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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks September 2010
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

             GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - SEPTEMBER 2010

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

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                             IMPORTANT NOTE

     This file contains the tracks for September tropical cyclones in the
  Northeast Pacific and Northwest Pacific basins.     The tracks for 
  September Atlantic tropical cyclones will follow.  There were no
  tropical cyclones or depressions in the North Indian Ocean or Southern
  Hemisphere during September.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010 Eastern
  Pacific Hurricane Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pacific_hurricane_season>


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

   Tropical Depression (10E)                           03 - 04 Sep   
   Tropical Depression (11E)                           03 - 04 Sep
   Tropical Storm GEORGETTE (12E)                      21 - 23 Sep

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 10E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 03 0600  19.6 N  109.4 W  1001   30
10 SEP 03 1200  19.8 N  110.0 W  1000   30
10 SEP 03 1800  20.1 N  110.5 W  1001   30
10 SEP 04 0000  20.5 N  110.5 W  1005   25
10 SEP 04 0600  21.3 N  110.0 W  1005   25
10 SEP 04 0900  21.5 N  111.3 W  1005   25

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 11E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 03 1800  14.9 N   94.1 W  1005   30
10 SEP 04 0000  15.3 N   94.5 W  1005   30
10 SEP 04 0600  16.1 N   95.1 W  1005   30
10 SEP 04 1200  16.7 N   95.6 W  1006   25        Inland
10 SEP 04 1500  17.0 N   95.8 W  1006   25

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Storm Name: GEORGETTE             Cyclone Number: 12E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 21 0600  21.5 N  109.3 W  1005   30
10 SEP 21 1200  22.0 N  109.6 W  1001   35
10 SEP 21 1800  23.0 N  109.8 W  1001   35
10 SEP 22 0000  24.1 N  110.1 W  1000   30        Inland over Baja Cal.
10 SEP 22 0600  25.3 N  110.4 W  1000   30        Over Gulf of California
10 SEP 22 1200  26.3 N  110.8 W  1000   30   
10 SEP 22 1800  27.7 N  111.1 W  1000   30
10 SEP 23 0000  28.2 N  111.0 W  1001   30        Moving inland
10 SEP 23 0300  28.7 N  110.9 W  1003   25

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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).  A special thanks to Michael for his efforts.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010 Pacific
  Typhoon Season:
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pacific_typhoon_season>

     Following are links to Michael Padua's storm logs for the September
  tropical systems:

  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2010/stormlogs/08henry10_log.htm>

  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2010/stormlogs/outsidePAR/Meranti_11W10_log.htm>

  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2010/stormlogs/09inday10_log.htm>

  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2010/stormlogs/outsidePAR/Malakas_13W10_log.htm>


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

   Tropical Storm MALOU (10W / 1009 / HENRY)           01 - 13 Sep
   Typhoon MERANTI (11W / 1010)                        06 - 13 Sep
   Typhoon FANAPI (12W / 1011 / INDAY)                 14 - 21 Sep
   Typhoon MALAKAS (13W / 1012)                        20 - 28 Sep
    
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Storm Name: MALOU                 Cyclone Number: 10W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: HENRY       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1009

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 01 1200  14.0 N  140.0 E  1012         25  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 01 1800  16.9 N  139.9 E  1008   25    30  JMA: 16.9N/139.7E
10 SEP 02 0000  18.0 N  138.3 E  1008   30    30  JMA: 16.4N/138.9E
10 SEP 02 0600  19.4 N  136.8 E  1008   30    30  JMA: 18.9N/137.7E
10 SEP 02 1200  20.5 N  135.7 E  1010   30    30  JMA: 20.0N/135.9E
10 SEP 02 1800  22.1 N  134.7 E  1010   30    30  JMA: 21.0N/134.5E
10 SEP 03 0000  22.9 N  133.0 E  1008   30    30  
10 SEP 03 0600  23.8 N  131.2 E  1000   35    35  JMA: 23.2N/130.9E
10 SEP 03 1200  24.5 N  129.1 E  1000   35    35  JMA: 23.5N/129.6E
10 SEP 03 1800  24.6 N  127.7 E   998   35    35  JMA: 23.7N/129.0E
10 SEP 04 0000  24.2 N  127.0 E   998   35    35  JMA: 24.3N/128.2E
10 SEP 04 0600  25.2 N  127.5 E   994   35    40  Near Okinawa, Japan 
10 SEP 04 1200  26.9 N  127.5 E   994   35    40  
10 SEP 04 1800  28.1 N  126.2 E   994   35    40  JMA: 27.5N/126.5E
10 SEP 05 0000  28.3 N  124.7 E   994   35    40  JMA: 28.1N/126.1E
10 SEP 05 0600  29.5 N  126.1 E   994   35    40  JMA: 28.6N/125.9E
10 SEP 05 1200  30.5 N  126.2 E   994   35    40  JMA: 29.8N/126.0E
10 SEP 05 1800  31.6 N  126.1 E   994   40    40  JMA: 30.5N/126.0E
10 SEP 06 0000  32.4 N  126.2 E   990   40    45  JMA: 31.3N/126.0E
10 SEP 06 0600  32.4 N  126.3 E   985   40    50  Near Cheju Island 
10 SEP 06 1200  32.9 N  127.0 E   985   45    50  
10 SEP 06 1800  33.1 N  127.6 E   985   40    50
10 SEP 07 0000  33.9 N  128.7 E   990   40    45  In Korea Strait
10 SEP 07 0600  34.9 N  130.1 E   996   35    40
10 SEP 07 1200  35.4 N  131.9 E   996   35    40  
10 SEP 07 1800  35.8 N  133.8 E   998         40  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 08 0000  35.9 N  135.6 E  1002         35  Over Japan
10 SEP 08 0600  35.0 N  138.0 E  1004         30
10 SEP 08 1200  35.0 N  141.0 E  1004         25  In north Pacific
10 SEP 08 1800  35.0 N  142.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 09 0000  35.0 N  143.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 09 0600  34.0 N  143.9 E  1004         30
10 SEP 09 1200  33.9 N  144.8 E  1004         30
10 SEP 09 1800  34.1 N  145.4 E  1004         30
10 SEP 10 0000  34.1 N  147.0 E  1004         30
10 SEP 10 0600  34.0 N  148.4 E  1004         30
10 SEP 10 1200  38.0 N  151.0 E  1004         45  Extratropical
10 SEP 10 1800  39.0 N  153.0 E  1004         50
10 SEP 11 0000  40.0 N  156.0 E  1002         50
10 SEP 11 0600  41.0 N  161.0 E   998         50
10 SEP 11 1200  42.0 N  165.0 E   994         50
10 SEP 11 1800  45.0 N  170.0 E   994         50
10 SEP 12 0000  47.0 N  174.0 E   990         50
10 SEP 12 0600  50.0 N  177.0 E   986         40
10 SEP 12 1200  53.0 N  179.0 E   986         35
10 SEP 12 1800  56.0 N  180.0 E   984         35
10 SEP 13 0000  59.0 N  178.0 E   984         30

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Storm Name: MERANTI               Cyclone Number: 11W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1010

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 06 0600  23.0 N  124.0 E  1004         25  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 06 1200  23.0 N  124.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 06 1800  23.0 N  124.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 07 0000  23.0 N  124.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 07 0600  22.0 N  123.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 07 1200  22.0 N  122.0 E  1004         25
10 SEP 07 1800  21.8 N  121.5 E  1004         30
10 SEP 08 0000  21.3 N  120.6 E  1004   30    30  Near Taiwan
10 SEP 08 0600  21.2 N  119.6 E  1002   35    30  JMA: 20.3N/119.7E
10 SEP 08 1200  20.8 N  119.4 E  1002   35    30  JMA: 20.0N/119.1E
10 SEP 08 1800  21.0 N  118.9 E  1002   35    30  JMA: 20.4N/118.9E
10 SEP 09 0000  21.3 N  119.4 E  1000   35    35  
10 SEP 09 0600  22.2 N  119.2 E   994   45    40
10 SEP 09 1200  23.2 N  118.9 E   992   65    40  Taiwan strait
10 SEP 09 1800  24.3 N  118.7 E   990   65    45
10 SEP 10 0000  25.7 N  118.6 E   996   50    40  Inland Eastern China
10 SEP 10 0600  26.9 N  118.6 E  1000         35  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 10 1200  28.0 N  119.0 E  1002         30
10 SEP 10 1800  29.0 N  120.0 E  1006         25
10 SEP 11 0000  31.0 N  121.0 E  1008         25
10 SEP 11 0600  32.0 N  122.0 E  1008         25
10 SEP 11 1200  33.0 N  124.0 E  1008         25
10 SEP 11 1800  35.0 N  126.0 E  1004         35  Yellow Sea - XT Low
10 SEP 12 0000  36.0 N  129.0 E  1004         40  Over Korea
10 SEP 12 0600  38.0 N  133.0 E  1002         35  Sea of Japan
10 SEP 12 1200  38.0 N  136.0 E  1002         35
10 SEP 12 1800  38.0 N  139.0 E  1002         35
10 SEP 13 0000  39.0 N  139.0 E  1004         35

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Storm Name: FANAPI                Cyclone Number: 12W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: INDAY       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1011

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 14 1200  19.0 N  130.0 E  1008        25  JMA bulletins   
10 SEP 14 1800  19.6 N  129.1 E  1008   30   30  JMA: 19.0N/129.1E
10 SEP 15 0000  20.0 N  128.5 E  1006   30   30  JMA: 19.3N/128.5E
10 SEP 15 0600  20.7 N  127.9 E  1004   30   30  
10 SEP 15 1200  20.8 N  127.6 E  1000   35   35
10 SEP 15 1800  21.0 N  127.5 E   994   45   40
10 SEP 16 0000  21.5 N  127.8 E   985   55   50
10 SEP 16 0600  21.5 N  128.3 E   980   55   55
10 SEP 16 1200  21.9 N  128.3 E   970   65   65
10 SEP 16 1800  22.1 N  128.2 E   970   70   65
10 SEP 17 0000  22.6 N  128.2 E   965   75   70
10 SEP 17 0600  22.7 N  128.0 E   965   75   70
10 SEP 17 1200  23.1 N  127.7 E   955   85   75
10 SEP 17 1800  23.3 N  126.9 E   955   90   75
10 SEP 18 0000  23.4 N  126.1 E   945   95   85
10 SEP 18 0600  23.7 N  125.3 E   940  105   85
10 SEP 18 1200  23.9 N  124.3 E   940  105   85
10 SEP 18 1800  24.0 N  123.1 E   935  105   95
10 SEP 19 0000  23.7 N  121.6 E   955  105   80  On Taiwan coast
10 SEP 19 0600  23.0 N  120.9 E   980   75   55
10 SEP 19 1200  23.3 N  119.7 E   980   65   50  Over Taiwan strait
10 SEP 19 1800  23.6 N  119.0 E   980   75   50
10 SEP 20 0000  23.9 N  117.6 E   985   65   50  Landfall over China
10 SEP 20 0600  23.7 N  115.8 E   990   50   45  Inland
10 SEP 20 1200  23.9 N  115.5 E   996        40  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 20 1800  25.0 N  114.0 E  1000        30
10 SEP 21 0000  24.0 N  112.0 E  1004        25
10 SEP 21 0600  24.0 N  110.0 E  1002        25
10 SEP 21 1200  24.0 N  109.0 E  1004        25

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Storm Name: MALAKAS               Cyclone Number: 13W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: 1012

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 SEP 20 0000  16.0 N  147.0 E  1010        20  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 20 0600  18.7 N  146.2 E  1008   25   25  JMA: 18.0N/147.0E
10 SEP 20 1200  18.9 N  145.8 E  1010   30   25  JMA: 18.0N/146.0E
10 SEP 20 1800  19.2 N  145.2 E  1008   35   30  JMA: 17.9N/145.3E
10 SEP 21 0000  18.4 N  145.3 E  1008   35   30  JMA: 17.8N/145.5E
10 SEP 21 0600  18.2 N  144.9 E  1002   35   35  
10 SEP 21 1200  19.0 N  144.7 E  1000   40   35  JMA: 18.0N/144.6E
10 SEP 21 1800  19.5 N  142.8 E   996   40   40  JMA: 18.0N/143.9E
10 SEP 22 0000  19.5 N  142.5 E   996   40   40  JMA: 18.9N/143.3E 
10 SEP 22 0600  19.5 N  142.3 E   996   40   45
10 SEP 22 1200  19.8 N  141.8 E   996   40   45
10 SEP 22 1800  19.8 N  141.1 E   985   45   50
10 SEP 23 0000  19.8 N  141.0 E   980   65   55
10 SEP 23 0600  20.5 N  140.9 E   975   60   60
10 SEP 23 1200  21.9 N  140.8 E   975   60   60  JMA: 21.2N/140.9E
10 SEP 23 1800  22.8 N  140.9 E   970   75   65
10 SEP 24 0000  24.4 N  140.6 E   965   85   70
10 SEP 24 0600  26.2 N  141.3 E   960   90   75
10 SEP 24 1200  28.5 N  141.8 E   960   90   75
10 SEP 24 1800  31.2 N  142.7 E   955   80   75
10 SEP 25 0000  34.0 N  144.2 E   955   75   75
10 SEP 25 0600  36.9 N  145.7 E   955        75  JMA bulletins
10 SEP 25 1200  39.4 N  148.2 E   955        75
10 SEP 25 1800  41.0 N  150.0 E   956        75  Extratropical
10 SEP 26 0000  44.0 N  153.0 E   968        70
10 SEP 26 0600  46.0 N  156.0 E   972        60
10 SEP 26 1200  48.0 N  159.0 E   970        60
10 SEP 26 1800  50.0 N  163.0 E   970        55
10 SEP 27 0000  52.0 N  166.0 E   972        50
10 SEP 27 0600  53.0 N  170.0 E   972        50
10 SEP 27 1200  54.0 N  173.0 E   972        50
10 SEP 27 1800  54.0 N  179.0 E   974        45
10 SEP 28 0600  55.0 N  171.0 W   972        50  OPC warning

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                   ********** 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.

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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:

     http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC>


  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]
  Kevin Boyle               [email protected]
  Michael Bath              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

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

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Document: trak1009.htm
Updated: 11 November 2010

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