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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks April 2009
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

               GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - APRIL 2009

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


                            APRIL HIGHLIGHTS
                            ----------------

  --> First Northern Hemisphere cyclone of year forms--makes landfall
      in Bangladesh
  --> Tropical cyclones affect Madagascar and Tonga


                            GLOBAL OVERVIEW
                            ---------------

     As is typical for the transition months, tropical activity occurred
  in both hemispheres during April.  In the Northern Hemisphere, Cyclonic
  Storm Bijli formed in the west-central Bay of Bengal and initially
  moved northward, intensifying to 50 kts (per JTWC).  Bijli then turned
  toward the northeast, paralleling the Indian coastline, and began to
  weaken as it neared its landfall in Bangladesh.  Several fatalities
  were attributed to Bijli.   Late in the month, a low-pressure area in
  the South China Sea was dubbed Tropical Depression Crising by PAGASA,
  but was not elevated to depression status by either JTWC or JMA.  I did
  not prepare a track for Crising, but following is a link to Michael
  Padua's PAGASA track for this system:

  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2009/stormlogs/03crising09_log.htm>

     The only Southwest Indian Ocean system to form during the month was
  Severe Tropical Storm Jade, which struck eastern Madagascar just shy
  of cyclone (i.e., hurricane) intensity, leaving 15 dead and nearly
  23,000 homeless.  MFR's peak intensity for Jade was 60 kts, and JTWC
  briefly elevated their 1-min avg MSW to 65 kts.

     One minimal tropical cyclone formed in the Australian Region, and in
  a very unusual location.  Tropical Cyclone Kirrily formed in the 
  northern Arafura Sea very deep in the tropics in a region where few
  cyclones form.  The system made landfall in the Aru Islands and
  weakened thereafter.  Around mid-month a non-tropical LOW formed in
  subtropical latitudes just east of 160E in Fiji's AOR.  This system
  over the next several days drifted westward into Brisbane's AOR and
  produced gales.  The LOW exhibited subtropical cyclone characteristics
  in satellite imagery and may have briefly become a tropical cyclone.
  (See the comments following the track for this system below.)

     One tropical cyclone formed east of 160E--Tropical Cyclone Lin.  The
  predecessor of Lin moved eastward through the islands of Fiji before
  turning south-southeastward and intensifying.   Lin reached a peak
  intensity of 60 kts (10-min avg) and passed through the Kingdom of
  Tonga where minor damage was reported.  A track is also included below
  for a system in mid-April well east of the Dateline which exhibited
  some subtropical features in satellite imagery.  Following Lin, another
  system was numbered Tropical Disturbance 15F by Nadi but was not
  accorded depression status.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2009 North
  Indian Ocean Cyclone Season.  A detailed report on Cyclonic Storm
  Bijli is available.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


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

   Cyclonic Storm BIJLI (01B)                          14 - 17 Apr
                                                     
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Storm Name: BIJLI                 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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09 APR 14 0900  12.5 N   88.0 E  1000   25        IMD bulletin
09 APR 14 1200  12.5 N   88.0 E  1000   25               "
09 APR 14 1800  12.5 N   88.0 E  1000   25               "
09 APR 15 0000  13.3 N   86.7 E         35        IMD: 12.5N/88.0E-25 kts
09 APR 15 0600  14.7 N   86.6 E         35
09 APR 15 1200  15.4 N   85.8 E         35        Named Bijli by IMD
09 APR 15 1800  16.4 N   85.9 E         45
09 APR 16 0000  16.9 N   85.7 E         45
09 APR 16 0600  17.4 N   86.1 E         45
09 APR 16 1200  18.4 N   86.6 E         45
09 APR 16 1800  19.0 N   87.2 E         50
09 APR 17 0000  19.8 N   87.9 E         50
09 APR 17 0600  20.4 N   89.0 E         50
09 APR 17 1200  21.1 N   89.9 E         50
09 APR 17 1800  21.9 N   91.8 E         45        Making landfall
09 APR 17 2330  22.1 N   93.1 E         35        Satellite position

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2008-2009
  Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008-09_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season>


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

   Severe Tropical Storm JADE (MFR-12 / 26S)           03 - 14 Apr

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Storm Name: JADE                  Cyclone Number: 26S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 12

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

09 APR 03 2330  11.3 S   57.0 E         30        JTWC satellite bulletin
09 APR 04 0600  11.1 S   56.6 E  1004   35    20  Locally 25 kts S semi.
09 APR 04 1200  12.3 S   56.0 E  1002         25  Locally 30 kts S semi.
09 APR 04 1800  12.7 S   55.2 E   998   45    30
09 APR 05 0000  13.6 S   54.4 E   997         30
09 APR 05 0600  13.4 S   52.7 E   995   50    35
09 APR 05 1200  13.8 S   51.9 E   990         45
09 APR 05 1800  14.4 S   51.5 E   975   65    55
09 APR 06 0000  15.6 S   50.3 E   975         60
09 APR 06 0600  15.8 S   49.8 E   977   55    60
09 APR 06 1200  16.3 S   49.4 E               30  Inland/Locally 35 kts
09 APR 06 1800  17.9 S   48.8 E         45    30  Locally 40 kts on coast
09 APR 07 0000  18.5 S   48.6 E               30  Locally 35 kts on coast
09 APR 07 0600  19.1 S   49.1 E   994         40  Over water
09 APR 07 1200  20.3 S   49.2 E   994   35    35  Locally 40 kts
09 APR 07 1800  20.8 S   49.1 E   994         40
09 APR 08 0000  21.4 S   48.7 E   987   40    45
09 APR 08 0600  21.9 S   49.0 E   987         45
09 APR 08 1200  22.0 S   49.3 E   991   40    40
09 APR 08 1800  22.0 S   49.3 E   994         35
09 APR 09 0000  22.6 S   49.8 E   995   35    35
09 APR 09 0600  22.6 S   49.8 E   997         30  Locally 35-40 kts to S
09 APR 09 1200  22.6 S   50.2 E   999   30    30              "
09 APR 09 1800  22.7 S   50.6 E   997   35    30  Locally 35-40 kts to W
09 APR 10 0000  23.1 S   50.9 E   997   35    30              "
09 APR 10 0600  23.7 S   52.3 E   991   35    40  JTWC: 23.9S/51.2E
09 APR 10 1200  25.0 S   52.5 E   995   35    35
09 APR 10 1800  25.7 S   53.6 E   997   40    30  Locally 35-40 kts to SE
09 APR 11 0000  27.3 S   55.4 E   997         30  Locally 35-40 kts to E
09 APR 11 0600  29.2 S   56.9 E   985         50  Extratropical
09 APR 11 1200  32.8 S   58.6 E   983         50 
09 APR 11 1800  34.9 S   57.6 E   980             NCEP RE-ANALYSIS
09 APR 12 0000  37.4 S   59.4 E   980
09 APR 12 0600  39.9 S   60.0 E   974
09 APR 12 1200  42.6 S   59.9 E   970
09 APR 12 1800  47.4 S   58.4 E   965
09 APR 13 0000  50.0 S   57.6 E   964
09 APR 13 0600  52.9 S   56.8 E   964
09 APR 13 1200  56.0 S   59.7 E   957
09 APR 13 1800  57.6 S   61.6 E   961
09 APR 14 0000  59.9 S   62.5 E   958
09 APR 14 0600  60.1 S   65.0 E   963
09 APR 14 1200  60.2 S   67.8 E   967
09 APR 14 1800  62.0 S   68.2 E   969

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2008-2009
  Australian Region Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008-09_Australian_region_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical Cyclone KIRRILY (23U / 27S)                26 - 29 Apr

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Storm Name: KIRRILY               Cyclone Number: 27S     Basin: AUW
(System named by Bom Darwin - Australian LOW Number: 23U)

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

09 APR 26 0600   7.6 S  135.2 E  1004         25
09 APR 26 1200   7.5 S  134.8 E   998         30
09 APR 26 1800   7.1 S  134.6 E  1002   35    30
09 APR 27 0000   6.7 S  134.4 E  1002         30
09 APR 27 0600   6.5 S  134.1 E   998   40    35
09 APR 27 1200   5.9 S  133.6 E   998         35
09 APR 27 1800   6.0 S  133.4 E   999   30    35
09 APR 28 0000   6.2 S  133.4 E   999         35
09 APR 28 0600   5.8 S  133.1 E  1002   35    30
09 APR 28 1200   5.9 S  132.9 E  1002         30
09 APR 28 1800   5.5 S  133.2 E  1006   20    25
09 APR 29 0000   5.6 S  132.8 E  1007   20        NRL data
09 APR 29 0600   5.5 S  132.6 E  1007   20
09 APR 29 1200   5.3 S  132.5 E  1007   20 

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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 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 Darwin, Northern
  Territory; Brisbane, Queensland; and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  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
                            ---------------

   Subtropical LOW (Invest 97P)                        16 - 25 Apr

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUE/SPA
(NRL Invest Number was 97P)

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

09 APR 16 0000  28.0 S  162.0 E  1007             BoM surface analysis
09 APR 16 0600  29.0 S  163.0 E  1005
09 APR 16 1200  30.0 S  163.0 E  1005
09 APR 16 1800  30.0 S  163.0 E  1003
09 APR 17 0000  33.0 S  163.0 E  1002
09 APR 17 0600  33.0 S  163.0 E  1001
09 APR 17 1200  33.0 S  164.0 E  1001
09 APR 17 1800  34.0 S  162.0 E  1002
09 APR 18 0000  35.0 S  162.0 E  1000
09 APR 18 0600  34.5 S  160.5 E   997         30  BoM warnings
09 APR 18 1200  34.0 S  160.0 E   997         30
09 APR 18 1800  33.1 S  159.7 E   997         30
09 APR 18 2300  32.0 S  159.0 E   994         35
09 APR 19 0500  31.5 S  159.5 E   990         40
09 APR 19 1200  31.5 S  159.5 E   992         40
09 APR 19 1800  29.9 S  159.4 E   992         40
09 APR 19 2000  29.8 S  159.8 E   988         45
09 APR 20 0400  29.3 S  160.6 E   992         45
09 APR 20 0730  29.0 S  160.0 E   994         35
09 APR 20 1100  29.0 S  161.0 E   994         35
09 APR 20 1700  29.0 S  161.0 E   996         35
09 APR 21 0000  29.0 S  160.5 E   996         35  SAB: T2.0/2.0
09 APR 21 0600  28.5 S  160.5 E   995         35
09 APR 21 1100  28.0 S  161.5 E   995         35  SAB: T2.0/2.0
09 APR 21 1800  28.5 S  162.0 E   995         40  SAB: T2.0/2.0
09 APR 22 0000  28.5 S  162.0 E   998         40  SAB: ST2.5
09 APR 22 0600  28.8 S  164.0 E   994         40  Final Brisbane warning
09 APR 22 1200  29.8 S  164.7 E  1001         30  SAB: ST1.5
09 APR 22 1800  30.0 S  165.1 E   999         30  SAB: ST1.5
09 APR 23 0000  30.3 S  165.0 E  1001         35  SAB: ST2.5
09 APR 23 0600  32.3 S  165.0 E   999         35
09 APR 23 1200  32.5 S  165.0 E   997	      30  Becoming extratropical
09 APR 23 1800  34.6 S  164.7 E   997             See Note
09 APR 24 0000  35.0 S  164.0 E   998
09 APR 24 0600  35.1 S  162.9 E   998
09 APR 24 1200  37.4 S  162.7 E   999
09 APR 24 1800  37.7 S  162.5 E   997
09 APR 25 0000  40.8 S  161.7 E   997 

Note: The information prior to 18/0600 UTC was based on BoM analysis and
was supplied to the author by Steve Young.  The positions and CP values
from 22/1200 UTC onward were also sent by Steve Young and were based upon
NCEP re-analyses.  An e-mail from Derrick Herndon on 23 April noted that
the AMSU intensity algorithm suggested a CP of 970 mb and winds of
70 kts.  Derrick also noted that recent QuikScat imagery indicated wind
flags of 60 kts for the "at least" intensity.  The LOW at this time 
sported a large eye-like feature, and since it appeared to be warm core
and driven by convective instead of baroclinic processes, Derrick was
of the opinion that it qualified as a tropical cyclone.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2008-2009
  South Pacific Cyclone Season.  A detailed report is available for
  Tropical Cyclone Lin.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008-09_South_Pacific_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical Cyclone LIN (14F / 25P)                    31 Mar - 09 Apr
   Subtropical LOW                                     15 - 18 Apr

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Storm Name: LIN                   Cyclone Number: 25P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 14F

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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09 MAR 31 2100  17.0 S  176.5 E  1001         25
09 APR 01 0600  17.0 S  178.0 E  1002         25
09 APR 01 2100  16.0 S  179.0 E  1002         25
09 APR 02 0600  16.0 S  179.0 E  1002         25
09 APR 02 2100  14.6 S  178.8 E  1002         25
09 APR 03 0000  14.5 S  178.8 E  1002         25
09 APR 03 0600  14.7 S  179.6 E  1000         25
09 APR 03 1200  15.7 S  178.9 W  1000         30
09 APR 03 1800  16.6 S  176.4 W   995         40
09 APR 04 0000  18.0 S  175.7 W   990   35    45
09 APR 04 0600  18.8 S  175.6 W   985         50
09 APR 04 1200  19.5 S  175.5 W   980   35    55  JTWC: 19.7S/176.2W
09 APR 04 1800  20.5 S  175.5 W   980         55  
09 APR 05 0000  21.4 S  175.1 W   975   50    60
09 APR 05 0600  23.4 S  174.8 W   975         60
09 APR 05 1200  24.1 S  174.6 W   980   35    55  JTWC: 24.8S/174.3W
09 APR 05 1800  25.0 S  174.1 W   985         50
09 APR 06 0000  26.0 S  173.0 W   988         35  Wellington warnings
09 APR 06 0600  28.0 S  172.0 W   988         35 
09 APR 06 1200  29.0 S  171.0 W   991         35  NRL: 29.8S/169.9W
09 APR 06 1800  31.0 S  168.0 W  1000         35  NCEP RE: 29.9S/169.7W
09 APR 07 0000  31.0 S  169.0 W   998         35  NCEP RE: 32.4S/167.4W
09 APR 07 0600  34.0 S  167.0 W   992         45  NCEP RE: 33.0S/165.2W
09 APR 07 1200  34.0 S  166.0 W   992         35  NCEP RE: 34.8S/165.0W
09 APR 07 1800  35.0 S  165.0 W   992         35  NCEP RE: 35.1S/164.2W
09 APR 08 0000  35.0 S  163.0 W   995         35  NCEP RE: 35.0S/162.6W
09 APR 08 0600  35.1 S  162.5 W   998             NCEP REANALYSIS
09 APR 08 1200  36.3 S  160.6 W  1000
09 APR 08 1800  37.1 S  159.1 W  1003
09 APR 09 0000  38.9 S  158.1 W  1005

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: SPA
(Subtropical system - No invest number)

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

09 APR 15 0600  29.5 S  165.2 W  1008
09 APR 15 1200  29.5 S  165.9 W  1006
09 APR 15 1800  29.6 S  167.3 W  1006
09 APR 16 0000  29.9 S  167.9 W  1004   40        SAB: ST3.0
09 APR 16 0600  29.7 S  169.9 W  1004
09 APR 16 1200  29.9 S  170.0 W  1004   35        SAB: ST2.5
09 APR 16 1800  29.8 S  170.3 W  1005   35        SAB: ST2.5
09 APR 17 0000  31.3 S  170.0 W  1007   30        SAB: T2.0/2.0
09 APR 17 0600  32.6 S  169.5 W  1008   25        SAB: T1.0/2.0
09 APR 17 1200  33.2 S  170.0 W  1008             Extratropical
09 APR 17 1800  33.3 S  170.1 W  1009
09 APR 18 0000  32.7 S  170.0 W  1010
09 APR 18 0600  33.5 S  168.2 W  1011
09 APR 18 1200  34.3 S  166 8 W  1012
09 APR 18 1800  34.4 S  165.4 W  1012

Note: The above track was sent to the author by Steve Young, and was
based upon NCEP reanalysis data.  The wind speed values are given only 
for occasions where there was a satellite bulletin from SAB available.
Satellite composites and a BOM analysis at 15/0000 UTC showed convection
associated with the South Pacific Convection Zone  (SPCZ) reaching from 
10S/180E to 38S/155W where it merged with a old frontal zone.  To the 
west was a separate, disorganized cloud mass.   By 16/0000 UTC there was
a small circulation with clouds about 5 degrees from the SPCZ.    The 
cloud mass remained separate from the SPCZ, and was disorganized through
the life of the system.

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                  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:

     ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon/>

     Information regarding how to interpret the coded reconnaissance
  messages may be found at the following URL:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/reconlist.shtml>

  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:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/index.shtml>

  Links to tropical products archives for earlier years are available at
  the following URL:

     http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml>

  JTWC warnings for past storms are archived on the NRL Monterrey website:

     http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>

  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:

     http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html>

     http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html>

  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:

     http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-epac.html>

  (2) For the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea:

     http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-atl.html>

  (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:

  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/doc_archives/>

     Steve Young has compiled many of these tracks onto a single webpage
  which is very user-friendly:

  http://home.earthlink.net/~shy9/tc1.htm>

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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:

     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>
    http://mpittweather.com>


  PREPARED BY:

  Gary Padgett              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

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

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Document: trak0904.htm
Updated: 21st June 2009

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