GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JULY 2010 !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE INFORMATION AT END OF FILE !!!! ************************************************************************* ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico Sources of Information ---------------------- The track coordinates, central pressure and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind values were obtained from the operational forecast/advisories issued by the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center located in Miami, Florida. A 1-minute averaging period is the standard used by all U. S. civilian and military warning services for tropical cyclone warnings. Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Depression (02) 08 - 10 Jul Tropical Storm BONNIE (03) 22 - 25 Jul ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 02 Basin: ATL Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 08 0000 23.6 N 93.6 W 1005 30 10 JUL 08 0600 24.4 N 94.7 W 1006 30 10 JUL 08 1200 25.7 N 96.4 W 1006 30 10 JUL 08 1800 26.0 N 97.8 W 1008 30 Inland 10 JUL 08 2100 26.2 N 98.4 W 1008 25 Final NHC advisory 10 JUL 09 0300 26.1 N 99.2 W 1008 17 HPC storm summaries 10 JUL 09 0900 26.5 N 100.9 W 1009 17 10 JUL 09 1500 26.6 N 102.1 W 1009 17 10 JUL 09 2100 27.6 N 101.7 W 1010 17 10 JUL 10 0300 27.6 N 104.5 W 1006 17 Final HPC summary ************************************************************************* Storm Name: BONNIE Cyclone Number: 03 Basin: ATL Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 22 1200 21.6 N 74.4 W 1008 30 10 JUL 22 1800 22.2 N 74.9 W 1008 30 10 JUL 23 0000 23.1 N 75.9 W 1007 35 Upgraded at 2215Z 10 JUL 23 0600 23.8 N 77.8 W 1007 35 10 JUL 23 1200 24.8 N 79.7 W 1008 35 10 JUL 23 1800 25.8 N 81.1 W 1008 35 Over extreme south FLA 10 JUL 24 0000 26.3 N 82.6 W 1009 30 Over Gulf of Mexico 10 JUL 24 0600 26.7 N 84.4 W 1013 30 10 JUL 24 1200 27.6 N 86.0 W 1014 25 10 JUL 24 1800 28.1 N 87.0 W 1011 25 10 JUL 25 0000 28.6 N 88.3 W 1011 25 Near Louisiana coast ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180 Sources of Information ---------------------- The track coordinates, central pressure and 1-minute average maximum sustained wind values were obtained from the operational forecast/advisories issued by the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, for locations east of longitude 140W, and from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, for locations west of longitude 140W. A 1-minute averaging period is the standard used by all U. S. civilian and military warning services for tropical cyclone warnings. Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season: Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Depression (06E) 14 - 16 Jul ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: 06E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 14 1800 14.7 N 106.7 W 1006 30 10 JUL 15 0000 15.1 N 107.3 W 1006 30 10 JUL 15 0600 15.0 N 107.9 W 1007 30 10 JUL 15 1200 15.2 N 108.3 W 1006 30 10 JUL 15 1800 15.8 N 108.0 W 1006 30 10 JUL 16 0000 16.5 N 108.6 W 1006 25 10 JUL 16 0600 17.0 N 109.4 W 1006 25 10 JUL 16 0900 17.2 N 109.9 W 1006 25 ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180 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. The central pressure and 10-minute average maximum sustained wind estimates for most systems were obtained from warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), which is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor- ological Centre for the basin. In a few instances, information from warnings issued by other Asian warning centers may have been utilized. The center position coordinates from JMA and other centers were com- pared with those from JTWC and annotations made in the Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm or more. Michael V. Padua of Naga City in the Philippines, owner of the Typhoon 2000 website, sends me cyclone tracks based upon warnings issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Philippines' Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). A special thanks to Michael for his efforts. Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010 Pacific Typhoon Season: Following are links to Michael Padua's storm logs for the July tropical systems: Systems Tracked --------------- Typhoon CONSON (03W / 1002 / BASYANG) 11 - 18 Jul Typhoon CHANTHU (04W / 1003 / CALOY) 17 - 23 Jul Tropical Depression (NRL Invest 97W) 18 - 20 Jul Tropical Depression (NRL Invest 92W) 27 - 29 Jul ************************************************************************* Storm Name: CONSON Cyclone Number: 03W Basin: NWP PAGASA Internal Name: BASYANG JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1002 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 11 0000 13.0 N 135.0 E 1012 20 LPA 10 JUL 11 0600 13.0 N 133.0 E 1010 25 JMA bulletins 10 JUL 11 1200 13.4 N 132.9 E 1010 25 25 JMA: 14.0N/133.0E 10 JUL 11 1800 13.9 N 131.8 E 1008 35 30 10 JUL 12 0000 14.2 N 130.6 E 1004 45 35 10 JUL 12 0600 14.1 N 129.1 E 994 60 40 10 JUL 12 1200 14.3 N 127.7 E 985 60 55 10 JUL 12 1800 14.2 N 126.4 E 975 65 60 10 JUL 13 0000 14.2 N 124.6 E 975 70 60 10 JUL 13 0600 14.3 N 123.5 E 980 65 60 Nearing Luzon 10 JUL 13 1200 14.5 N 122.2 E 985 60 55 10 JUL 13 1800 14.4 N 121.3 E 990 50 50 Over Quezon City 10 JUL 14 0000 14.6 N 119.7 E 990 55 50 Over South China Sea 10 JUL 14 0600 15.4 N 118.4 E 992 50 45 10 JUL 14 1200 16.1 N 117.4 E 992 50 45 10 JUL 14 1800 16.1 N 116.1 E 992 50 45 10 JUL 15 0000 16.3 N 115.1 E 990 50 50 10 JUL 15 0600 16.4 N 113.8 E 985 50 55 10 JUL 15 1200 16.7 N 113.0 E 980 60 60 10 JUL 15 1800 16.9 N 111.8 E 980 70 60 10 JUL 16 0000 16.9 N 110.9 E 980 75 60 10 JUL 16 0600 17.7 N 110.1 E 975 75 65 10 JUL 16 1200 18.1 N 109.5 E 970 70 70 10 JUL 16 1800 18.6 N 108.4 E 970 60 70 Passing south of Hainan 10 JUL 17 0000 19.0 N 107.4 E 980 55 60 10 JUL 17 0600 20.2 N 107.4 E 985 50 50 10 JUL 17 1200 20.8 N 106.7 E 990 45 45 10 JUL 17 1800 21.0 N 106.1 E 994 30 40 Near Hanoi, Vietnam 10 JUL 18 0000 21.0 N 105.0 E 1000 30 JMA bulletin ************************************************************************* Storm Name: CHANTHU Cyclone Number: 04W Basin: NWP PAGASA Internal Name: CALOY JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1003 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 17 0000 15.0 N 123.0 E 1008 25 JMA bulletins 10 JUL 17 0600 16.0 N 123.0 E 1008 25 10 JUL 17 1200 16.0 N 123.0 E 1008 25 10 JUL 17 1800 16.0 N 122.0 E 1008 25 10 JUL 18 0000 15.4 N 122.6 E 1008 30 Off EC of Philippines 10 JUL 18 0600 15.6 N 121.2 E 1006 30 30 JMA: 15.2N/121.7E 10 JUL 18 1200 15.4 N 120.4 E 1006 30 30 10 JUL 18 1800 15.3 N 119.3 E 1004 25 30 JMA: 15.1N/118.4E 10 JUL 19 0000 15.3 N 118.1 E 1004 30 30 JMA: 14.9N/117.5E 10 JUL 19 0600 15.3 N 117.1 E 1004 30 30 JMA: 14.7N/117.0E 10 JUL 19 1200 15.7 N 116.2 E 1000 30 35 10 JUL 19 1800 16.4 N 116.5 E 1000 35 35 10 JUL 20 0000 17.3 N 116.0 E 996 35 35 10 JUL 20 0600 17.8 N 115.1 E 992 35 40 10 JUL 20 1200 18.3 N 114.6 E 990 40 45 10 JUL 20 1800 18.4 N 113.5 E 985 45 55 10 JUL 21 0000 18.3 N 113.0 E 980 55 55 10 JUL 21 0600 18.9 N 112.8 E 980 45 55 10 JUL 21 1200 19.2 N 112.4 E 975 55 60 10 JUL 21 1800 19.8 N 112.2 E 970 60 65 10 JUL 22 0000 20.7 N 111.4 E 965 70 70 10 JUL 22 0600 21.5 N 110.4 E 975 75 60 Landfall near Zhanjiang 10 JUL 22 1200 21.9 N 109.7 E 985 55 50 10 JUL 22 1800 22.1 N 108.9 E 992 45 JMA bulletins 10 JUL 23 0000 23.1 N 107.9 E 996 35 10 JUL 23 0600 24.0 N 107.0 E 1000 30 10 JUL 23 1200 24.0 N 106.0 E 1000 25 ************************************************************************* 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 18 1200 26.0 N 127.0 E 1006 25 10 JUL 18 1800 26.0 N 126.0 E 1006 25 10 JUL 19 0000 26.0 N 126.0 E 1008 25 10 JUL 19 0600 26.3 N 125.4 E 1008 30 10 JUL 19 1200 27.4 N 125.2 E 1008 30 10 JUL 19 1800 29.0 N 124.1 E 1008 30 10 JUL 20 0000 29.5 N 124.5 E 1008 30 10 JUL 20 0600 30.9 N 124.2 E 1006 30 10 JUL 20 1200 33.0 N 124.0 E 1008 25 Note: Bulletins were issued for this system by JMA only. JTWC issued a TCFA but did not initiate warnings. The highest Dvorak ratings by JTWC and SAB noted by the author were T1.5/1.5. The NRL invest number for this system was 97W. ************************************************************************* 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 JUL 26 1800 27.7 N 121.3 E 1004 30 JMA bulletins 10 JUL 27 0000 30.1 N 122.1 E 1004 30 10 JUL 27 0600 31.0 N 122.7 E 1002 30 10 JUL 27 1200 31.7 N 122.9 E 1002 30 10 JUL 27 1800 32.7 N 123.6 E 1002 30 10 JUL 28 0000 33.6 N 124.2 E 1002 30 10 JUL 28 0600 34.0 N 125.0 E 998 30 Referred to as LOW 10 JUL 28 1200 35.0 N 125.0 E 998 30 10 JUL 28 1800 36.0 N 126.0 E 998 30 10 JUL 29 0000 36.0 N 126.0 E 1000 25 Note: This system was not classified by JTWC nor SAB. It was more of a hybrid or non-tropical LOW than a tropical depression. JMA was the only agency (to the author's knowledge) to refer to this system as a tropical depression. This system's NRL invest number was 92W. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ********** 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. ************************************************************************* 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: Information regarding how to interpret the coded reconnaissance messages may be found at the following URL: 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: Links to tropical products archives for earlier years are available at the following URL: JTWC warnings for past storms are archived on the NRL Monterrey website: 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: 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: (2) For the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: (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: Steve Young has compiled many of these tracks onto a single webpage which is very user-friendly: ************************************************************************* !!!!!! 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 Kevin Boyle michaelpace@btinternet.com Michael Bath mbath@ozemail.com.au SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Michael V. Padua michaelpadua@hotmail.com webmaster@typhoon2000.ph Steve Young shy9@earthlink.net ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Posted: 11.12.10 for Typhoon2000.com, Typhoon2000.ph, Maybagyo.com