GARY PADGETT'S GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 2006 !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!! ************************************************************************* 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Tropical Storm ALETTA (01E) 27 - 30 May ************************************************************************* Storm Name: ALETTA Cyclone Number: 01E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 MAY 27 0600 14.5 N 101.5 W 1005 25 06 MAY 27 1200 14.9 N 101.3 W 1004 30 06 MAY 27 1800 15.5 N 100.6 W 1003 35 06 MAY 28 0000 15.7 N 101.0 W 1003 35 06 MAY 28 0600 15.4 N 101.0 W 1002 40 06 MAY 28 1200 15.4 N 101.4 W 1002 40 06 MAY 28 1800 15.7 N 101.0 W 1002 40 06 MAY 29 0000 15.9 N 101.0 W 1002 40 06 MAY 29 0600 16.1 N 101.0 W 1002 40 06 MAY 29 1200 16.1 N 101.3 W 1002 40 06 MAY 29 1800 15.9 N 101.9 W 1002 35 06 MAY 30 0000 16.0 N 102.1 W 1004 30 06 MAY 30 0600 16.0 N 102.5 W 1005 30 06 MAY 30 1200 16.0 N 103.3 W 1005 30 06 MAY 30 1800 16.4 N 103.7 W 1007 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. Systems Tracked --------------- Super Typhoon CHANCHU (02W / 0601 / CALOY) 08 - 20 May ************************************************************************* Storm Name: CHANCHU Cyclone Number: 02W Basin: NWP PAGASA Internal Name: CALOY JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0601 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06 MAY 08 0600 9.0 N 137.0 E 1006 25 JMA bulletin 06 MAY 08 1200 9.0 N 136.0 E 1006 25 " 06 MAY 08 1800 8.6 N 135.2 E 1006 25 25 06 MAY 09 0000 8.1 N 133.3 E 1006 35 30 JMA: 8.8N/134.1E 06 MAY 09 0600 8.1 N 132.5 E 1004 35 30 06 MAY 09 1200 8.4 N 131.9 E 1000 40 35 06 MAY 09 1800 8.6 N 131.4 E 1000 45 35 06 MAY 10 0000 9.1 N 130.7 E 996 55 40 06 MAY 10 0600 9.6 N 129.6 E 990 55 45 06 MAY 10 1200 9.8 N 129.1 E 985 60 50 06 MAY 10 1800 10.3 N 128.8 E 985 75 50 06 MAY 11 0000 10.9 N 128.1 E 980 75 55 06 MAY 11 0600 11.4 N 126.8 E 980 75 55 06 MAY 11 1200 12.2 N 125.9 E 980 75 55 06 MAY 11 1800 12.4 N 124.6 E 980 65 55 Over northern Samar I. 06 MAY 12 0000 12.8 N 123.7 E 985 65 50 Just south of Legaspi 06 MAY 12 0600 13.0 N 122.6 E 985 75 50 Over Sibuyan Sea 06 MAY 12 1200 12.9 N 121.8 E 980 85 55 Just east of Mindoro I. 06 MAY 12 1800 12.7 N 121.2 E 980 85 55 Over central Mindoro I. 06 MAY 13 0000 13.4 N 120.6 E 980 75 55 Over NW Mindoro I. 06 MAY 13 0600 13.8 N 119.4 E 975 75 60 In South China Sea 06 MAY 13 1200 13.9 N 118.9 E 975 80 60 06 MAY 13 1800 13.9 N 118.3 E 970 80 65 06 MAY 14 0000 13.7 N 117.5 E 965 90 70 06 MAY 14 0600 13.9 N 116.5 E 960 100 75 06 MAY 14 1200 13.9 N 115.9 E 950 115 80 06 MAY 14 1800 13.8 N 115.4 E 940 130 85 06 MAY 15 0000 14.1 N 115.3 E 935 135 90 06 MAY 15 0600 14.8 N 115.2 E 930 120 90 06 MAY 15 1200 15.4 N 115.2 E 930 115 90 06 MAY 15 1800 16.2 N 115.1 E 930 110 90 06 MAY 16 0000 16.9 N 114.8 E 930 115 90 06 MAY 16 0600 17.7 N 114.8 E 940 110 85 06 MAY 16 1200 18.8 N 115.1 E 945 105 85 06 MAY 16 1800 19.5 N 115.4 E 945 105 85 06 MAY 17 0000 20.4 N 115.6 E 945 100 85 06 MAY 17 0600 21.3 N 116.0 E 950 95 80 06 MAY 17 1200 22.5 N 116.5 E 955 90 75 06 MAY 17 1800 23.4 N 117.0 E 965 75 70 On coast of SE China 06 MAY 18 0000 24.5 N 118.1 E 985 45 50 " 06 MAY 18 0600 26.1 N 119.3 E 996 40 Near Fuzhou/JMA wrngs 06 MAY 18 1200 28.5 N 121.3 E 996 40 On coast S of Shanghai 06 MAY 18 1800 31.5 N 123.4 E 996 40 Over East China Sea 06 MAY 19 0000 32.0 N 125.0 E 996 40 Extratropical 06 MAY 19 0600 32.0 N 127.0 E 996 35 06 MAY 19 1200 32.0 N 129.0 E 1000 30 06 MAY 19 1800 32.0 N 132.0 E 998 30 Near E coast of Kyushu 06 MAY 20 0000 34.0 N 134.0 E 1000 30 Over Shikoku 06 MAY 20 0600 36.0 N 140.0 E 996 30 Over Honshu near Tokyo 06 MAY 20 1200 36.0 N 142.0 E 1002 25 Over North Pacific Note: The highest 10-min avg MSW assigned to Typhoon Chanchu by PAGASA while in their AOR was 80 kts. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* !!!!!! 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: 06.01.06 / Typhoon2000.ph, Typhoon2000.com