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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks February 1999
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - FEBRUARY 1999


NORTHWEST PACIFIC (NWP) - North Pacific Ocean West of Longitude 180


NOTE:  The tracking information for Northwest Pacific Basin tropical
       cyclones is based primarily upon operational warnings from the
       Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. Air Force and Navy on
       the island of Guam.  Comparisons were made with track coordinates
       given in advisories from the meteorological services of Japan
       (JMA) and the Philippines (PAGASA).  In general, whenever the
       center position differed by more than 40-50 nm from JTWC's, an
       entry was made in the Remarks column.


       The 1-min avg MSW were taken from the JTWC advisories while the
       10-min avg MSW were obtained from PAGASA's advisories if the
       storm was in PAGASA's area of responsibility; otherwise, they
       were gleaned from JMA's advisories or high seas forecasts.  In
       a few cases the 10-min MSW given by PAGASA and JMA did not agree;
       in those cases I reported the higher value.    The estimates of
       central pressure were obtained from JMA's advisories.


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Storm Name: IRIS/BEBENG           Cyclone Number: 02W     Basin: NWP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 10 0600   7.0 N  154.0 E  1005   20        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 11 0600  10.5 N  149.5 E  1004   20                  "
99 FEB 12 0600   9.0 N  145.5 E  1004   20                  "
99 FEB 13 0600  11.0 N  144.0 E  1006   20                  "
99 FEB 13 2300  12.5 N  136.8 E         25        JTWC Formation Alert
99 FEB 14 2300  12.0 N  136.8 E         20                  "
99 FEB 15 0000  11.0 N  136.0 E               30  PAGASA Warning
99 FEB 15 0600  11.2 N  135.5 E               30         "
99 FEB 15 1200  11.3 N  135.0 E               30         "
99 FEB 15 1800  11.5 N  134.0 E               30         "
99 FEB 16 0000  11.8 N  133.0 E         25    30
99 FEB 16 0600  12.1 N  133.0 E         25    30  PAGASA: 11.6 N, 132.7 E
99 FEB 16 1200  12.3 N  132.7 E         30    30  PAGASA: 11.7 N, 131.3 E
99 FEB 16 1800  12.0 N  132.2 E         30    30  PAGASA: 11.7 N, 131.0 E
99 FEB 17 0000  11.8 N  131.2 E         35    30
99 FEB 17 0600  11.9 N  129.4 E         35    30
99 FEB 17 1200  12.6 N  128.2 E         35    30  PAGASA: 11.8 N, 129.0 E
99 FEB 17 1800  13.2 N  127.4 E         35    30  PAGASA: 11.9 N, 128.2 E
99 FEB 18 0000  13.5 N  127.0 E         30    25  PAGASA: 12.1 N, 127.5 E
99 FEB 18 0600  13.6 N  127.0 E         30        PAGASA: 12.3 N, 127.2 E
99 FEB 18 1200  13.9 N  126.7 E         30
99 FEB 18 1800  14.2 N  126.3 E         25


Note:  I was not able to retrieve JMA bulletins for this system; hence,
all the 10-min MSW estimates are taken from the PAGASA track supplied me
by Michael V. Padua.   Since JMA warnings were unavailable, there are
no central pressure estimates except for the ones given by JTWC in their
Significant Tropical Weather Outlooks during the formative stages.


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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea


NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for North Indian Ocean
       Basin tropical cyclones is based primarily upon operational
       warnings from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. 
       Air Force and Navy (JTWC) on the island of Guam.  For weaker
       systems not in warning status by JTWC, information gleaned from
       the twice-daily issuances of the Indian Meteorological Depart-
       ment (IMD) was used to complete the tracks.  These bulletins
       usually give analyzed center positions at either 0300 or 0600
       UTC and 1200 or 1500 UTC.
       
       The MSW are based on a 1-min 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
       region, both 10-min and 3-min average winds are employed, but
       IMD makes no attempt to modify the Dvorak scale for estimating
       tropical cyclone intensity; hence, a 1-min avg MSW is implied.
       In the North Indian basin JTWC usually does not initiate warnings
       until a system is well-organized and it is likely to attain
       tropical storm status within 48 hours.


       Windspeeds are usually not reported in the IMD bulletins. Systems
       are usually classified as depressions, deep depressions, or
       cyclonic storms.   For depressions I assigned a MSW of 25 kts and
       for deep depressions 30 kts.  If the early stages of a system 
       were referred to as a low-pressure area, I assigned 20 kts.


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Storm Name: Tropical Cyclone      Cyclone Number: 01B     Basin: NIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 27 1800   5.0 N   92.0 E  1006   15        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 JAN 29 1800   6.0 N   93.0 E  1004   15                  "
99 JAN 30 0200   9.0 N   91.0 E  1004   15                  "
99 JAN 30 1800   8.2 N   91.4 E  1003   25                  "
99 JAN 31 0400   8.7 N   90.6 E         25        JTWC Formation Alert
99 FEB 01 0400   9.3 N   89.0 E         25                  "
99 FEB 02 0600   9.4 N   85.0 E         35        IMD-03Z: 9.5 N, 86.0 E
99 FEB 02 1200  10.0 N   85.0 E                   IMD Position
99 FEB 02 1800  10.7 N   84.7 E         35
99 FEB 03 0600  10.8 N   84.3 E         40        IMD: 11.5 N, 86.0 E
99 FEB 03 1800  11.3 N   84.0 E         35        IMD-12Z: 12.0 N, 86.0 E
99 FEB 04 0600  11.6 N   84.1 E         35        IMD: 12.0 N, 86.5 E
99 FEB 04 1800  12.0 N   84.0 E         30
99 FEB 05 0600  11.0 N   84.0 E         20        IMD Position


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  SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN (SIO) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E


  NOTE:  The tracking coordinates, 10-min avg MSW, and estimates of
         central pressure were obtained from the RSMC La Reunion's
         advisories, while the 1-min avg MSW were taken from JTWC's
         advisories.  In the case of TS Chikita and TD D19899, the
         coordinates and 10-min MSW were taken from an analyzed
         Best Track prepared by the La Reunion TCWC.  A special
         thanks to Philippe Caroff for sending the track to me.


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Storm Name: CHIKITA               Cyclone Number: 17S     Basin: SIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 24 1800   5.0 S   97.0 E  1005   15        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 JAN 25 1800   5.0 S   96.0 E  1005   15                  "
99 JAN 26 1800   7.0 S   98.0 E  1004   25                  "
99 JAN 28 1800  13.0 S   99.0 E                             "
99 JAN 29 1200  14.2 S   95.2 E  1001         20
99 JAN 29 1800  14.4 S   94.3 E  1001         20
99 JAN 30 0000  14.5 S   93.6 E  1001         20
99 JAN 30 0600  15.0 S   93.0 E  1000         20
99 JAN 30 1200  15.5 S   92.3 E   999   25    25  JTWC-10Z: 15.0S, 93.0E
99 JAN 30 1800  16.1 S   90.2 E   999   25    25  JTWC: 15.7 S, 91.6 E
99 JAN 31 0000  16.7 S   88.1 E   999   30    25
99 JAN 31 0600  17.0 S   86.1 E   995   35    30  JTWC: 16.3 S, 85.4 E
99 JAN 31 1200  17.2 S   83.7 E   990   40    37
99 JAN 31 1800  17.9 S   82.0 E   990   40    37
99 FEB 01 0000  18.4 S   80.7 E   990         37
99 FEB 01 0600  18.9 S   79.1 E   992   40    35  JTWC: 18.7 S, 78.9 E
99 FEB 01 1200  19.4 S   77.5 E   996         30
99 FEB 01 1800  19.3 S   75.8 E   998   40    28
99 FEB 02 0000  19.3 S   73.8 E   998         28
99 FEB 02 0600  19.4 S   71.7 E   998   40    28  JTWC: 19.4 S, 72.9 E
99 FEB 02 1200  19.4 S   69.3 E   998         28
99 FEB 02 1800  19.3 S   67.1 E   997         30
99 FEB 03 0000  19.2 S   64.7 E   997         30
99 FEB 03 0600  18.7 S   62.8 E   997   35    30  JTWC: 19.7 S, 63.5 E
99 FEB 03 1200  18.3 S   61.3 E   997         30
99 FEB 03 1800  18.2 S   59.3 E   998   35    28
99 FEB 04 0000  18.4 S   57.4 E   999         25
99 FEB 04 0600  18.6 S   56.1 E  1000   30    25
99 FEB 04 1200  19.5 S   54.6 E  1000         25
99 FEB 04 1800  19.7 S   53.0 E  1000         25
99 FEB 05 0000  19.9 S   51.7 E  1002         20
99 FEB 05 0600  20.3 S   50.6 E  1004   30    20


Note:  Tracking information from 1200 UTC on 29 Jan onward is based on
the analyzed Best Track from the La Reunion TCWC.  A special thanks to
Philippe Caroff for sending it to me.


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Storm Name: TD D19899             Cyclone Number: 21S     Basin: SIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 11 1200  18.4 S   38.4 E               20
99 FEB 11 1800  18.5 S   39.4 E  1002         23  La Reunion Best Track
99 FEB 12 0000  18.5 S   39.5 E  1004         20           
99 FEB 12 0600  18.7 S   39.7 E  1005         20           
99 FEB 12 1200  19.4 S   39.5 E  1003         20           
99 FEB 12 1800  20.3 S   38.8 E  1000   25    25  JTWC: 20.0 S, 37.5 E
99 FEB 13 0000  21.0 S   38.3 E  1000         25
99 FEB 13 0600  21.6 S   38.0 E   998         28
99 FEB 13 1200  22.1 S   37.9 E   996   35    30
99 FEB 13 1800  22.5 S   38.1 E   995   40    32
99 FEB 14 0000  22.7 S   38.7 E   994   45    33  JTWC: 23.8 S, 38.1 E
99 FEB 14 0600  22.8 S   39.2 E   994   45    33  JTWC: 23.5 S, 38.9 E
99 FEB 14 1200  22.6 S   40.1 E   994   40    33
99 FEB 14 1800  21.8 S   40.8 E   995   35    32
99 FEB 15 0000  20.5 S   41.0 E   996   35    30
99 FEB 15 0600  19.8 S   40.7 E   998   30    28
99 FEB 15 1200  19.3 S   40.3 E  1000         25
99 FEB 15 1800  18.7 S   40.1 E  1000         25
99 FEB 16 0000  18.2 S   39.4 E  1002         20
99 FEB 16 0600  18.3 S   39.1 E  1004         20
99 FEB 16 1200  18.6 S   38.6 E  1005         20
99 FEB 16 1800  18.9 S   38.0 E  1005         20
99 FEB 17 0000  19.2 S   37.5 E  1006         15


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Storm Name: TD D29899/E19899      Cyclone Number: 23S     Basin: SIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 21 1800  22.0 S   37.0 E  1009   15        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 22 1800  22.0 S   37.0 E  1007   15                  "
99 FEB 23 0600  21.0 S   35.0 E  1005         20
99 FEB 24 0600  21.0 S   35.0 E  1005         25
99 FEB 24 1200  21.2 S   35.5 E  1005         25
99 FEB 25 0600  20.6 S   36.0 E  1002         25  Subtropical Cyclone
99 FEB 25 1200  20.6 S   36.0 E  1000         25
99 FEB 25 1800  20.6 S   36.2 E  1000         25
99 FEB 26 0000  20.5 S   36.3 E  1000         25
99 FEB 26 0600  20.5 S   36.4 E  1000         25  Tropical Disturbance
99 FEB 26 1200  20.9 S   36.7 E  1000         25
99 FEB 26 1800  20.7 S   37.1 E  1000         25
99 FEB 27 0000  20.8 S   37.6 E  1000         25
99 FEB 27 0600  21.3 S   38.1 E  1000         25
99 FEB 27 1200  21.3 S   38.4 E  1000   30    25
99 FEB 27 1800  22.8 S   39.6 E  1000         25
99 FEB 28 0000  21.9 S   40.6 E  1002   30    20  Re-located
99 FEB 28 0600  22.4 S   41.1 E  1002         20
99 FEB 28 1200  23.2 S   42.3 E         30        JTWC Warning
99 MAR 01 0000  24.0 S   42.7 E         30             "
99 MAR 01 0600  25.1 S   43.5 E         25             "
99 MAR 04 0000  22.3 S   37.9 E  1002         25  See Note
99 MAR 04 0600  21.3 S   36.6 E  1002         25
99 MAR 04 1200  20.4 S   36.1 E  1002         25  Re-designated "E1"
99 MAR 04 1800  19.4 S   35.6 E  1002         25  Near coast


Note:  Bulletins on this disturbance were re-designated as "E1" after
Tropical Storm Davina was named on 4 March.  I was unable to retrieve
bulletins from La Reunion between 1200 UTC on 28 Feb and 0000 UTC on
4 Mar; and since JTWC discontinued warnings after 01/0600 UTC, there
is a gap in the track.


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AUSTRALIAN REGION (AUS) - From Longitude 90E Eastward to Longitude 160E


NOTE:  The tracking information presented below was obtained from
       operational warnings issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning
       Centres at Perth, Western Australia; Darwin, Northern Territory;
       and Brisbane, Queensland.    JTWC warnings were utilized for
       making comparisons and for supplying information for times when 
       the Australian warnings were unavailable.   The 10-min MSW values
       were obtained from the Australian warnings while the 1-min MSW 
       values were assigned by JTWC.


       The tropical cyclone warnings from Perth report the analyzed
       cyclone positions at 0400, 1000, 1600, and 2200 UTC instead of
       the more familiar 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC utilized by most
       TC warning agencies.   I have made no attempt to interpolate the
       coordinates to standard synoptic hours as I did last season.


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Storm Name: Tropical LOW          Cyclone Number: 18S     Basin: AUS


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 JAN 31 1800  12.1 S  112.1 E  1002   25        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 01 0400  12.0 S  112.0 E  1002             Perth Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 01 1800  12.0 S  113.5 E  1004   25        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 02 0400  13.0 S  116.0 E  1000             Perth Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 02 1800  13.5 S  115.0 E  1004   25        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 03 0445  15.0 S  118.0 E  1000             Perth Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 03 1800  16.0 S  117.1 E  1001   25        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 03 2200  16.5 S  118.0 E   999         25  Perth Warning
99 FEB 04 0400  17.0 S  118.5 E   999         25
99 FEB 04 1000  17.6 S  118.0 E   998         30
99 FEB 04 1600  17.7 S  117.0 E   996   35    33  JTWC-18Z: 17.9S, 116.0E
99 FEB 04 2200  18.3 S  115.8 E   995   35    33
99 FEB 05 0400  19.0 S  115.0 E   995   35    33  JTWC-06Z: 19.2S, 113.8E
99 FEB 05 1000  19.4 S  113.3 E   995   35    33
99 FEB 05 1600  19.0 S  112.0 E   995   35    33
99 FEB 05 2200  18.7 S  110.8 E   995   40    40  See Note
99 FEB 06 0400  18.5 S  110.4 E   995         40
99 FEB 06 1000  18.4 S  109.7 E   996   40    40
99 FEB 06 1600  18.2 S  108.7 E   996   40    40
99 FEB 06 2200  18.3 S  107.8 E   999   35    40  JTWC-00Z: 18.5S, 108.7E
99 FEB 07 0600  18.6 S  108.6 E         35        JTWC Warning
99 FEB 07 1200  18.6 S  108.6 E         35             "
99 FEB 07 1800  19.1 S  108.3 E         35             "
99 FEB 08 0000  19.1 S  107.8 E         35             "
99 FEB 08 0600  19.0 S  107.6 E         35             "
99 FEB 08 1200  19.0 S  107.3 E         35             "
99 FEB 09 0000  18.5 S  107.6 E         30             "
99 FEB 09 0435  18.5 S  109.5 E   999             Perth Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 11 0410  15.0 S  114.5 E   999                        "
99 FEB 12 0450  17.0 S  115.7 E  1000                        "
99 FEB 13 0400  21.0 S  111.0 E  1002                        "
99 FEB 14 0400  20.0 S  110.0 E  1005                        "


Note:  The gales mentioned by Perth were forecast to be occurring only
in the western quadrant of the depression; hence, by WMO Region 5
definition, the system did not qualify as a tropical cyclone.


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Storm Name: RONA                  Cyclone Number: 20P     Basin: AUS


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 08 0545  14.0 S  150.0 E                   Brisbane Trop. WX Sum.   
99 FEB 09 1200  15.0 S  148.0 E  1000   20        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 10 0600  16.1 S  148.3 E         25                  "
99 FEB 10 1200  15.5 S  148.8 E   995              
99 FEB 10 1800  16.2 S  148.4 E   990   35    40
99 FEB 11 0000  16.3 S  147.8 E   987         40
99 FEB 11 0600  16.7 S  146.8 E   975   45    55
99 FEB 11 1200  16.2 S  145.5 E   970         60
99 FEB 11 1800  16.5 S  145.0 E   995   45    45  Inland
99 FEB 12 0000  15.6 S  144.3 E   997         40
99 FEB 12 0600  15.8 S  144.2 E   995   35    40  JTWC: 16.3 S, 142.9 E
99 FEB 12 1200  15.8 S  144.2 E   995         40
99 FEB 12 1800  16.7 S  141.3 E         30        See Note


Note:  JTWC obviously tracked "something" inland while Brisbane has
Rona's remnants staying near the coast, later moving back out into
the Pacific and subsequently re-developing into Tropical Cyclone Frank
in the Fiji AOR.   This last position was taken from JTWC's final
warning.  Based upon comments in the last JTWC warning, the "something"
was likely the upper-level (convective) portion of the circulation
while the lower-level portion got caught up in the Great Dividing Range
and later drifted back out to sea.


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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (SWP) - South Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 160E


NOTE:  The tracking and intensity information for Southwest Pacific
       Basin tropical cyclones was taken from real-time operational
       warnings issued by the Nadi TCWC, Fiji for positions north of
       25S and from the Wellington, New Zealand office for positions
       south of 25S.   Warnings from JTWC (west of 180) and from
       NPMOC (east of 180) were utilized for the purpose of making
       comparisons and for supplying information for times when the
       Nadi or Wellington warnings were unavailable.  The 10-min avg
       MSW values were taken from the Fiji or New Zealand warnings
       while the 1-min avg MSW values were obtained from the JTWC or
       NPMOC warnings.
           
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Storm Name: ELLA                  Cyclone Number: 19P     Basin: SWP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 09 0600  13.0 S  160.0 E   999   25        JTWC Trop. WX Outlook
99 FEB 09 1130  13.2 S  160.4     999   25        JTWC Formation Alert
99 FEB 10 0000  11.2 S  160.6 E  1000   30    25
99 FEB 10 0600  11.3 S  160.9 E   995         30
99 FEB 10 1200  11.4 S  161.1 E   995   35    30
99 FEB 10 1800  11.3 S  162.1 E   995         30
99 FEB 11 0000  11.0 S  163.0 E   995   35    30
99 FEB 11 0400  11.8 S  164.0 E   990         35
99 FEB 11 0600  12.2 S  164.1 E   988         40  JTWC: 13.0 S, 164.6 E
99 FEB 11 1200  13.8 S  164.9 E   988   45    40
99 FEB 11 1800  15.6 S  164.6 E   987         45
99 FEB 12 0000  17.5 S  165.4 E   990   40    40
99 FEB 12 0600  19.5 S  165.9 E   995         35
99 FEB 12 1200  20.6 S  166.7 E   990   35    40  JTWC: 21.4 S, 167.3 E
99 FEB 12 1800  22.0 S  167.6 E   990   45    40
99 FEB 13 0000  23.1 S  168.8 E   990   40    40
99 FEB 13 0600  24.4 S  169.7 E   990   40    40
99 FEB 13 1200  25.0 S  170.0 E   990   35    35
99 FEB 13 1800  25.5 S  170.0 E   995   30    35
99 FEB 14 0000  26.0 S  170.0 E  1001         35  Extratropical


Note:  The first two positions, from JTWC bulletins, are somewhat to the
south of where Fiji's track begins.  I included them because they
represent the earliest information I had available on this cyclone.


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Storm Name: FRANK                 Cyclone Number: 22P     Basin: SWP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 16 2300  21.4 S  152.4 E         20        JTWC Formation Alert
99 FEB 17 0000  21.4 S  153.7 E         30        JTWC Warning
99 FEB 17 0600  21.7 S  155.5 E   998   35    25
99 FEB 17 1200  20.8 S  155.4 E   998         25  Re-located
99 FEB 17 1800  20.3 S  157.1 E   996   30    30  JTWC: 21.0 S, 157.6 E
99 FEB 18 0000  20.4 S  158.0 E   996   35    30
99 FEB 18 0600  20.5 S  159.2 E   994   35    30
99 FEB 18 1200  20.3 S  159.7 E   995         30
99 FEB 18 1800  19.7 S  161.0 E   995   45    35  Entered Fiji AOR
99 FEB 19 0000  19.9 S  161.7 E   987         45
99 FEB 19 0600  20.0 S  162.3 E   982   55    50
99 FEB 19 1200  20.0 S  163.3 E   975         60
99 FEB 19 1800  20.2 S  164.2 E   965   70    70
99 FEB 20 0000  20.7 S  165.1 E   955  100    80
99 FEB 20 0600  21.5 S  165.6 E   955   90    80  JTWC: 21.8 S, 166.0 E
99 FEB 20 1200  22.5 S  166.0 E   955         80
99 FEB 20 1800  23.8 S  166.4 E   965   90    70
99 FEB 20 2100  23.7 S  165.1 E   980         55  Re-located
99 FEB 21 0000  24.3 S  165.2 E   985   80    50
99 FEB 21 0600  25.0 S  164.8 E   987   75    45  Entered Wellington AOR
99 FEB 21 1200  26.0 S  164.5 E   989         45
99 FEB 21 1800  27.0 S  163.0 E   990   65    35  Extratropical
99 FEB 22 0600  26.8 S  161.6 E         60        JTWC Warning
99 FEB 22 1800  27.3 S  161.5 E         50             "
99 FEB 23 0600  29.4 S  163.0 E         40             "


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Storm Name: Tropical Depression   Cyclone Number: 17F     Basin: SWP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 18 2100  23.5 S  174.5 W   995         40  See Note
99 FEB 19 0000  22.0 S  175.0 W   995         40     "
99 FEB 19 1200  24.5 S  171.5 W   995         30


Note:  Gales were present only in southern semicircle due to pressure
gradient with high-pressure ridge to south.  System was not classified 
as a tropical cyclone.


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Storm Name: GITA                  Cyclone Number: 24P     Basin: SWP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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99 FEB 27 0000  24.5 S  156.1 W  1003         30
99 FEB 27 0600  24.6 S  155.6 W  1003         30
99 FEB 27 1200  26.0 S  156.0 W   990         40  Entered Wellington AOR
99 FEB 27 1700  26.5 S  154.5 W   990   35    45
99 FEB 27 2200  26.3 S  155.3 W         50        Info from Mark Lander
99 FEB 28 0000  28.5 S  153.5 W   992         40
99 FEB 28 0600  27.0 S  155.5 W   990   30    45  Re-located
99 FEB 28 1200  27.5 S  156.5 W   990         45
99 FEB 28 1800  28.5 S  156.5 W  1000         45  Extratropical
99 MAR 01 0000  29.5 S  155.5 W   998         45        "
99 MAR 02 0230  32.9 S  156.0 W         50        Info from Mark Lander


Note:  Two positions above were posted to a discussion list by Dr. Mark
Lander of the University of Guam, who was unaware that any agency was
issuing warnings on this system.   According to some e-mail from Steve
Ready of the New Zealand Meteorological Service, it is very possible
that Gita was declared extratropical a bit prematurely.  Also, the
monthly write-up I received from Alipate Waqaicelua of the Fiji TCWC
stated that probably Gita should have been upgraded to a tropical
cyclone at 27/0000 UTC.

Document: trak9902.htm
Updated: 18th March 2008

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