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

              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JANUARY 2004


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


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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 ELITA (MFR-06 / 09S)                 26 Jan - 12 Feb
   Tropical Cyclone FRANK (MFR-07 / 10S)               27 Jan - 07 Feb

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Storm Name: ELITA                 Cyclone Number: 09S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 06

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 JAN 26 0600  18.1 S   43.1 E   999         25  Locally 30-35 kts to N
04 JAN 26 1200  18.2 S   43.1 E   997         30
04 JAN 26 1800  18.2 S   43.2 E   997   35    30
04 JAN 27 0000  18.4 S   43.3 E   995         35
04 JAN 27 0600  17.8 S   43.4 E   994   35    35  JTWC: 18.9 S, 43.6 E
04 JAN 27 1200  16.7 S   43.5 E   994   35    35
04 JAN 27 1800  16.5 S   43.7 E   997         30
04 JAN 28 0000  15.8 S   44.3 E   992   55    40
04 JAN 28 0600  15.2 S   44.9 E   988         45
04 JAN 28 1200  15.4 S   45.5 E   974   60    60
04 JAN 28 1800  16.2 S   46.3 E   980         50  Inland
04 JAN 29 0000  17.1 S   47.2 E   987   35    40
04 JAN 29 0600  18.1 S   48.2 E   992         40
04 JAN 29 1200  19.0 S   48.1 E   995         35
04 JAN 29 1800  19.4 S   48.6 E   997         30
04 JAN 30 0000  19.9 S   49.2 E   998         25  Locally 30 kts
04 JAN 30 0600  21.1 S   49.1 E   998         25        "
04 JAN 30 1200  21.3 S   49.2 E   997         30
04 JAN 30 1800  21.6 S   49.2 E   997         30
04 JAN 31 0000  21.5 S   48.2 E   991         40
04 JAN 31 0600  20.7 S   46.7 E   998         40  Overland
04 JAN 31 1200  20.8 S   45.6 E               25
04 JAN 31 1800  20.8 S   44.6 E         35    25
04 FEB 01 0000  20.0 S   43.8 E   998         30
04 FEB 01 0600  18.8 S   43.0 E   996   45    30
04 FEB 01 1200  18.6 S   42.4 E   992         40
04 FEB 01 1800  19.0 S   42.5 E   988   55    45
04 FEB 02 0000  19.1 S   42.6 E   987         45
04 FEB 02 0600  19.2 S   42.5 E   985   55    50
04 FEB 02 1200  19.2 S   42.7 E   980         55
04 FEB 02 1800  19.4 S   43.4 E   976   65    55
04 FEB 03 0000  20.3 S   44.2 E   976         60
04 FEB 03 0600  20.9 S   45.2 E   982   55    40  Inland
04 FEB 03 1200  21.5 S   46.0 E   986         40
04 FEB 03 1800  21.5 S   47.4 E         45    30
04 FEB 04 0000  22.8 S   48.9 E   995         30  Over water
04 FEB 04 0600  24.8 S   50.3 E   988   35    35
04 FEB 04 1200  24.0 S   49.2 E   988         35  Relocated
04 FEB 04 1800  25.3 S   49.3 E   988   35    40  Gales away from center
04 FEB 05 0000  24.7 S   50.6 E   988         40  Extratropical
04 FEB 05 0600  25.5 S   50.6 E   989         35
04 FEB 05 1200  26.6 S   50.3 E   992         35
04 FEB 05 1800  26.0 S   50.7 E   992         40
04 FEB 06 0000  26.7 S   51.3 E   992         40
04 FEB 06 0600  26.9 S   52.3 E   992         40
04 FEB 06 1200  26.3 S   51.5 E   992         40
04 FEB 06 1800  26.2 S   51.9 E   992         40
04 FEB 07 0000  25.4 S   52.2 E   992         40
04 FEB 07 0600  25.1 S   51.8 E   992         45
04 FEB 07 1200  25.8 S   52.7 E   992         45
04 FEB 07 1800  26.3 S   53.2 E   994         40
04 FEB 08 0000  26.2 S   53.6 E   995         40
04 FEB 08 0600  26.1 S   52.8 E   995         40
04 FEB 08 1200  26.1 S   52.9 E   995         40
04 FEB 08 1800  25.9 S   54.3 E   995         40
04 FEB 09 0000  26.2 S   55.2 E   995         40
04 FEB 09 0600  25.7 S   54.2 E   996         35
04 FEB 09 1200  24.8 S   55.2 E   997         35
04 FEB 09 1800  24.4 S   56.4 E   999         35
04 FEB 10 0000  24.3 S   57.0 E  1000         30
04 FEB 10 0600  27.5 S   57.5 E   998         30  Relocated
04 FEB 10 1200  27.0 S   58.0 E   998         30
04 FEB 10 1800  26.5 S   57.5 E  1000         30
04 FEB 11 0000  27.0 S   57.0 E  1000         30
04 FEB 11 0600  27.0 S   55.6 E  1000         40  Relocated
04 FEB 11 1200  27.8 S   54.4 E  1000         40
04 FEB 11 1800  27.9 S   53.6 E  1000         40
04 FEB 12 0000  28.9 S   52.5 E  1004         30
04 FEB 12 0600  30.8 S   50.0 E  1004         30

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Storm Name: FRANK                 Cyclone Number: 10S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 07

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 JAN 27 1200  11.5 S   64.5 E  1003   30    25
04 JAN 27 1800  11.8 S   65.0 E   997         30
04 JAN 28 0000  12.3 S   65.0 E   997         30
04 JAN 28 0600  13.0 S   64.5 E   987   50    45
04 JAN 28 1200  14.2 S   64.4 E   982         50
04 JAN 28 1800  15.0 S   64.1 E   975   65    60
04 JAN 29 0000  15.3 S   63.8 E   970         65
04 JAN 29 0600  15.7 S   63.6 E   967   90    65
04 JAN 29 1200  16.2 S   63.2 E   967         65
04 JAN 29 1800  16.5 S   63.1 E   967   90    65
04 JAN 30 0000  16.4 S   62.5 E   960         70
04 JAN 30 0600  16.0 S   62.1 E   945   90    90
04 JAN 30 1200  15.7 S   61.8 E   945         90
04 JAN 30 1800  15.5 S   61.6 E   925  105   105
04 JAN 31 0000  15.4 S   61.5 E   925        105
04 JAN 31 0600  15.3 S   61.7 E   935  110    95
04 JAN 31 1200  15.5 S   61.9 E   940         90
04 JAN 31 1800  15.8 S   62.0 E   945  115    85
04 FEB 01 0000  16.0 S   62.3 E   945         85
04 FEB 01 0600  16.0 S   62.9 E   945  115    85
04 FEB 01 1200  16.2 S   64.2 E   950         80
04 FEB 01 1800  16.9 S   65.0 E   940  115    95
04 FEB 02 0000  17.0 S   66.1 E   925        105
04 FEB 02 0600  17.2 S   67.1 E   925  125    95
04 FEB 02 1200  17.3 S   67.9 E   925        100
04 FEB 02 1800  17.3 S   69.1 E   927  125   100
04 FEB 03 0000  17.6 S   70.0 E   935         95
04 FEB 03 0600  17.5 S   70.6 E   945  100    85
04 FEB 03 1200  17.8 S   70.8 E   945         85
04 FEB 03 1800  17.8 S   70.8 E   945  100    85
04 FEB 04 0000  18.3 S   70.5 E   940         90
04 FEB 04 0600  18.5 S   70.4 E   942  115    90
04 FEB 04 1200  18.7 S   70.2 E   942         90
04 FEB 04 1800  19.1 S   69.9 E   942  110    90
04 FEB 05 0000  19.5 S   70.0 E   942         90
04 FEB 05 0600  19.9 S   69.9 E   945   95    85
04 FEB 05 1200  20.5 S   70.7 E   955         80
04 FEB 05 1800  21.1 S   71.1 E   965   75    70
04 FEB 06 0000  21.5 S   72.0 E   978         60
04 FEB 06 0600  22.3 S   73.2 E   985   55    50
04 FEB 06 1200  23.0 S   74.5 E   990         40
04 FEB 06 1800  24.0 S   76.1 E   992   45    40  Extratropical
04 FEB 07 0000  25.3 S   77.6 E   992         40
04 FEB 07 0600  26.1 S   78.9 E   994         35
04 FEB 07 1200  27.8 S   80.4 E   994         35

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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.


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

   Tropical Cyclone KEN (08S)                          01 - 06 Jan
   Tropical Cyclone LINDA (11S / MFR-08)               28 Jan - 01 Feb

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Storm Name: KEN                   Cyclone Number: 08S     Basin: AUW
(Storm named by the Perth, Western Australia, TCWC)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 JAN 01 0700  16.5 S  125.0 E   998         25  Over land
04 JAN 01 1000  16.6 S  124.5 E   998         25
04 JAN 01 1600  16.4 S  122.7 E   998   25    25  Over water
04 JAN 01 2200  16.4 S  121.8 E   995         30
04 JAN 02 0400  16.5 S  119.6 E   995   30    30  JTWC-06Z: 16.6S, 120.5E
04 JAN 02 1000  16.5 S  118.5 E   995   35    30  Monsoonal gales N quads
04 JAN 02 1600  16.3 S  117.9 E   995   35    30  JTWC-18Z: 16.4S, 118.7E
04 JAN 02 2200  16.3 S  117.7 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 03 0400  16.7 S  117.4 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 03 1000  16.8 S  116.7 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 03 1600  17.4 S  116.7 E   995   35    30  Relocated
04 JAN 03 2200  17.9 S  116.4 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 04 0400  18.2 S  115.4 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 04 1000  18.5 S  115.2 E   995   35    30  JTWC-12Z: 18.8S, 114.6E
04 JAN 04 1600  18.5 S  114.6 E   995   35    30  JTWC-18Z: 18.5S, 115.2E
04 JAN 04 1900  18.7 S  114.4 E   992         40  Upgraded to TC Ken
04 JAN 04 2200  18.9 S  114.6 E   992   35    40  JTWC-00Z: 18.8S, 115.1E
04 JAN 05 0400  19.4 S  115.0 E   992   35    40
04 JAN 05 0700  20.1 S  114.9 E   992         40  Relocated
04 JAN 05 1000  20.6 S  114.6 E   992   35    40
04 JAN 05 1600  21.0 S  114.4 E   995   25    35
04 JAN 05 1900  21.2 S  114.3 E   998         30  Final Perth Warning
04 JAN 06 0000  21.3 S  113.9 E         25        JTWC Warning
04 JAN 06 1200  21.7 S  113.3 E         20

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Storm Name: LINDA                 Cyclone Number: 11S     Basin: SWI/AUW
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 08 / (Named by Perth TCWC)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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04 JAN 28 0600   6.2 S   89.5 E  1002         25  Locally 30 kts
04 JAN 28 1200   6.8 S   89.9 E  1002         25        "
04 JAN 28 1800   7.0 S   90.2 E  1004   30        JTWC Trop WX Outlook
04 JAN 29 0000   7.7 S   92.2 E         35        JTWC Warning
04 JAN 29 0100   8.5 S   92.5 E  1000         30  Perth Warning
04 JAN 29 0400   8.4 S   93.4 E   998         30  Relocated
04 JAN 29 1000   9.8 S   93.5 E   998   35    30
04 JAN 29 1600  10.1 S   94.0 E   995         30
04 JAN 29 2200  10.8 S   94.1 E   995   35    30
04 JAN 30 0300  11.2 S   95.2 E   995         30
04 JAN 30 0400  11.5 S   95.2 E   990         45  Named TC Linda
04 JAN 30 1000  12.6 S   95.6 E   990   35    45
04 JAN 30 1600  13.5 S   95.9 E   990         45
04 JAN 30 2200  14.3 S   96.0 E   985   45    55
04 JAN 31 0400  15.1 S   95.8 E   982         55
04 JAN 31 1000  16.0 S   95.9 E   980   45    50
04 JAN 31 1600  16.8 S   95.9 E   978         55
04 JAN 31 2200  17.6 S   96.1 E   985   45    50
04 FEB 01 0400  18.2 S   95.8 E   990         40
04 FEB 01 1000  18.9 S   95.3 E   990   35    40
04 FEB 01 1600  19.4 S   95.2 E   998         33  Final Perth Warning
04 FEB 01 1800  19.3 S   94.9 E         30        Final JTWC Warning

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

   Tropical Cyclone HETA (03F / 07P)                   28 Dec - 11 Jan

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Storm Name: HETA                  Cyclone Number: 07P     Basin: SPA
Fiji Tropical Disturbance Number: 03F

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

03 DEC 28 2100  14.0 S  180.0 W  1004         15
03 DEC 29 0600  14.0 S  180.0 W  1003         15
03 DEC 29 1800  15.0 S  179.0 W  1002         15
03 DEC 31 0900  13.0 S  176.0 W   997         20
03 DEC 31 2100  11.5 S  175.0 W   997         25
04 JAN 01 0000  10.5 S  175.6 W   997   35    30
04 JAN 01 0600   9.0 S  174.8 W   997   35    30  JTWC: 9.5 S, 175.4 W
04 JAN 01 1200   8.7 S  175.9 W   996   35    30  JTWC: 8.7 S, 175.0 W
04 JAN 01 1800   8.5 S  175.5 W   996   35    30  JTWC: 8.5 S, 174.8 W
04 JAN 02 0000   8.0 S  174.3 W   996   40    30
04 JAN 02 0300   8.1 S  174.2 W   995         35  Upgraded to TC Heta
04 JAN 02 0600   8.3 S  174.0 W   987   55    45
04 JAN 02 1200   8.0 S  174.1 W   985   55    50
04 JAN 02 1800   8.4 S  173.9 W   980   55    55
04 JAN 03 0000   9.3 S  174.0 W   975   60    60
04 JAN 03 0600   9.7 S  173.7 W   975   65    65
04 JAN 03 1200  10.5 S  174.2 W   975   65    70
04 JAN 03 1800  10.6 S  174.6 W   965   75    70
04 JAN 04 0000  10.8 S  174.8 W   965   75    70
04 JAN 04 0600  11.5 S  174.4 W   955   80    80
04 JAN 04 1200  12.3 S  174.3 W   940  100    90
04 JAN 04 1800  13.2 S  174.1 W   925  125   100
04 JAN 05 0000  13.9 S  174.1 W   915  140   115
04 JAN 05 0600  14.7 S  173.5 W   915  140   115
04 JAN 05 1200  15.6 S  173.0 W   915  140   115
04 JAN 05 1800  16.7 S  172.2 W   915  130   115
04 JAN 06 0000  18.1 S  171.1 W   915  130   115
04 JAN 06 0600  19.8 S  169.9 W   920  125   110
04 JAN 06 1200  21.5 S  168.5 W   925        100
04 JAN 06 1800  22.8 S  167.1 W   935  115    90  JTWC: 22.3 S, 167.0 W
04 JAN 07 0000  24.4 S  165.6 W   940         90
04 JAN 07 0600  25.5 S  164.6 W   965   80    70  JTWC: 26.2 S, 163.7 W
04 JAN 07 1200  28.5 S  162.0 W   950         80
04 JAN 07 1800  28.5 S  161.5 W   970   65    65  JTWC: 28.8 S, 160.6 W
04 JAN 07 2300  30.0 S  160.0 W   975         60  Extratropical
04 JAN 08 0500  32.0 S  159.0 W   980   35    55  
04 JAN 08 1100  33.0 S  158.0 W   984         50
04 JAN 08 2300  33.0 S  159.0 W   991         50  1700Z data missing
04 JAN 09 0500  34.0 S  157.0 W   980         50
04 JAN 09 1100  34.0 S  158.0 W   990         50
04 JAN 09 1700  34.0 S  159.0 W   989         45
04 JAN 09 2300  33.0 S  160.0 W   993         45
04 JAN 10 0500  33.0 S  162.0 W   992         40
04 JAN 10 1700  32.0 S  165.0 W   999         40  1100Z data missing
04 JAN 10 2300  32.0 S  165.0 W   999         40
04 JAN 11 0500  30.0 S  167.0 W   995         35
04 JAN 11 1700  30.0 S  168.0 W   999         40  1100Z data missing
04 JAN 11 2300  30.0 S  168.0 W   999         35

Note: Warnings from 07/0600 UTC onward were issued by the Wellington,
New Zealand, weather service.

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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]

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Document: trak0401.htm
Updated: 26th December 2006

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