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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks May 2004
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

                GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 2004


          !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!


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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 AGATHA (01E)                         22 - 25 May

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Storm Name: AGATHA                Cyclone Number: 01E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

04 MAY 22 0000  14.6 N  107.6 W  1006   25
04 MAY 22 0600  15.1 N  108.2 W  1006   30
04 MAY 22 1200  15.8 N  109.3 W  1005   35
04 MAY 22 1800  16.6 N  109.6 W  1003   40
04 MAY 23 0000  17.2 N  109.9 W  1000   45
04 MAY 23 0600  17.6 N  110.1 W  1000   45
04 MAY 23 1200  17.9 N  110.3 W  1002   40
04 MAY 23 1800  18.2 N  110.3 W  1002   40
04 MAY 24 0000  18.4 N  110.8 W  1003   30
04 MAY 24 0600  18.9 N  111.4 W  1003   30
04 MAY 24 1200  19.0 N  111.0 W  1004   30
04 MAY 24 1800  18.8 N  111.0 W  1008   25
04 MAY 25 0000  18.8 N  110.7 W  1008   20

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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).  Also, Huang Chunliang of Fuzhou City, China, sends me
  each month a table comparing the maximum intensities assigned to each
  cyclone from all the applicable warning centers in the Northwest
  Pacific basin.  A very special thanks to Michael and Chunliang for
  the assistance they so reliably provide.


                            Systems Tracked
                            ---------------

   Super Typhoon NIDA (04W / 0402 / DINDO)             13 - 22 May
   Tropical Storm (05W)                                14 - 20 May
   Typhoon OMAIS (06W / 0403 / ENTENG)                 16 - 23 May

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Storm Name: NIDA                  Cyclone Number: 04W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: DINDO       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0402

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

04 MAY 13 0600   8.0 N  132.0 E  1002         25  JMA bulletin
04 MAY 13 1200   7.3 N  131.1 E  1004   25    30  JMA: 7.8N/132.3E
04 MAY 13 1800   8.3 N  132.1 E  1000   25    30
04 MAY 14 0000   8.2 N  131.7 E  1000   50    30  PAGASA: 8.0N/131.0E
04 MAY 14 0600   8.5 N  131.3 E   990   60    40
04 MAY 14 1200   8.9 N  131.0 E   990   65    40
04 MAY 14 1800   9.3 N  130.4 E   985   70    50
04 MAY 15 0000   9.6 N  129.9 E   980   80    55
04 MAY 15 0600   9.6 N  129.2 E   975   90    60
04 MAY 15 1200  10.1 N  128.4 E   970   90    65
04 MAY 15 1800  10.6 N  127.8 E   955  100    75
04 MAY 16 0000  11.3 N  127.3 E   950  115    80
04 MAY 16 0600  11.8 N  126.4 E   945  130    80
04 MAY 16 1200  12.5 N  125.7 E   935  140    90
04 MAY 16 1800  13.4 N  124.7 E   935  140    90
04 MAY 17 0000  14.0 N  124.5 E   940  130    90  Near Catanduanes I.
04 MAY 17 0600  14.7 N  123.8 E   945  135    80
04 MAY 17 1200  15.2 N  123.7 E   940  135    85
04 MAY 17 1800  16.1 N  123.6 E   940  130    85
04 MAY 18 0000  17.0 N  123.5 E   930  130    90
04 MAY 18 0600  17.6 N  123.6 E   930  130    90
04 MAY 18 1200  18.5 N  123.8 E   940  125    85
04 MAY 18 1800  19.3 N  124.6 E   940  115    85
04 MAY 19 0000  20.2 N  125.2 E   950  105    80
04 MAY 19 0600  21.2 N  126.4 E   950  100    80
04 MAY 19 1200  22.6 N  128.0 E   950   90    80
04 MAY 19 1800  23.6 N  129.9 E   950   85    80
04 MAY 20 0000  25.1 N  131.6 E   955   80    75
04 MAY 20 0600  26.7 N  134.4 E   960   80    70
04 MAY 20 1200  28.9 N  136.4 E   960   80    70  JMA: 28.5N/137.1E
04 MAY 20 1800  30.4 N  140.4 E   970   60    65  JMA: 31.2N/140.3E
04 MAY 21 0000  34.2 N  143.4 E   980   55    50  JMA: 34.7N/142.3E
04 MAY 21 0600  37.8 N  146.5 E   984   45    50  JMA: 37.0N/146.0E
04 MAY 21 1200  38.0 N  147.0 E   984         50  JMA bulletins/X-TROP
04 MAY 21 1800  39.0 N  149.0 E   988         50
04 MAY 22 0000  41.0 N  149.0 E   996         35
04 MAY 22 0600  39.0 N  151.0 E  1004         35
04 MAY 22 1200  39.0 N  151.0 E  1008         35

Note: The following table of peak MSW estimates from all the warning
centers was prepared by Huang Chunliang.  All values represent a 10-min
avg MSW except for JTWC's, which is a 1-min avg MSW.

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     == Super Typhoon 04W/NIDA/0402/DINDO (May 13-21, 2004) ==
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     TCWC       Storm ID                         PEAK MSW (kt)
     ---------------------------------------------------------
     JTWC       Super Typhoon 04W (NIDA)              140
     JMA        Very Severe Typhoon 0402 (NIDA)        90
     PAGASA     Typhoon DINDO                          90
     NMCC       Typhoon 0402 (NIDA)                   110
     HKO        Typhoon NIDA (0402)                   110
     CWB        Moderate Typhoon 0402 (NIDA)           90

Note: In the title line the storm grade was adopted based on the 
classification of the most "radical" TCWC.  Also, all the storm names/
numbers available to me have been referenced.  In addition, the starting
date points at the one when the system was initially upgraded to TD
status by whatever TCWC, while the ending date represents the one when
the storm was finally classified as a tropical system by whatever TCWC.

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 05W     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)
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04 MAY 14 0600  10.0 N  113.0 E  1006         25  JMA bulletins
04 MAY 14 1200  10.0 N  112.0 E  1006         25
04 MAY 14 1800  10.0 N  111.0 E  1006         25
04 MAY 15 0000  10.0 N  111.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 15 0600   9.6 N  110.7 E  1004         30
04 MAY 15 1200   9.4 N  110.2 E  1004   25    30
04 MAY 15 1800   9.4 N  109.7 E  1004   30    30
04 MAY 16 0000  10.1 N  110.1 E  1004   30    30  JMA: 9.5N/108.9E
04 MAY 16 0600   9.9 N  108.7 E  1004   35    30
04 MAY 16 1200   9.5 N  108.0 E  1004   35    30
04 MAY 16 1800   9.5 N  108.0 E  1004   30    30
04 MAY 17 0000   9.9 N  109.2 E  1004   30    30
04 MAY 17 0600  10.2 N  109.7 E  1002   25    30
04 MAY 17 1200  10.0 N  109.0 E  1004         25  JMA bulletins
04 MAY 17 1800  10.0 N  109.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 18 0000  10.0 N  109.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 18 0600  10.3 N  110.6 E  1004         30
04 MAY 18 1200  11.2 N  112.5 E  1004         30
04 MAY 18 1800  11.0 N  113.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 19 0000  11.0 N  113.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 19 0600  12.0 N  114.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 19 1200  13.0 N  113.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 19 1800  12.0 N  114.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 20 0000  14.0 N  114.0 E  1006         25
04 MAY 20 0600  15.0 N  114.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 20 1200  16.0 N  115.0 E  1004         25
04 MAY 20 1800  16.0 N  116.0 E  1004         25

Note: The following table of peak MSW estimates from all the warning
centers was prepared by Huang Chunliang.  All values represent a 10-min
avg MSW, except for JTWC's, which is a 1-min avg MSW.

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     == Tropical Storm 05W (May 14-21, 2004) ==
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     TCWC       Storm ID               PEAK MSW (kt)
     -----------------------------------------------
     JTWC       Tropical Storm 05W           35
     JMA        Tropical Depression          30
     NMCC       Tropical Depression          --*
     HKO        Tropical Depression          --*
     CWB        Tropical Depression          --#
     TMD        Tropical Depression          30


Note 1: In the title line the storm grade was adopted based on the 
classification of the most "radical" TCWC.  Also, all the storm names/
numbers available to me have been referenced.  In addition, the starting
date points at the one when the system was initially upgraded to TD
status by whatever TCWC, while the ending date represents the one when
the system was finally ranked as a TD by whatever TCWC.  In this regard,
CWB and JMA were the TCWCs that took the lead in upgrading 05W to TD
status on the 14th while TMD classified it as a TD for the last time on
the 21st.  (Note: TMD = Thai Meteorological Department)

Note 2 (*): The system was mentioned as a TD in some of the real-time
bulletins issued by both NMCC and HKO; yet, the storm remained outside
the AOR of HKO thoughout its life, and neither did it require any NMCC
warnings.  Therefore, no specific MSW was implied for the depression by
either of these TCWCs.

Note 3 (#): CWB normally doesn't make any wind estimations for tropical 
depressions.

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Storm Name: OMAIS                 Cyclone Number: 06W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: ENTENG      JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0403

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 MAY 16 0000   6.1 N  143.3 E         25
04 MAY 16 0600   6.0 N  142.5 E         25
04 MAY 16 1200   6.7 N  141.7 E  1004   35    30
04 MAY 16 1800   6.6 N  140.8 E  1004   40    30
04 MAY 17 0000   7.1 N  140.3 E  1004   40    30
04 MAY 17 0600   7.4 N  139.7 E  1000   40    30
04 MAY 17 1200   7.7 N  139.4 E  1000   40    30
04 MAY 17 1800   8.2 N  139.0 E  1000   60    30
04 MAY 18 0000   8.7 N  138.4 E   996   60    35
04 MAY 18 0600   9.1 N  137.1 E   996   60    35
04 MAY 18 1200   9.5 N  136.3 E   996   60    35
04 MAY 18 1800  10.0 N  135.5 E   996   65    35
04 MAY 19 0000  10.2 N  134.8 E   996   65    35
04 MAY 19 0600  10.9 N  134.0 E   996   65    35
04 MAY 19 1200  11.4 N  133.1 E   985   65    50
04 MAY 19 1800  11.8 N  132.8 E   985   65    50
04 MAY 20 0000  11.9 N  132.5 E   990   60    45
04 MAY 20 0600  13.5 N  133.6 E   990   55    45  PAGASA: 13.5N/132.7E
04 MAY 20 1200  14.7 N  134.1 E   990   55    45  JMA: 14.0N/133.8E
04 MAY 20 1800  15.9 N  134.1 E   990   40    45  JMA: 14.7N/133.4E
04 MAY 21 0000  16.4 N  134.4 E   996   35    40
04 MAY 21 0600  16.9 N  134.8 E   998   35    30
04 MAY 21 1200  17.5 N  134.8 E  1004   35    25
04 MAY 21 1800  19.0 N  135.4 E  1004   35    25
04 MAY 22 0000  20.2 N  136.1 E  1004   35    25  JMA: 19.0N/135.0E
04 MAY 22 0600  20.6 N  135.9 E  1006   25    25  JMA: 18.0N/134.0E
04 MAY 22 1200  19.0 N  134.0 E  1006         25  JMA bulletins
04 MAY 22 1800  19.0 N  134.0 E  1006         25
04 MAY 23 0000  22.0 N  134.0 E  1008         25

Note: The following table of peak MSW estimates from all the warning
centers was prepared by Huang Chunliang.  All values represent a 10-min
avg MSW except for JTWC's, which is a 1-min avg MSW.

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     == Typhoon 06W/OMAIS/0403/ENTENG (May 16-23, 2004) ==
     =====================================================

     TCWC       Storm ID                          PEAK MSW (kt)
     ----------------------------------------------------------
     JTWC       Typhoon 06W (OMAIS)                     65
     JMA        Severe Tropical Storm 0403 (OMAIS)      50
     PAGASA     Tropical Storm ENTENG                   35*
     NMCC       Tropical Storm 0403 (OMAIS)             40
     HKO        Tropical Storm OMAIS (0403)             --#
     CWB        Weak Typhoon 0403 (OMAIS)               40

Note 1: In the title line the storm grade was adopted based on the 
classification of the most "radical" TCWC.  Also, all the storm names/
numbers available to me have been referenced.  In addition, the starting
date points at the one when the system was initially upgraded to TD
status by whatever TCWC, while the ending date represents the one when
the system was finally ranked as a TD by whatever TCWC.

Note 2 (*): The MSW represents merely the "peak" value based on the
limited warnings released only when the storm was travelling within the
restricted AOR, so it may not have been the real peak.

Note 3 (#): HKO never issued any real-time warnings on this storm, though
they classified it as a TS, i.e., a < 50-kt storm, which kept outside of 
HKO's AOR throughout its life.

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

                        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.   Occasionally some information may
  have been gleaned from the daily tropical weather outlooks and other
  bulletins issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which
  is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Specialised Meteor-
  ological Centre for the basin.
 
     The reported maximum sustained winds are based on a 1-minute
  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 Ocean region, both 10-minute and
  3-minute average winds are employed, but IMD makes no attempt to
  modify the Dvorak scale for estimating tropical cyclone intensity;
  hence, a 1-minute average MSW is implied.


                            Systems Tracked
                            ---------------

   Tropical Cyclone (01A / ARB0401)                    05 - 10 May
   Tropical Cyclone (02B / BOB0401)                    17 - 19 May

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 01A     Basin: NIO
IMD Cyclonic Storm Number: ARB0401

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 MAY 05 0000  11.5 N   73.4 E         30
04 MAY 05 0600  11.7 N   72.8 E         35
04 MAY 05 1200  11.4 N   72.5 E         35
04 MAY 05 1800  10.8 N   73.5 E         35
04 MAY 06 0000  11.2 N   73.1 E         35
04 MAY 06 0600  11.3 N   73.1 E         40
04 MAY 06 1200  11.3 N   72.9 E         40
04 MAY 06 1800  11.5 N   73.0 E         40
04 MAY 07 0000  12.3 N   72.8 E         45
04 MAY 07 0600  12.8 N   72.2 E         45
04 MAY 07 1200  12.9 N   71.4 E         45
04 MAY 07 1800  12.2 N   72.7 E         45
04 MAY 08 0000  12.3 N   72.5 E         45
04 MAY 08 0600  13.2 N   73.5 E         45
04 MAY 08 1200  13.8 N   73.1 E         45
04 MAY 08 1800  14.0 N   72.9 E         45
04 MAY 09 0600  14.8 N   72.2 E         35        0600Z warning missing
04 MAY 09 1200  16.1 N   70.6 E         35
04 MAY 09 1800  17.4 N   69.6 E         35
04 MAY 10 0000  18.4 N   69.0 E         35

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 02B     Basin: NIO
IMD Cyclonic Storm Number: BOB0401

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

04 MAY 17 1200  18.7 N   88.7 E         35
04 MAY 18 0000  17.9 N   87.9 E         35
04 MAY 18 1200  18.9 N   90.1 E         40
04 MAY 19 0000  19.8 N   92.0 E         60
04 MAY 19 1200  20.9 N   94.7 E         60        Inland
04 MAY 19 1800  21.9 N   96.3 E         30

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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 JUBA (MFR-15 / 23S)                  05 - 15 May

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Storm Name: JUBA                  Cyclone Number: 23S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 15

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

04 MAY 05 1200   7.0 S   77.0 E  1003   35    25  JTWC: 8.7S/76.0E
04 MAY 05 1800   8.5 S   76.5 E  1001   35    25  JTWC: 8.7S/75.6E
04 MAY 06 0000   8.4 S   76.2 E  1000   35    25  JTWC: 8.8S/75.4E
04 MAY 06 0600   7.8 S   74.7 E  1000   35    25  Locally 30 kts
04 MAY 06 1200   7.9 S   75.0 E  1000   30    25        "
04 MAY 06 1800   7.9 S   74.7 E  1000         25        "
04 MAY 07 0600   8.0 S   78.3 E  1000         25        "
04 MAY 12 0600  11.0 S   68.9 E  1002         25  Redeveloped
04 MAY 12 1200  11.4 S   68.7 E   999         30
04 MAY 12 1800  11.6 S   68.4 E   990   35    45
04 MAY 13 0000  12.1 S   68.0 E   990         45
04 MAY 13 0600  12.7 S   67.6 E   985   60    50
04 MAY 13 1200  13.6 S   67.5 E   980         55
04 MAY 13 1800  14.1 S   67.3 E   980   65    55
04 MAY 14 0000  14.5 S   67.4 E   982         50
04 MAY 14 0600  15.1 S   67.2 E   985   55    50  JTWC: 15.5S/67.9E
04 MAY 14 1200  14.6 S   66.3 E   989         45
04 MAY 14 1800  14.2 S   65.8 E   996   30    30
04 MAY 15 0000  14.7 S   64.9 E  1000         25  Locally 30 kts
04 MAY 15 0600  15.2 S   64.4 E  1002         20

Note: The first two bulletins on this system, issued by MFR at 04/1200
UTC and 05/0600 UTC, did not contain any coordinates but rather indicated
a broad zone of disturbed weather lying north of 15S and east of 68E.

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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
                            ---------------

   Depression                                          02 - 03 May

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: None

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

04 MAY 02 0000  22.0 S  154.0 W  1003             Strongly sheared
04 MAY 02 0600  20.5 S  154.0 W  1000             Peripheral gales
04 MAY 02 1200  20.5 S  154.0 W  1000                    "
04 MAY 02 1800  23.0 S  154.0 W   998                    "
04 MAY 03 0000  24.0 S  153.0 W   998                    "

Note: This system most likely was not a true tropical depression.  Nadi
assigned no "F" number, and after the first bulletin at 02/0000 UTC, the
reference was to a "depression" instead of a "tropical depression" in the
gale warnings.   The warnings indicated winds of up to 40 kts associated
with the LOW.

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             !!!!!!  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:

     http://199.10.200.33/jtwc.html>


  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>
    http://mpittweather.com>


  PREPARED BY:

  Gary Padgett              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

  Michael V. Padua          [email protected] 
                            [email protected]

  Huang Chunliang           [email protected]

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Document: trak0405.htm
Updated: 26th December 2006

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