 13.2 S 116.0 E 998 25 06 FEB 26 0600 12.3 S 114.5 E 998 25 Relocated 06 FEB 26 1200 12.7 S 114.2 E 997 30 06 FEB 26 1800 13.8 S 114.1 E 997 30 06 FEB 27 0000 15.6 S 115.0 E 996 30 Relocated 06 FEB 27 0600 17.4 S 114.8 E 992 30 06 FEB 27 1200 18.9 S 114.7 E 988 35 06 FEB 27 1800 19.5 S 115.7 E 986 35 40 JTWC: 18.7S/115.5E 06 FEB 28 0000 20.6 S 115.6 E 986 40 06 FEB 28 0600 22.0 S 116.3 E 992 30 30 Inland ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 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 Darwin, Northern Territory; Brisbane, Queensland; and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Cyclone KATE (13P) 22 - 24 Feb ************************************************************************* Storm Name: KATE Cyclone Number: 13P Basin: AUE (Name assigned by Brisbane TCWC) Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 22 0000 10.7 S 143.5 E 1002 30 06 FEB 22 0600 11.2 S 144.2 E 1000 30 06 FEB 22 1200 10.8 S 144.5 E 1000 30 06 FEB 22 1800 10.8 S 144.5 E 995 45 40 06 FEB 23 0000 11.0 S 145.0 E 992 40 06 FEB 23 0600 11.3 S 146.4 E 985 50 50 06 FEB 23 1200 11.3 S 147.4 E 985 50 06 FEB 23 1800 12.0 S 147.5 E 990 45 40 06 FEB 24 0000 11.3 S 146.5 E 995 30 Peripheral gales to E 06 FEB 24 0600 11.0 S 145.9 E 997 20 30 Peripheral gales to S 06 FEB 24 0800 11.0 S 145.8 E 999 25 No associated gales 06 FEB 24 1800 10.5 S 146.0 E 998 30 Possible gales SE semi 06 FEB 24 2200 10.5 S 146.3 E 999 30 Gale wrng cancelled ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Depression (10F) 02 - 04 Feb Tropical Depression (11F) 08 - 10 Feb Tropical Cyclone VAIANU (12F / 11P) 09 - 19 Feb Tropical Depression (13F) 19 - 25 Feb ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 10F Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 02 0600 20.0 S 171.0 W 1000 25 06 FEB 02 1800 20.0 S 169.0 W 998 30 06 FEB 03 0000 21.0 S 168.0 W 999 30 06 FEB 03 0600 21.0 S 168.0 W 999 30 06 FEB 03 1200 22.0 S 168.0 W 999 30 Peripheral gales E semi 06 FEB 03 1800 23.0 S 170.0 W 998 30 " 06 FEB 04 0000 21.5 S 169.5 W 998 30 " 06 FEB 04 0600 25.0 S 169.0 W 999 30 Relocated ************************************************************************* 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 08 2100 16.2 S 172.3 W 1003 25 06 FEB 09 0600 15.9 S 172.5 W 1002 25 06 FEB 09 2100 18.4 S 171.6 W 1000 30 06 FEB 10 0600 18.5 S 172.2 W 1000 30 06 FEB 10 2100 19.4 S 173.8 W 1000 30 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: VAIANU Cyclone Number: 11P Basin: SPA Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 12F Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 09 2100 14.5 S 177.0 W 1002 25 06 FEB 10 0600 14.5 S 176.1 W 1000 30 06 FEB 10 0900 14.0 S 176.0 W 999 30 Relocated 06 FEB 10 1200 14.1 S 176.0 W 1000 30 06 FEB 10 1800 13.8 S 176.3 W 1000 30 06 FEB 11 0000 16.6 S 174.9 W 999 30 Relocated 06 FEB 11 0600 16.9 S 174.6 W 997 30 06 FEB 11 1200 17.4 S 174.9 W 995 35 35 JTWC: 17.1S/174.4W 06 FEB 11 1800 17.8 S 175.4 W 990 40 40 06 FEB 12 0000 18.1 S 175.9 W 985 50 06 FEB 12 0600 18.3 S 176.4 W 975 60 60 06 FEB 12 1200 18.7 S 176.5 W 975 60 06 FEB 12 1800 19.1 S 176.9 W 975 65 60 06 FEB 13 0000 20.1 S 176.8 W 975 60 06 FEB 13 0600 20.6 S 176.8 W 970 75 65 JTWC: 21.0S/176.7W 06 FEB 13 1200 21.7 S 177.0 W 965 70 06 FEB 13 1800 22.1 S 176.8 W 965 75 70 06 FEB 14 0000 22.7 S 176.3 W 965 70 06 FEB 14 0600 23.6 S 175.5 W 965 70 70 06 FEB 14 1200 23.7 S 174.2 W 965 70 06 FEB 14 1800 24.6 S 173.6 W 975 65 60 06 FEB 15 0000 25.1 S 173.1 W 980 55 Wellington warnings 06 FEB 15 0600 25.2 S 172.2 W 980 45 55 JTWC: 25.8S/171.9W 06 FEB 15 1200 26.5 S 170.7 W 980 55 06 FEB 15 1800 26.7 S 169.4 W 980 40 55 06 FEB 16 0000 27.2 S 168.5 W 985 50 06 FEB 16 0600 28.0 S 167.6 W 986 35 50 JTWC: 28.2S/167.0W 06 FEB 16 1200 29.0 S 167.0 W 985 50 Extratropical 06 FEB 16 1800 29.0 S 167.0 W 985 50 06 FEB 17 0000 30.0 S 166.0 W 986 50 06 FEB 17 0600 31.5 S 165.0 W 976 50 06 FEB 17 1800 33.0 S 165.5 W 974 50 06 FEB 18 0000 33.0 S 166.0 W 973 50 06 FEB 18 0600 34.0 S 165.0 W 971 50 06 FEB 18 1200 33.0 S 165.0 W 976 50 06 FEB 18 1800 33.0 S 164.0 W 978 50 06 FEB 19 0600 34.0 S 162.0 W 976 50 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: SPA Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 13F Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 FEB 19 2100 11.0 S 166.0 E 1003 15 06 FEB 20 0600 11.0 S 166.0 E 1003 15 06 FEB 20 1800 13.0 S 168.0 E 1001 15 06 FEB 20 2100 14.0 S 169.0 E 1001 15 Relocated 06 FEB 21 0600 14.0 S 170.0 E 1000 15 06 FEB 21 1800 14.5 S 170.0 E 1000 20 06 FEB 22 0600 16.0 S 169.5 E 998 25 06 FEB 22 1800 15.9 S 169.5 E 998 25 06 FEB 22 2100 16.5 S 168.9 E 998 25 06 FEB 23 0600 19.6 S 173.4 E 998 25 Relocated/Perip. gales 06 FEB 23 1200 20.1 S 175.4 E 998 25 Peripheral gales to S 06 FEB 23 1800 20.2 S 175.4 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 24 0000 21.4 S 176.1 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 24 0600 22.9 S 177.1 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 24 1200 22.9 S 176.1 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 24 1800 23.9 S 176.9 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 25 0000 24.8 S 176.8 E 998 25 " 06 FEB 25 0600 24.6 S 177.2 E 998 25 No gale warning issued 06 FEB 25 1800 24.5 S 177.5 E 1004 20 " ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* !!!!!! 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: 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: SPECIAL NOTE: Back issues of the global tropical cyclone summaries and monthly cyclone track files can be obtained at the following websites: PREPARED BY: Gary Padgett garyp@alaweb.com SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Michael V. Padua michaelpadua@hotmail.com webmaster@typhoon2000.ph ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Posted: 03.13.06 / Typhoon2000.ph, Typhoon2000.com