GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 2009 !!!! 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 --------------- Intense Tropical Cyclone GAEL (MFR-08 / 13S) 01 - 12 Feb Severe Tropical Storm HINA (MFR-09 / 16S) 21 - 26 Feb ************************************************************************* Storm Name: GAEL Cyclone Number: 13S Basin: SWI MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 08 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 FEB 01 1200 15.1 S 70.4 E 1007 20 Locally 25 kts N semi. 09 FEB 01 2030 15.1 S 69.4 E 25 SAB satellite bulletin 09 FEB 01 2330 15.5 S 69.1 E 25 JTWC satellite bulletin 09 FEB 02 0600 15.6 S 68.3 E 1005 30 20 Locally 25 kts W semi. 09 FEB 02 1200 16.1 S 67.2 E 1003 30 20 Locally 25 kts W & NE 09 FEB 02 1800 16.3 S 66.4 E 1000 35 25 Locally 30 kts N semi. 09 FEB 03 0000 16.5 S 65.9 E 998 30 Locally 35 kts N semi. 09 FEB 03 0600 17.2 S 64.9 E 995 35 35 09 FEB 03 1200 17.6 S 63.3 E 997 35 09 FEB 03 1800 17.7 S 62.6 E 997 35 35 09 FEB 04 0000 17.8 S 61.9 E 995 35 09 FEB 04 0600 17.8 S 60.6 E 995 40 35 09 FEB 04 1200 17.9 S 59.8 E 992 40 09 FEB 04 1800 17.9 S 59.0 E 988 50 45 09 FEB 05 0000 18.1 S 58.5 E 987 45 09 FEB 05 0600 18.2 S 57.4 E 987 55 45 09 FEB 05 1200 18.3 S 56.0 E 980 55 09 FEB 05 1800 18.3 S 55.1 E 970 70 65 09 FEB 06 0000 18.5 S 54.3 E 960 70 09 FEB 06 0600 18.4 S 53.1 E 955 80 75 09 FEB 06 1200 18.6 S 52.5 E 950 100 85 09 FEB 06 1800 19.2 S 52.3 E 941 90 09 FEB 07 0000 19.5 S 51.8 E 941 120 90 09 FEB 07 0600 20.0 S 51.7 E 934 95 09 FEB 07 1200 20.6 S 51.8 E 940 105 90 09 FEB 07 1800 21.2 S 52.1 E 940 90 09 FEB 08 0000 21.9 S 52.5 E 940 105 90 09 FEB 08 0600 22.9 S 53.0 E 940 90 09 FEB 08 1200 24.3 S 53.4 E 950 95 85 09 FEB 08 1800 25.1 S 53.8 E 955 80 09 FEB 09 0000 26.6 S 54.8 E 940 90 85 09 FEB 09 0600 28.2 S 56.4 E 950 80 09 FEB 09 1200 29.5 S 57.5 E 965 75 70 JTWC: 29.8S/58.0E 09 FEB 09 1800 30.9 S 59.4 E 970 65 09 FEB 10 0000 31.4 S 60.6 E 975 55 60 JTWC: 32.0S/61.4E 09 FEB 10 0600 32.2 S 61.9 E 980 55 Extratropical 09 FEB 10 1200 32.3 S 62.8 E 993 40 NRL Monterrey position 09 FEB 10 1800 32.0 S 64.1 E 993 40 09 FEB 11 0000 32.4 S 65.0 E 995 NCEP Re-analysis 09 FEB 11 0600 32.5 S 65.2 E 997 09 FEB 11 1200 32.5 S 66.2 E 998 09 FEB 11 1800 33.4 S 67.5 E 1001 09 FEB 12 0000 34.9 S 67.5 E 1001 09 FEB 12 0600 37.2 S 69.0 E 1003 09 FEB 12 1200 39.7 S 70.0 E 1001 09 FEB 12 1800 42.6 S 72.3 E 1000 Note: The portion of Gael's track from 10/1200 UTC onward was compiled and sent to the author by Steve Young. ************************************************************************* Storm Name: HINA Cyclone Number: 16S Basin: SWI MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 09 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 FEB 21 0600 12.6 S 77.3 E 1003 25 Locally 30 kts N & SE 09 FEB 21 1200 13.1 S 77.4 E 1001 25 " 09 FEB 21 1800 14.6 S 77.8 E 997 35 30 09 FEB 22 0000 15.0 S 78.0 E 995 35 09 FEB 22 0600 16.0 S 78.4 E 987 50 45 09 FEB 22 1200 16.8 S 78.6 E 980 55 09 FEB 22 1800 17.6 S 78.7 E 980 55 55 JTWC: 18.1S/78.3E 09 FEB 23 0000 18.5 S 78.6 E 980 55 09 FEB 23 0600 18.7 S 77.7 E 982 60 50 JTWC: 19.2S/78.2E 09 FEB 23 1200 19.5 S 77.9 E 985 45 09 FEB 23 1800 19.5 S 77.8 E 990 45 45 JTWC: 20.2S/77.4E 09 FEB 24 0000 19.5 S 76.6 E 997 35 30 Locally 35 kts S semi. 09 FEB 24 0600 20.0 S 75.7 E 1000 25 " 09 FEB 24 1200 20.4 S 74.6 E 1000 25 " 09 FEB 24 1800 20.7 S 72.9 E 1000 25 Locally 30 kts S semi. 09 FEB 25 0000 21.4 S 71.4 E 1000 25 " 09 FEB 25 0600 22.0 S 69.8 E 1003 25 " 09 FEB 25 1200 23.4 S 67.9 E 1000 30 NRL Monterrey data 09 FEB 25 1800 24.8 S 66.7 E 1000 30 09 FEB 26 0000 25.8 S 65.8 E 1004 25 09 FEB 26 0600 26.1 S 65.3 E 1004 25 09 FEB 26 1200 26.8 S 64.4 E 1004 25 09 FEB 26 1800 27.7 S 63.4 E 1004 25 Note: The portion of Hina's track from 25/1200 UTC onward was compiled and sent to the author by Steve Young. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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 FREDDY (14S) 03 - 15 Feb Tropical LOW 26 - 28 Feb ************************************************************************* Storm Name: FREDDY Cyclone Number: 14S Basin: AUW (Name assigned by Perth TCWC) Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 FEB 03 0000 16.0 S 126.0 E 1000 25 09 FEB 03 0600 15.7 S 125.6 E 998 30 09 FEB 03 1200 15.4 S 125.2 E 998 30 09 FEB 03 1800 15.2 S 124.2 E 998 30 09 FEB 04 0000 15.7 S 122.4 E 998 30 09 FEB 04 0600 15.9 S 119.3 E 998 30 Relocated 09 FEB 04 1200 15.5 S 119.2 E 998 30 09 FEB 04 1800 15.4 S 118.3 E 998 30 09 FEB 05 0000 15.9 S 118.2 E 998 30 09 FEB 05 0600 16.0 S 117.3 E 998 30 09 FEB 05 1200 16.2 S 116.6 E 998 30 09 FEB 05 1800 16.6 S 116.0 E 996 25 09 FEB 06 0000 16.4 S 114.9 E 996 25 09 FEB 06 0600 16.0 S 113.9 E 993 30 09 FEB 06 1200 15.8 S 113.5 E 993 30 30 09 FEB 06 1800 15.6 S 113.3 E 990 35 09 FEB 07 0000 16.0 S 113.2 E 987 35 40 JTWC: 16.2S/112.4E 09 FEB 07 0600 16.1 S 113.1 E 989 40 09 FEB 07 1200 16.1 S 112.4 E 988 40 40 09 FEB 07 1800 16.3 S 111.5 E 988 45 40 09 FEB 08 0000 15.9 S 110.4 E 983 50 09 FEB 08 0600 16.2 S 109.8 E 985 55 50 JTWC: 16.1S/109.3E 09 FEB 08 1200 16.6 S 108.5 E 987 50 09 FEB 08 1800 17.0 S 107.6 E 989 45 45 09 FEB 09 0000 17.5 S 106.9 E 992 40 09 FEB 09 0600 18.3 S 105.8 E 996 40 35 09 FEB 09 1200 18.8 S 104.6 E 996 35 09 FEB 09 1800 19.2 S 103.5 E 996 35 35 09 FEB 10 0000 19.9 S 102.4 E 997 35 09 FEB 10 0600 20.6 S 101.3 E 997 35 09 FEB 10 1200 21.0 S 99.8 E 998 30 09 FEB 10 1800 21.4 S 98.6 E 1000 30 09 FEB 11 0000 21.6 S 98.1 E 1007 20 NRL post-warning data 09 FEB 11 0600 21.6 S 97.4 E 1007 20 09 FEB 11 1200 21.7 S 97.0 E 1007 20 09 FEB 11 1800 21.1 S 96.3 E 1007 20 09 FEB 12 0000 20.6 S 95.3 E 1007 20 09 FEB 12 0600 20.3 S 94.6 E 1007 20 09 FEB 12 1200 19.8 S 93.4 E 1007 20 09 FEB 12 1800 19.6 S 91.9 E 1007 20 09 FEB 13 0000 19.4 S 90.1 E 1007 20 09 FEB 13 0600 18.7 S 89.1 E 1007 20 09 FEB 13 1200 18.6 S 87.5 E 1007 20 09 FEB 13 1800 18.5 S 85.5 E 1007 20 09 FEB 14 0000 18.5 S 83.7 E 1007 20 09 FEB 14 0600 18.3 S 81.9 E 1007 20 09 FEB 14 1200 18.3 S 80.8 E 1007 20 09 FEB 14 1800 18.2 S 79.0 E 1007 20 09 FEB 15 0000 17.9 S 76.9 E 1007 20 09 FEB 15 0600 17.8 S 74.1 E 1007 20 09 FEB 15 1200 18.0 S 72.3 E 1007 20 Note: The portion of Freddy's track from 11/0000 UTC onward was compiled and sent to the author by Steve Young. ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: AUW (Australian LOW number was 15U) Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 FEB 26 0600 13.3 S 125.0 E 1001 30 02 FEB 26 1200 13.9 S 123.7 E 1002 30 02 FEB 26 1800 14.1 S 122.7 E 1002 30 02 FEB 27 0000 14.5 S 122.5 E 1002 30 02 FEB 27 0600 15.6 S 120.9 E 1002 30 02 FEB 27 1200 16.4 S 119.7 E 999 33 Shipping wrng: 20 kts 02 FEB 27 1800 17.1 S 119.0 E 998 33 Shipping wrng: 20 kts 02 FEB 28 0000 18.2 S 118.6 E 998 33 Shipping wrng: 25 kts 02 FEB 28 0600 19.3 S 118.5 E 997 33 Shipping wrng: 30 kts 02 FEB 28 1200 20.2 S 118.7 E 996 33 Moving inland Note: The MSW values for this system were obtained from the peak gusts given in the public advices, reducing to a 10-min avg MSW by dividing by 1.41. This does not match the MSW values given in the shipping warnings, commencing at 27/1200 UTC. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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 (09F) 01 - 05 Feb Tropical Cyclone INNIS (10F / 15P) 14 - 24 Feb ************************************************************************* 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 FEB 01 2100 15.2 S 163.6 E 1000 25 09 FEB 02 0900 16.0 S 163.3 E 1000 25 09 FEB 02 2100 13.0 S 161.0 E 999 25 09 FEB 03 0000 13.0 S 161.0 E 999 30 09 FEB 03 0600 13.7 S 160.6 E 999 30 09 FEB 03 1200 15.0 S 161.5 E 999 30 09 FEB 03 1800 17.0 S 162.4 E 999 30 Relocated 09 FEB 04 0000 19.1 S 161.6 E 999 30 09 FEB 04 0600 20.6 S 162.1 E 999 30 09 FEB 04 1200 21.7 S 162.0 E 999 30 09 FEB 04 1800 22.0 S 162.9 E 998 30 09 FEB 05 0000 22.4 S 163.4 E 997 30 Peripheral gales to S 09 FEB 05 0600 23.4 S 165.0 E 997 30 " 09 FEB 05 1200 24.6 S 166.3 E 997 30 " ************************************************************************* Storm Name: INNIS Cyclone Number: 15P Basin: SPA Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 10F Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 FEB 14 2100 18.0 S 172.5 E 1004 30 Peripheral gales N semi 09 FEB 15 0000 18.5 S 171.4 E 1004 30 " 09 FEB 15 0600 18.5 S 171.1 E 1004 30 " 09 FEB 15 1200 17.9 S 170.5 E 1004 30 " 09 FEB 15 1800 17.6 S 170.0 E 1003 30 Perip. gales NE quad 09 FEB 16 0000 17.9 S 169.6 E 1001 30 Perip. gales NE/SE quad 09 FEB 16 0600 18.4 S 169.1 E 1000 30 " 09 FEB 16 1200 19.0 S 167.9 E 1000 30 " 09 FEB 16 1800 19.8 S 165.8 E 1000 30 " 09 FEB 17 0000 20.4 S 164.7 E 1000 35 30 " 09 FEB 17 0600 21.8 S 163.9 E 995 35 Named TC Innis 09 FEB 17 1200 22.9 S 163.7 E 990 35 40 09 FEB 17 1800 24.8 S 160.5 E 995 35 09 FEB 18 0000 26.0 S 161.0 E 996 35 35 XTRP/Wellington wrngs 09 FEB 18 0600 29.0 S 160.0 E 998 35 09 FEB 18 1200 31.0 S 160.0 E 995 35 09 FEB 18 1800 33.5 S 160.6 E 1004 25 NRL Monterrey position 09 FEB 19 0000 37.4 S 159.5 E 999 NCEP Re-analysis 09 FEB 19 0600 39.1 S 160.2 E 997 09 FEB 19 1200 39.9 S 162.8 E 996 09 FEB 19 1800 41.9 S 165.1 E 992 09 FEB 20 0000 42.4 S 166.6 E 989 09 FEB 20 0600 42.5 S 167.4 E 990 09 FEB 20 1200 42.6 S 168.0 E 989 09 FEB 20 1800 42.6 E 169.1 E 990 09 FEB 21 0000 43.7 E 166.6 E 991 09 FEB 21 0600 44.8 S 166.6 E 992 09 FEB 21 1200 44.7 S 167.2 E 994 09 FEB 21 1800 44.9 S 167.6 E 994 09 FEB 22 0000 44.9 S 168.2 E 997 09 FEB 22 0600 44.9 S 170.6 E 997 Secondary: 45.0S/174.1E 09 FEB 22 1200 47.1 S 177.6 E 998 09 FEB 22 1800 47.4 S 177.5 E 999 09 FEB 23 0000 47.7 S 179.7 E 1004 09 FEB 23 0600 47.4 S 179.5 E 1005 09 FEB 23 1200 46.9 S 179.2 E 1008 09 FEB 23 1800 46.7 S 179.2 E 1010 09 FEB 24 0000 47.3 S 179.8 E 1013 Note: JTWC position at 18/0000 UTC was 27.2S/160.4E. The portion of Innis' track from 18/1800 UTC onward was compiled and sent to the author by Steve Young. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* !!!!!! 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: https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php> 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/archives.htm> http://mpittweather.com> PREPARED BY: Gary Padgett garyp@alaweb.com SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Michael V. Padua supertyphoon@gmail.com webmaster@typhoon2000.ph ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Posted: 07.21.09 / Typhoon2000.ph, Typhoon2000.com