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Northern Hemisphere 2006 Tropical Cyclone Season Review
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]


               A REVIEW OF THE 2006 TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON

                       FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE


     Following is a tabular summary of all the tropical depressions,
  tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons which occurred in the
  Northern Hemisphere between 1 January and 31 December 2006, as
  reported in the Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summaries prepared
  by the author.

    (1) Number - this is the sequential cyclone number assigned by either
                 TPC/NHC, CPHC in Honolulu, or JTWC.  If neither of these
                 agencies issued any warnings, no number will be given.

    (2) Name - the name (if any) assigned by either TPC/NHC, CPHC, IMD,
               or JMA (and PAGASA for Western North Pacific systems in 
               their area of warning responsibility).

    (3) Dates - range of dates for which tracking information for the 
                cyclone is available in the Global Tropical Cyclone
                Tracks files prepared by the author.

    (4) Pressure - Lowest central pressure (either estimated or recorded)
                   during the lifetime of the cyclone.  For Atlantic and
                   Northeastern Pacific systems these will be the values
                   reported in operational advisories from TPC/NHC or
                   CPHC.  For Northwest Pacific systems the central
                   pressure estimates are taken from advisories issued by
                   the Japanese Meteorological Agency.  An asterisk (*)
                   following the pressure indicates the reading was an
                   actual measured pressure normally obtained by a drop-
                   sonde released during an aerial reconnaissance
                   flight.    Central pressure is given in millibars,
                   which is numerically equivalent to hectopascals.

    (5) MSW - maximum 1-minute average sustained windspeed in knots.
              For the Northwestern Pacific and North Indian Ocean
              basins, these will be the highest value assigned
              operationally by JTWC.  For the Atlantic and Northeastern
              Pacific basins, the MSW values are taken from the
              official tropical cyclone reports prepared by the
              TPC/NHC Hurricane Specialists and which are available
              on TPC/NHC's website:  .

    (6) Basins - tropical cyclone basins where the cyclone tracked during
                 its life:

                 ATL - North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea
                 NEP - North Pacific east of Longitude 180
                 NWP - North Pacific west of Longitude 180
                       (including South China Sea)
                 NIO - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

     For tropical systems in the NWP basin, two additional columns of
  information are given:

     (1) The tropical storm serial number assigned by the Japanese
         Meteorological Agency to tropical depressions which are deemed
         to have reached tropical storm intensity.  This does not always
         agree with JTWC's assessment.

     (2) An estimate of the maximum 10-minute average sustained wind.
         The value given represents the highest 10-min avg MSW assigned
         by any agency.  If from any warning center other than JMA, a
         numbered note below identifies which center's value is given.

     For tropical systems in the NIO basin, an additional column lists
  the alphanumeric storm identifier assigned by the India Meteorological
  Department (IMD) for those systems deemed to have reached cyclonic
  storm (i.e., tropical storm) status by that agency.

     A number in parentheses (e.g. (1) ) following an entry refers to
  a note following the entries for the given basin.   A separate table
  is given for each of the four Northern Hemisphere basins.

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                              ATLANTIC BASIN

 NUM  NAME          DATES           CENT PRS   MSW               BASIN
                                      (mb)    (kts)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 01   Alberto       10-19 Jun          995 *    60                ATL
 02   -----         16-19 Jul          998      45                ATL (1)
 03   Beryl         18-22 Jul         1001 *    50                ATL
 04   Chris         01-06 Aug         1001 *    55                ATL
 05   Debby         21-28 Aug          999      45                ATL
 06   Ernesto       24 Aug-04 Sep      985 *    65                ATL
 07   Florence      03-19 Sep          974 *    80                ATL
 08   Gordon        10-24 Sep          955     105                ATL
 09   Helene        12-27 Sep          955 *   105                ATL
 10   Isaac         27 Sep-03 Oct      985      75                ATL

 NOTES:

 (1) This system was added during TPC/NHC's post-season analysis and
     review.  It was not carried operationally as a tropical cyclone.
     There was no track for this system in the Global Tropical Cyclone
     Tracks file prepared by the author.

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                         NORTHEAST PACFICIC BASIN

 NUM  NAME          DATES           CENT PRS   MSW               BASIN
                                      (mb)    (kts)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 01E  Aletta        27-31 May         1002      40                NEP
 02E  -----         03-05 Jun         1005      30                NEP
 03E  Bud           11-17 Jul          953     110                NEP
 04E  Carlotta      12-20 Jul          981      75                NEP
 05E  Daniel        16-28 Jul          933     130                NEP
 06E  Emilia        21-31 Jul          990      55                NEP
 07E  Fabio         31 Jul-05 Aug     1000      45                NEP
 08E  Gilma         01-05 Aug         1004      35                NEP
 09E  Hector        15-24 Aug          966      95                NEP
 01C  Ioke (1)      19 Aug-07 Sep      920     140                NEP/NWP
 10E  Ileana        21-29 Aug          955     105                NEP
 11E  John          28 Aug-04 Sep      948 *   115                NEP
 12E  Kristy        30 Aug-09 Sep      985      70                NEP
 13E  Lane          13-17 Sep          952 *   110                NEP
 14E  Miriam        16-21 Sep          999      40                NEP
 02C  -----         18-20 Sep         1007      30                NEP
 03C  -----         26-28 Sep         1006 (2)  30                NEP/NWP
 15E  Norman        09-15 Oct         1000      45                NEP
 16E  Olivia        09-14 Oct         1000      40                NEP
 04C  -----         13-14 Oct         1007      30                NEP
 17E  Paul          21-26 Oct          970      90                NEP
 18E  -----         26-29 Oct         1007      30                NEP
 ---  -----         30 Oct-03 Nov      ---      55                NEP (3)
 19E  Rosa          08-10 Nov         1002      35                NEP
 20E  -----         11 Nov            1007      30                NEP
 21E  Sergio        13-20 Nov          965      95                NEP

 NOTES:

 (1) Ioke's JMA tropical storm number after crossing into the Northwest
     Pacific basin was 0612.

 (2) The lowest CP of 1006 mb was assigned by JMA after system had moved
     into the Northwest Pacific basin.

 (3) This system's NRL invest number was '91C', and it occurred at a
     rather high latitude in the Central and Eastern North Pacific.
     The system definitely appeared to be at least subtropical in nature,
     and very possibly was a tropical cyclone.  The intensity is based
     upon a track prepared by Dr. Karl Hoarau of Cergy-Pontoise
     University, Paris.

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                         NORTHWEST PACFICIC BASIN

 JTWC    NAME(S)      JMA     DATES         CENT    MSW   MSW    BASIN
 NUM                TROP STM                PRS    1-MIN 10-MIN
                      NUM                   (mb)   (kts) (kts)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ---  Agaton          ----  20-27 Jan       1000     --    30     NWP (1)
 01W  Basyang         ----  03-13 Mar       1004     35    30     NWP
 02W  Chanchu/Caloy   0601  08-20 May        930    135    90     NWP
 03W  Jelawat/Domeng  0602  26-29 Jun        994     45    40     NWP (2)
 04W  Ewiniar/Ester   0603  29 Jun-12 Jul    920    130   100     NWP
 05W  Bilis/Florita   0604  08-15 Jul        970     55    65     NWP (3)
 06W  Kaemi/Glenda    0605  17-26 Jul        955     90    80     NWP
 07W  Prapiroon/Henry 0606  28 Jul-05 Aug    965     70    70     NWP
 08W  Saomai/Juan     0608  04-11 Aug        925    140    95     NWP
 09W  Maria           0607  04-12 Aug        975     65    60     NWP
 10W  Bopha/Inday     0609  05-11 Aug        985     50    50     NWP
 11W  Wukong          0610  12-21 Aug        980     50    45     NWP
 12W  Sonamu/Katring  0611  13-16 Aug        992     45    40     NWP
 13W  -----           ----  23-25 Aug       1000     30    25     NWP
 14W  Shanshan/Luis   0613  09-22 Sep        925    120   100     NWP
 15W  -----           ----  12-13 Sep       1004     30    30     NWP
 16W  Yagi            0614  13-27 Sep        910    140   110     NWP
 17W  -----           ----  22-25 Sep        996     35    30     NWP
 18W  Xangsane/ (4)   0615  25 Sep-02 Oct    950    125    85     NWP
 19W  Bebinca/Neneng  0616  28 Sep-06 Oct    990     45    45     NWP (1)
 20W  Rumbia          0617  02-06 Oct        985     35    45     NWP
 21W  Soulik          0618  08-17 Oct        955     90    75     NWP
 22W  Cimaron/Paeng   0619  26 Oct-06 Nov    910    155   105     NWP (5)
 ---  -----           ----  06-09 Nov       1000     50    --     NWP (6)
 23W  Chebi/Queenie   0620  08-14 Nov        925    125   105     NWP (7)
 24W  Durian/Reming   0621  25 Nov-07 Dec    915    135   105     NWP
 25W  Utor/Seniang    0622  06-15 Dec        955    100    80     NWP
 26W  Trami/Tomas     0623  15-20 Dec       1000     30    35     NWP

 NOTES:

 (1) The highest 10-min avg MSW was assigned by PAGASA.

 (2) PAGASA classified this system as a tropical depression on 24 June,
     and later that same day upgraded it to tropical storm status.

 (3) The highest 10-min avg MSW estimated by JMA was 60 kts.  PAGASA was
     the only warning agency (known to the author) who upgraded this
     system to typhoon status.

 (4) The PAGASA name for Typhoon Xangsane was Milenyo.

 (5) The peak 1-min avg MSW of 155 kts was obtained from Dvorak analyses
     performed by Dr. Karl Hoarau of Cergy-Pontoise University, Paris,
     and is in agreement with intensity estimates from SAB and AFWA.  The
     highest 1-min avg MSW estimated by JTWC was 140 kts.

 (6) This system appeared to be subtropical in nature.  However, it was
     assigned some tropical "T" Dvorak classifications by SAB who
     designated it as '99W'.  The peak intensity is based upon QuikScat
     data.

 (7) Dr. Karl Hoarau estimated the peak intensity for Chebi/Queenie at
     135 kts.   I have used JTWC's peak 1-min avg MSW of 125 kts, which
     is good agreement with SAB's and AFWA's peak Dvorak ratings of
     T6.5/6.5.

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                          NORTH INDIAN OCEAN BASIN

 NUM  NAME        IMD ID (1)   DATES        CENT PRS   MSW       BASIN
                                              (mb)    (kts)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 01A  -----      -------     13-17 Jan         ---      40        NIO
 02B  Mala       BOB0601     24-29 Apr         ---     125        NIO
 03B  -----      -------     02-04 Jul         ---      35        NIO
 ---  -----      -------     01-05 Aug         ---      30        NIO
 04A  Mukda      ARB0601     20-25 Sep         ---      60        NIO
 05B  -----      -------     28-30 Sep         ---      35        NIO
 ---  Ogni       BOB0602     28-30 Oct         ---      45        NIO

 NOTES:

 (1) I have learned that IMD discontinued using the former alphanumeric
     designators when official naming of tropical cyclones in the NIO
     basin was initiated in 2004.  The IDs listed above are unofficial
     and will not appear in the future in any summaries, track files, and
     hemisphere reviews prepared by the author.

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 Prepared by Gary Padgett
 [email protected]
 Home: 334-222-5327

Document: summ2006.htm
Updated: 3rd March 2007

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