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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks October 2005
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - OCTOBER 2005


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


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ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico


                        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 located in Miami, Florida.   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 Depression (19)                            30 Sep - 02 Oct
   Hurricane STAN (20)                                 01 - 05 Oct
   Tropical Storm TAMMY (21)                           05 - 06 Oct
   Subtropical Depression (22)                         08 - 09 Oct
   Hurricane VINCE (23)                                09 - 11 Oct
   Hurricane WILMA (24)                                15 - 26 Oct
   Tropical Storm ALPHA (25)                           22 - 24 Oct
   Hurricane BETA (26)                                 27 - 31 Oct

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 19      Basin: ATL
 

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

05 SEP 30 1800  11.8 N   32.9 W  1007   25
05 OCT 01 0000  12.2 N   33.0 W  1006   30
05 OCT 01 0600  13.3 N   34.0 W  1006   30
05 OCT 01 1200  13.8 N   33.7 W  1008   30
05 OCT 01 1800  14.4 N   34.0 W  1008   30
05 OCT 02 0000  15.0 N   33.8 W  1008   30
05 OCT 02 0600  15.7 N   34.3 W  1008   30
05 OCT 02 1200  16.6 N   35.3 W  1009   25
05 OCT 02 1500  17.0 N   35.7 W  1009   25

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Storm Name: STAN                  Cyclone Number: 20      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 01 1200  19.2 N   85.5 W  1007   25
05 OCT 01 1800  19.0 N   86.2 W  1007   30
05 OCT 02 0000  19.2 N   86.7 W  1004   30
05 OCT 02 0600  19.5 N   87.2 W  1004   40
05 OCT 02 1200  19.7 N   87.7 W  1003   35        Moving inland Yucatan
05 OCT 02 1800  20.4 N   88.9 W  1004   35        Inland
05 OCT 03 0000  20.7 N   89.9 W  1003   30        Downgr. at 0300Z
05 OCT 03 0600  20.5 N   91.0 W  1003   35        Upgr. at 0900Z
05 OCT 03 1200  20.4 N   91.9 W  1000   35
05 OCT 03 1800  20.1 N   92.1 W   996   45
05 OCT 04 0000  19.8 N   93.2 W   992   50  
05 OCT 04 0600  19.2 N   94.1 W   982   60
05 OCT 04 1200  18.8 N   94.8 W   979   65        Upgr. at 0900Z
05 OCT 04 1800  17.9 N   95.4 W   988   55        70 kts at 1500Z/Inland
05 OCT 05 0000  17.5 N   96.6 W  1000   30
05 OCT 05 0600  17.0 N   97.1 W  1006   25
05 OCT 05 0900  16.9 N   97.3 W  1006   25

Note: Hurricane Stan's peak intensity of 70 kts occurred at 04/1500 UTC
as it was about to make landfall in Mexico, and is not reflected in the
6-hourly synoptic-hour track points.

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Storm Name: TAMMY                 Cyclone Number: 21      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 05 0600  27.3 N   79.7 W  1004   30
05 OCT 05 1200  28.3 N   80.2 W  1004   35        Upgr. at 1130Z
05 OCT 05 1800  29.5 N   80.9 W  1003   40
05 OCT 06 0000  30.4 N   81.6 W  1001   45        Inland
05 OCT 06 0600  31.3 N   82.8 W  1004   35        Strong winds offshore
05 OCT 06 1200  31.7 N   85.0 W  1005   35                  "
05 OCT 06 1500  31.7 N   85.5 W  1006   30        Final NHC advisory
05 OCT 06 2100  30.2 N   85.6 W  1004   13        Final HPC advisory

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 22      Basin: ATL
(System was classified as a subtropical depression)

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

05 OCT 08 1200  27.7 N   58.5 W  1008   30
05 OCT 08 1800  28.8 N   60.1 W  1009   30
05 OCT 09 0000  29.2 N   62.1 W  1009   30
05 OCT 09 0300  29.2 N   62.6 W  1010   25

Note: The remnants of Subtropical Depression 22 lingered in the western
Atlantic for several days, eventually moving northwestward and northward
off the U. S. Mid-Atlantic coast before merging with a frontal system.

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Storm Name: VINCE                 Cyclone Number: 23      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 09 1200  33.8 N   19.3 W  1001   45
05 OCT 09 1800  34.1 N   18.9 W   987   65
05 OCT 10 0000  34.3 N   18.3 W   987   65
05 OCT 10 0600  34.6 N   17.2 W   994   50
05 OCT 10 1200  34.7 N   15.3 W  1002   40
05 OCT 10 1800  35.4 N   12.8 W  1000   40
05 OCT 11 0000  36.0 N   10.6 W   998   40
05 OCT 11 0600  36.8 N    8.3 W  1002   30        Just south of Portugal
05 OCT 11 0900  37.2 N    7.1 W  1002   30        On coast of Spain

Note: Vince is the first Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to make
landfall in Europe while still classified as a tropical system.

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Storm Name: WILMA                 Cyclone Number: 24      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 15 1800  17.6 N   78.6 W  1004   25
05 OCT 16 0000  17.1 N   78.9 W  1003   25
05 OCT 16 0600  17.0 N   79.2 W  1003   30
05 OCT 16 1200  17.1 N   79.3 W  1003   30 
05 OCT 16 1800  17.6 N   79.3 W  1002   30
05 OCT 17 0000  17.6 N   79.6 W  1001   30
05 OCT 17 0600  17.3 N   79.6 W  1000   30
05 OCT 17 1200  16.4 N   79.8 W  1000   35        Upgraded at 0900Z  
05 OCT 17 1800  16.1 N   79.9 W   997   40
05 OCT 18 0000  15.7 N   79.9 W   989   45
05 OCT 18 0600  15.7 N   80.0 W   984   55
05 OCT 18 1200  16.2 N   80.3 W   980   60
05 OCT 18 1800  16.6 N   81.1 W   975   70        Upgraded at 1500Z
05 OCT 19 0000  16.6 N   81.8 W   954   85
05 OCT 19 0600  17.0 N   82.2 W   901  130
05 OCT 19 1200  17.3 N   82.8 W   882  150        See Note
05 OCT 19 1800  17.4 N   83.3 W   892  145   
05 OCT 20 0000  18.0 N   84.0 W   892  140
05 OCT 20 0600  18.1 N   84.7 W   899  135
05 OCT 20 1200  18.3 N   85.2 W   910  125
05 OCT 20 1800  18.6 N   85.5 W   915  125
05 OCT 21 0000  19.1 N   85.8 W   923  130
05 OCT 21 0600  19.6 N   86.1 W   930  130
05 OCT 21 1200  20.1 N   86.4 W   930  125
05 OCT 21 1800  20.4 N   86.7 W   926  125
05 OCT 22 0000  20.7 N   86.8 W   930  120        Over Cozumel Island
05 OCT 22 0600  20.9 N   87.1 W   935  115        On coast of Yucatan P.
05 OCT 22 1200  21.1 N   87.0 W   943  110        Inland over NE Yucatan
05 OCT 22 1800  21.2 N   87.1 W   953   95
05 OCT 23 0000  21.6 N   87.0 W   959   85        Moving off Yucatan P.
05 OCT 23 0600  21.8 N   86.8 W   962   85        Over Gulf of Mexico
05 OCT 23 1200  22.4 N   86.1 W   961   85
05 OCT 23 1800  23.1 N   85.4 W   963   85
05 OCT 24 0000  23.9 N   84.4 W   958   95
05 OCT 24 0600  25.0 N   83.1 W   954  105
05 OCT 24 1200  26.2 N   81.0 W   951  100        Inland in SW Florida
05 OCT 24 1800  27.9 N   78.9 W   955  100        MSW 90 kts at 1500Z   
05 OCT 25 0000  30.2 N   76.0 W   955  110        Over Atlantic Ocean
05 OCT 25 0600  33.3 N   72.0 W   965  100
05 OCT 25 1200  36.8 N   67.9 W   970   90
05 OCT 25 1800  40.3 N   64.5 W   976   75
05 OCT 26 0000  42.0 N   60.0 W   983   55        XTROP - OPC warnings
05 OCT 26 0600  44.0 N   57.0 W   984   50
05 OCT 26 1200  44.0 N   54.0 W   990   50
05 OCT 26 1800  45.0 N   52.0 W   993   45

Note: The minimum central pressure of 882 mb measured in Hurricane Wilma
is the lowest ever measured in an Atlantic tropical cyclone, besting the
previous record of 888 mb measured in Hurricane Gilbert on 13 September
1988.

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Storm Name: ALPHA                 Cyclone Number: 25      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 22 1200  15.8 N   67.5 W  1007   30
05 OCT 22 1800  16.5 N   68.5 W  1007   30
05 OCT 23 0000  17.3 N   69.6 W  1005   35        Upgraded at 2100Z
05 OCT 23 0600  17.8 N   70.5 W   998   45
05 OCT 23 1200  18.6 N   72.2 W  1000   45        Inland over Hispaniola
05 OCT 23 1800  19.8 N   72.7 W  1004   30        Downgraded at 1500Z
05 OCT 24 0000  21.6 N   72.9 W  1004   30        Over Atlantic Ocean
05 OCT 24 0600  23.5 N   73.0 W  1004   30
05 OCT 24 1200  25.1 N   72.6 W  1004   30
05 OCT 24 1800  27.9 N   70.8 W  1004   30
05 OCT 24 2100  29.0 N   70.0 W  1004   30        Center dissipating

Note: Tropical Storm Alpha, the 22nd named storm of the 2005 Atlantic
hurricane season, sets a new record, breaking the old record of 21
tropical storms/hurricanes established in 1933.

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Storm Name: BETA                  Cyclone Number: 26      Basin: ATL


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

05 OCT 27 0000  11.0 N   81.4 W  1006   30
05 OCT 27 0600  11.3 N   81.7 W  1006   30  
05 OCT 27 1200  11.4 N   81.3 W  1005   35        Upgraded at 0900Z
05 OCT 27 1800  11.5 N   81.4 W   997   50
05 OCT 28 0000  12.0 N   81.3 W   997   50
05 OCT 28 0600  12.2 N   81.2 W   994   55
05 OCT 28 1200  12.7 N   81.2 W   993   55
05 OCT 28 1800  13.1 N   81.1 W   993   55
05 OCT 29 0000  13.4 N   81.3 W   990   55        Over I. de Providencia
05 OCT 29 0600  13.6 N   81.4 W   987   65
05 OCT 29 1200  13.8 N   81.6 W   984   70
05 OCT 29 1800  13.8 N   82.1 W   981   80
05 OCT 30 0000  13.8 N   82.6 W   979   80
05 OCT 30 0600  13.3 N   83.1 W   960  100
05 OCT 30 1200  12.9 N   83.5 W   965   95 
05 OCT 30 1800  12.7 N   84.1 W   990   65        Inland in Nicaragua
05 OCT 31 0000  12.7 N   84.9 W  1000   35        Downgraded at 2100Z
05 OCT 31 0300  12.7 N   85.3 W  1002   20        Final advisory

Note: Hurricane Beta, the 13th hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane
season, has set a new record for the highest number of hurricanes in
one season, beating the old record of 12 hurricanes set in 1969.

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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 Depression (16E)                           15 - 20 Oct

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 16E     Basin: NEP


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

05 OCT 15 0000  11.0 N  101.2 W  1008   30
05 OCT 15 0600  11.0 N  101.4 W  1008   30
05 OCT 15 1200  11.0 N  101.5 W  1008   25
05 OCT 15 1800  11.0 N  101.5 W  1008   25
05 OCT 16 0000  11.0 N  102.0 W  1008   25
05 OCT 16 0600  11.0 N  102.4 W  1007   30
05 OCT 16 1200  11.3 N  103.0 W  1006   30
05 OCT 16 1800  11.7 N  103.8 W  1006   30
05 OCT 17 0000  12.0 N  104.4 W  1006   30        See Note
05 OCT 17 0600  12.0 N  105.1 W  1007   30
05 OCT 17 1200  12.1 N  105.8 W  1007   25
05 OCT 17 1800  12.2 N  106.6 W  1007   25
05 OCT 18 0000  12.1 N  107.5 W  1007   25        Final advisory
05 OCT 19 1200  12.1 N  113.1 W  1007   25        Regenerated
05 OCT 19 1800  12.3 N  114.7 W  1006   30
05 OCT 20 0000  12.3 N  115.4 W  1007   25
05 OCT 20 0600  12.5 N  116.6 W  1007   25
05 OCT 20 1200  12.5 N  117.9 W  1007   25
05 OCT 20 1800  12.7 N  118.9 W  1009   25

Note: At 17/0000 UTC all satellite agencies classified the system at
35 kts, based on improved banding features and cloud tops colder than
-70 C over the western half of the circulation.  The decision was
initially made to name the depression Tropical Storm Pilar, but shortly
before advisory release time at 0300 UTC, shortwave infrared imagery
revealed that the center had become sheared farther to the southeast
of the banding feature and convective cloud tops had warmed considerably.
Therefore, the forecaster decided to keep the cyclone as a tropical
depression for the time being, but the weakening trend continued and
it was never upgraded to a tropical storm.  Since the Best Track always
defines the track and intensity at synoptic hours (0000, 0600, 1200 and
1800 UTC), there is a possibility that the system could be treated as
a tropical storm at 17/0000 UTC.  However, NHC has never been known to
name a system posthumously, so in all likelihood, if TC-16E is upgraded
after the fact, it will remain unnamed.

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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.

     Regarding the MSW comparison tables, Huang Chunliang has often
  stated:  "In the title line the storm grade has been 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 to 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 last ranked as a TD or a tropical system by whatever
  TCWC."


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

   Tropical Depression (20W)                           06 - 08 Oct
   Typhoon KIROGI (21W / 0520 / NANDO)                 09 - 20 Oct
   Typhoon KAI-TAK (22W / 0521)                        25 Oct - 02 Nov

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    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)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

05 OCT 06 0600  16.0 N  112.0 E  1008         25  JMA bulletins
05 OCT 06 1200  17.0 N  111.0 E  1006         25
05 OCT 06 1800  17.0 N  110.0 E  1008         25
05 OCT 07 0000  17.1 N  109.7 E  1006         30
05 OCT 07 0600  16.8 N  109.2 E  1006         30
05 OCT 07 1200  16.9 N  107.9 E  1006   30    30  JMA: 16.6N/108.4E
05 OCT 07 1800  16.8 N  106.6 E  1006   25    30  Inland in Vietnam
05 OCT 08 0000  16.0 N  106.0 E  1006         25  JMA bulletin

Note: Following is the MSW comparison table compiled and sent by
Huang Chunliang:

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== Tropical Depression 20W (October 06-08, 2005) ==
===================================================

TCWC       STORM ID                              PEAK MSW (kt)
--------------------------------------------------------------
JTWC       Tropical Depression 20W               30
JMA        Tropical Depression                   30
HKO        Tropical Depression                   30
CWB        Tropical Depression                   --*
TMD        Tropical Depression                   27

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

Note: This system was numbered TD 0513 by the Guangzhou Regional
Meteorologic Center (GRMC) as it was the 13th tropical system of 2005 to
enter that agency's AOR.  The peak MSW assigned by GRMC was 25 kts.

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Storm Name: KIROGI                Cyclone Number: 21W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: NANDO       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0520

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

05 OCT 09 0600  23.0 N  137.0 E  1008         25  JMA bulletins
05 OCT 09 1200  22.5 N  136.0 E  1008         30
05 OCT 09 1800  22.7 N  135.9 E  1008         30
05 OCT 10 0000  22.9 N  134.5 E  1004         30
05 OCT 10 0600  22.5 N  133.8 E  1000   25    35
05 OCT 10 1200  22.2 N  133.4 E  1000   30    35
05 OCT 10 1800  21.7 N  133.5 E   990   35    45
05 OCT 11 0000  21.2 N  133.3 E   985   45    50
05 OCT 11 0600  21.0 N  133.0 E   975   55    60
05 OCT 11 1200  20.7 N  132.8 E   950   75    80
05 OCT 11 1800  20.5 N  132.7 E   940  105    85
05 OCT 12 0000  20.5 N  132.5 E   940  105    85
05 OCT 12 0600  20.7 N  132.2 E   935  115    90
05 OCT 12 1200  20.9 N  132.1 E   935  115    90
05 OCT 12 1800  21.1 N  131.9 E   935  100    90
05 OCT 13 0000  21.4 N  131.8 E   940   95    85
05 OCT 13 0600  21.5 N  131.7 E   940   90    85
05 OCT 13 1200  21.8 N  131.8 E   940   90    85
05 OCT 13 1800  22.1 N  131.8 E   940   95    85
05 OCT 14 0000  22.5 N  131.3 E   940   95    85
05 OCT 14 0600  22.9 N  131.2 E   950   90    80
05 OCT 14 1200  23.0 N  131.1 E   945   90    80
05 OCT 14 1800  23.1 N  131.1 E   945   95    80
05 OCT 15 0000  23.3 N  131.2 E   945  100    80
05 OCT 15 0600  23.6 N  131.3 E   945  100    80
05 OCT 15 1200  23.8 N  131.8 E   945  100    80
05 OCT 15 1800  24.0 N  132.4 E   945  100    80
05 OCT 16 0000  24.3 N  132.9 E   945  100    80
05 OCT 16 0600  24.7 N  133.4 E   940  125    85
05 OCT 16 1200  25.3 N  133.9 E   940  125    85
05 OCT 16 1800  25.8 N  134.2 E   940  120    85
05 OCT 17 0000  26.5 N  134.6 E   945  110    85
05 OCT 17 0600  27.7 N  135.0 E   950  110    80
05 OCT 17 1200  28.6 N  135.5 E   955   95    75
05 OCT 17 1800  29.2 N  136.1 E   955   90    75
05 OCT 18 0000  30.0 N  136.7 E   955   90    75
05 OCT 18 0600  30.9 N  137.7 E   955   90    75
05 OCT 18 1200  31.9 N  139.2 E   960   75    75
05 OCT 18 1800  32.7 N  140.5 E   985   55    55  JMA: 32.4N/140.1E
05 OCT 19 0000  33.4 N  142.2 E  1000   45    45  JMA: 32.6N/142.0E
05 OCT 19 0600  34.0 N  144.0 E  1000         40  XTROP/JMA bulletins
05 OCT 19 1200  35.0 N  145.0 E  1008         35
05 OCT 19 1800  35.0 N  145.0 E  1012         35
05 OCT 20 0000  36.0 N  146.0 E  1016         35

Note: Following is the MSW comparison table compiled and sent by
Huang Chunliang:

=========================================================
== Typhoon 21W/KIROGI/0520/NANDO (October 09-19, 2005) ==
=========================================================

TCWC       STORM ID                              PEAK MSW (kt)
--------------------------------------------------------------
JTWC       Typhoon 21W (KIROGI)                  125
JMA        Very Severe Typhoon 0520 (KIROGI)      90
NMCC       Typhoon 0520 (KIROGI)                 100
HKO        Typhoon KIROGI (0520)                  --*
CWB        Moderate Typhoon 0520 (KIROGI)         90
PAGASA     Typhoon NANDO                          90

Note (*): HKO never issued any real-time warnings on this typhoon,
which remained outside their AOR throughout its life.

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Storm Name: KAI-TAK               Cyclone Number: 22W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0521

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

05 OCT 25 0600   9.0 N  138.0 E  1006         25  JMA bulletins
05 OCT 25 1200   9.0 N  136.0 E  1008         25
05 OCT 25 1800   8.0 N  132.0 E  1008         20  Low-pressure area
05 OCT 26 0000   9.0 N  130.0 E  1010         20
05 OCT 26 0600  11.0 N  128.0 E  1006         20
05 OCT 26 1200  11.0 N  126.0 E  1008         20
05 OCT 26 1800  14.0 N  125.0 E  1008         20
05 OCT 27 0000  14.0 N  124.0 E  1010         20
05 OCT 27 0600  12.0 N  118.0 E  1008         20
05 OCT 27 1200  12.0 N  118.0 E  1010         20
05 OCT 27 1800  12.0 N  117.0 E  1008         20
05 OCT 28 0000  12.0 N  116.0 E  1008         20
05 OCT 28 0600  12.7 N  115.1 E  1004         30  Tropical depression
05 OCT 28 1200  12.8 N  114.5 E  1004         30
05 OCT 28 1800  12.7 N  113.6 E  1002   30    30
05 OCT 29 0000  12.5 N  113.1 E  1000   35    35
05 OCT 29 0600  12.8 N  112.8 E   990   45    50
05 OCT 29 1200  12.9 N  112.5 E   985   50    50
05 OCT 29 1800  13.3 N  112.9 E   985   55    50
05 OCT 30 0000  14.0 N  112.9 E   975   65    60
05 OCT 30 0600  14.1 N  112.2 E   970   75    65
05 OCT 30 1200  14.1 N  112.1 E   950   90    80
05 OCT 30 1800  14.4 N  111.8 E   950   90    80
05 OCT 31 0000  14.7 N  111.6 E   950   90    80
05 OCT 31 0600  14.8 N  111.5 E   960   85    70
05 OCT 31 1200  15.0 N  111.0 E   965   75    65
05 OCT 31 1800  14.9 N  110.5 E   970   75    60
05 NOV 01 0000  15.1 N  109.9 E   970   70    60
05 NOV 01 0600  15.8 N  108.9 E   970   65    60
05 NOV 01 1200  16.3 N  108.4 E   980   65    55
05 NOV 01 1800  17.1 N  107.7 E   985   60    50
05 NOV 02 0000  17.6 N  106.8 E   990   55    40
05 NOV 02 0600  18.9 N  105.8 E   998   45    35  Inland in Vietnam
05 NOV 02 1200  20.1 N  105.4 E  1004   35    25  JMA: 19.0N/105.0E

Note: Following is the MSW comparison table compiled and sent by
Huang Chunliang:

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== Typhoon 22W/KAI-TAK/0521 (October 25-November 2, 2005) ==
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TCWC       STORM ID                              PEAK MSW (kt)
--------------------------------------------------------------
JTWC       Typhoon 22W (KAI-TAK)                 90
JMA        Severe Typhoon 0521 (KAI-TAK)         80
NMCC       Typhoon 0521 (KAI-TAK)                80
HKO        Typhoon KAI-TAK (0521)                80
CWB        Moderate Typhoon 0521 (KAI-TAK)       80
TMD        Typhoon KAI-TAK                       80

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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 (03B)                              02 - 03 Oct
   Tropical Cyclone (04B)                              26 - 28 Oct

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 03B     Basin: NIO
IMD Cyclonic Storm Number: None

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

05 OCT 02 0600  19.4 N   86.0 E         35
05 OCT 02 1800  20.7 N   87.4 E         35
05 OCT 03 0600  22.2 N   88.4 E         30        Moving inland

Note: The India Meteorological Department did not classify this system
even as a depression.

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Storm Name: None (See Note #2)    Cyclone Number: 04B     Basin: NIO
IMD Cyclonic Storm Number: None

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

05 OCT 26 0300  12.0 N   84.5 E         25        IMD bulletins
05 OCT 26 1200  12.5 N   84.0 E         25
05 OCT 26 1800  12.5 N   84.0 E         30
05 OCT 27 0300  13.0 N   82.5 E         30
05 OCT 27 0600  13.0 N   81.5 E         30
05 OCT 27 1200  13.5 N   81.5 E         30
05 OCT 27 1800  14.5 N   81.8 E         35        JTWC warnings
05 OCT 28 0600  15.3 N   80.9 E         35        IMD-0300Z: 15.5N/80.0E
05 OCT 28 1800  16.1 N   79.3 E         30        Inland--See Note #1

Note #1: The IMD portion of the above track was supplied by Huang
Chunliang.  IMD tracked the remnants inland over South Andhra through
29/1200 UTC, but no coordinates were available.

Note #2: I have learned from Soma Senroy, a contact I have within the
IMD, that this system was named Baaz by Pakistan.  However, the WMO
operational plan for this region clearly states that RSMC New Delhi
(IMD) is charged with assigning names to those systems reaching cyclonic
storm (i.e., tropical storm) status, and IMD did not upgrade this system
to cyclonic storm status.   If I learn more about this anomaly, I will
pass along the information in the October cyclone summary.

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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 Depression (MFR-02 / 01S)                  12 - 15 Oct

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 01S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 02

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

05 OCT 12 0600   5.5 S   87.2 E  1005         25  Locally 30 kts to S
05 OCT 12 1200   5.2 S   86.6 E  1005         25            " 
05 OCT 13 0600   6.5 S   86.2 E  1005         25            "
05 OCT 13 1200   7.8 S   85.5 E  1003         25            "
05 OCT 14 0000   9.5 S   83.5 E  1002         25  Locally 30-35 kts to S
05 OCT 14 0600  10.3 S   82.2 E   998         30  Locally 35-40 kts to S
05 OCT 14 1200  11.0 S   81.9 E   998   35    30            "
05 OCT 14 1800  11.4 S   81.2 E   997         30            "
05 OCT 15 0000  13.1 S   80.8 E   997   35    30            "
05 OCT 15 0600  13.3 S   81.0 E   999         30            "
05 OCT 15 1200  13.7 S   80.4 E  1001   35    30            "
05 OCT 15 1800  13.9 S   79.6 E  1003   25    25  Locally 30-35 kts to S

Note: The final JTWC position at 15/1800 UTC was 14.3S/80.4E.

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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>
    http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.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: trak0510.htm
Updated: 8th November, 2005

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