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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks May 2008
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

                GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 2008

          !!!! 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 Storm ARTHUR (01)                          31 May - 02 Jun

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Storm Name: ARTHUR                Cyclone Number: 01      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 31 1200  17.9 N   88.1 W  1005   35        On N. Belize coast
08 MAY 31 1800  18.3 N   88.6 W  1005   35        Inland in N. Belize
08 JUN 01 0000  18.4 N   89.2 W  1006   35
08 JUN 01 0600  18.3 N   89.8 W  1006   35
08 JUN 01 1200  18.1 N   90.4 W  1006   35
08 JUN 01 1800  17.8 N   90.8 W  1006   30        Downgraded at 1500Z
08 JUN 02 0000  17.5 N   91.1 W  1006   25        Center dissip. at 0300Z

Note: Arthur's formation was related to the former Eastern Pacific system
Tropical Storm Alma.  The track for this cyclone follows.

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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 Storm ALMA (01E)                           29 - 31 May

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Storm Name: ALMA                  Cyclone Number: 01E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 29 0000  10.0 N   86.5 W  1003   25
08 MAY 29 0600  10.7 N   86.7 W  1003   25
08 MAY 29 1200  10.7 N   86.7 W  1003   30
08 MAY 29 1500  11.5 N   86.8 W  1001   40
08 MAY 29 1600  11.7 N   86.9 W   994   55
08 MAY 29 1800  12.0 N   86.9 W   994   55
08 MAY 30 0000  12.9 N   87.1 W   998   45        Inland in Nicaragua
08 MAY 30 0600  14.1 N   87.4 W  1002   35
08 MAY 30 1200  15.0 N   88.0 W  1006   20        Downgraded at 0900Z
08 MAY 30 1500  15.4 N   88.2 W  1006   20
08 MAY 30 2345  16.8 N   87.8 W                   SAB bulletins
08 MAY 31 0545  17.5 N   87.8 W
08 MAY 31 0845  17.8 N   87.4 W
08 MAY 31 1145  17.7 N   88.4 W

Note: I included the SAB bulletins on the former Alma to show the
continuity with the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur in the Gulf of
Honduras.  According to NHC the actual surface center of Alma dissipated
over the Central American mountains, but SAB followed the remnants,
assigning a Dvorak rating of T1.5/1.5 at 31/0545 and 0845 UTC.  The
final position shown above at 31/1145 UTC is very near the 1200 UTC
position of Arthur gleaned from the initial NHC advisory on that system.

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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.


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

   Super Typhoon RAMMASUN (03W / 0802 / BUTCHOY)       06 - 13 May
   Tropical Storm MATMO (04W / 0803 / DINDO)           14 - 17 May
   Typhoon HALONG (05W / 0804 / COSME)                 13 - 23 May
   Typhoon NAKRI (06W / 0805 / ENTENG)                 26 May - 09 Jun

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Storm Name: RAMMASUN              Cyclone Number: 03W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: BUTCHOY     JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0802

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 06 1800   6.0 N  135.0 E  1004         25  JMA bulletins
08 MAY 07 0000   7.4 N  133.8 E  1004         30
08 MAY 07 0600   7.4 N  133.0 E  1000   30    30
08 MAY 07 1200   7.7 N  132.3 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 7.8N/131.7E
08 MAY 07 1800   7.9 N  131.5 E   996   35    35  JMA: 8.2N/130.6E
08 MAY 08 0000   8.4 N  131.3 E   996   40    40
08 MAY 08 0600   8.7 N  131.5 E   996   40    40
08 MAY 08 1200   9.2 N  131.5 E   994   45    45
08 MAY 08 1800  10.0 N  131.9 E   985   55    50  JMA: 9.6N/131.4E
08 MAY 09 0000  11.1 N  132.2 E   980   65    55  JMA: 11.0N/131.7E
08 MAY 09 0600  12.0 N  132.2 E   975   70    65
08 MAY 09 1200  12.7 N  132.2 E   960   80    70
08 MAY 09 1800  13.7 N  132.1 E   950  100    80
08 MAY 10 0000  14.5 N  132.1 E   940  120    85
08 MAY 10 0600  15.5 N  132.1 E   930  125    90
08 MAY 10 1200  16.9 N  132.0 E   915  135   105
08 MAY 10 1800  18.2 N  131.9 E   920  130   100
08 MAY 11 0000  19.5 N  131.8 E   920  135   100
08 MAY 11 0600  20.9 N  132.2 E   925  115    95
08 MAY 11 1200  22.2 N  132.8 E   940  105    85
08 MAY 11 1800  23.6 N  133.5 E   950   95    80
08 MAY 12 0000  25.2 N  134.5 E   955   85    80
08 MAY 12 0600  27.3 N  135.9 E   960   75    70
08 MAY 12 1200  29.3 N  138.4 E   970   65    65
08 MAY 12 1800  30.3 N  140.2 E   975   50    60
08 MAY 13 0000  31.8 N  141.8 E   985         50  JMA warnings
08 MAY 13 0600  33.0 N  144.0 E   990         45  Extratropical

Note: I lost my original track for Rammasun when my computer suffered a
disk crash.  The above track was reconstructed from Michael Padua's logs
on his Typhoon2000 website.    Michael does not continue his logs past 
extratropical transition so I was unable to track the extratropical 
stage of former Super Typhoon Rammasun.

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Storm Name: MATMO                 Cyclone Number: 04W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: DINDO       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0803

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 14 0000  16.0 N  125.0 E  1002         25  JMA bulletin
08 MAY 14 0600  16.4 N  123.8 E  1000   25    30  JMA: 15.5N/122.8E
08 MAY 14 1200  16.4 N  123.7 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 15.9N/122.8E
08 MAY 14 1800  16.8 N  123.6 E  1000   30    30  JMA: 16.1N/123.2E
08 MAY 15 0000  17.7 N  123.8 E   998   30    30  JMA: 16.8N/123.5E
08 MAY 15 0600  19.1 N  125.0 E   998   30    30  
08 MAY 15 1200  20.6 N  126.4 E   998   30    35
08 MAY 15 1800  22.1 N  128.3 E   996   35    40  JMA: 22.7N/128.6E
08 MAY 16 0000  23.9 N  129.9 E   994   40    45
08 MAY 16 0600  25.2 N  131.9 E   994   40    45
08 MAY 16 1200  26.2 N  134.5 E   994         45  JMA warnings
08 MAY 16 1800  26.9 N  138.5 E   996         40
08 MAY 17 0000  27.0 N  141.0 E  1000         35  Extratropical

Note: In the case of Matmo, the JMA High Seas Warning at 17/0600 UTC did
not contain a reference to any LOW which would have been ex-Matmo.  It
seems likely that the former tropical cyclone was absorbed into a 
developing LOW which at 17/0600 UTC was located near 30N/149E.

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Storm Name: HALONG                Cyclone Number: 05W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: COSME       JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0804

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 13 1800  12.0 N  118.0 E  1002         25  JMA bulletins
08 MAY 14 0000  12.0 N  117.0 E  1004         25
08 MAY 14 0600  12.3 N  117.5 E  1000         30  PAGASA warnings
08 MAY 14 1200  12.6 N  117.5 E  1000         30
08 MAY 14 1800  12.8 N  117.5 E  1000         30  JMA: 11.8N/116.8E
08 MAY 15 0000  13.1 N  117.4 E  1000         30  JMA: 12.2N/117.0E
08 MAY 15 0600  13.7 N  117.4 E  1000         30  
08 MAY 15 1200  12.9 N  117.6 E  1002   25    30  JTWC warnings
08 MAY 15 1800  13.2 N  117.5 E  1002   30    35  PAGASA MSW (10-min avg)
08 MAY 16 0000  13.6 N  117.7 E  1002   30    35  JMA: 14.0N/117.0E
08 MAY 16 0600  14.3 N  117.7 E   996   40    35  JMA MSW (10-min avg)
08 MAY 16 1200  14.7 N  117.8 E   987   45    45
08 MAY 16 1800  15.2 N  118.3 E   990   50    45
08 MAY 17 0000  15.6 N  118.9 E   985   55    50
08 MAY 17 0600  15.9 N  119.3 E   975   65    60
08 MAY 17 1200  16.4 N  120.1 E   975   70    60
08 MAY 17 1800  17.0 N  120.9 E   985   55    50  Over northern Luzon
08 MAY 18 0000  17.6 N  121.8 E   990   45    45
08 MAY 18 0600  18.4 N  123.2 E   990   45    45  In Philippine Sea
08 MAY 18 1200  19.1 N  124.6 E   990   45    45
08 MAY 18 1800  20.0 N  125.8 E   985   50    50
08 MAY 19 0000  21.0 N  127.2 E   985   55    50
08 MAY 19 0600  22.1 N  128.7 E   980   55    55
08 MAY 19 1200  23.4 N  130.5 E   985   55    50
08 MAY 19 1800  24.8 N  133.0 E   990   45    45
08 MAY 20 0000  26.4 N  135.2 E   990   45    45
08 MAY 20 0600  28.4 N  138.6 E   992         40  JMA warnings
08 MAY 20 1200  31.0 N  142.0 E  1000         50  Extratropical
08 MAY 20 1800  34.0 N  144.0 E  1002         50
08 MAY 21 0000  36.0 N  148.0 E  1002         50
08 MAY 21 0600  39.0 N  152.0 E  1002         50
08 MAY 21 1200  41.0 N  155.0 E  1002         50
08 MAY 21 1800  43.0 N  157.0 E  1004         45
08 MAY 22 0000  44.0 N  158.0 E  1004         45
08 MAY 22 0600  46.0 N  160.0 E  1004         40
08 MAY 22 1200  47.0 N  161.0 E  1004         35
08 MAY 22 1800  48.0 N  161.0 E  1004         35
08 MAY 23 0000  49.0 N  161.0 E  1008         35
08 MAY 23 0600  50.0 N  161.0 E  1006         30

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Storm Name: NAKRI                 Cyclone Number: 06W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: ENTENG      JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0805

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 MAY 26 0000   9.0 N  141.0 E  1010         25  JMA bulletins
08 MAY 26 0600  10.0 N  140.0 E  1008         25
08 MAY 26 1200  11.8 N  139.2 E  1010         30
08 MAY 26 1800  12.5 N  138.4 E  1008         30
08 MAY 27 0000  13.7 N  138.2 E  1008   25    30
08 MAY 27 0600  14.1 N  137.6 E  1000   35    35
08 MAY 27 1200  14.2 N  137.5 E   996   40    40
08 MAY 27 1800  14.5 N  137.5 E   990   45    45
08 MAY 28 0000  15.4 N  137.1 E   985   55    50  JMA: 14.8N/137.1E
08 MAY 28 0600  15.6 N  136.9 E   985   55    50
08 MAY 28 1200  15.8 N  136.9 E   975   65    60
08 MAY 28 1800  16.0 N  136.4 E   960   80    75
08 MAY 29 0000  16.0 N  136.3 E   950   95    85
08 MAY 29 0600  16.2 N  135.8 E   930  120   105
08 MAY 29 1200  16.2 N  135.5 E   930  125   105
08 MAY 29 1800  16.4 N  135.1 E   930  125   105
08 MAY 30 0000  16.5 N  134.7 E   930  125   105
08 MAY 30 0600  17.0 N  134.1 E   945  125    90
08 MAY 30 1200  17.4 N  133.4 E   945  110    90
08 MAY 30 1800  17.9 N  133.0 E   950   95    80
08 MAY 31 0000  18.3 N  132.9 E   960   80    70
08 MAY 31 0600  19.2 N  132.9 E   960   70    70
08 MAY 31 1200  19.8 N  132.8 E   970   65    65
08 MAY 31 1800  20.1 N  132.8 E   970   65    65
08 JUN 01 0000  20.7 N  132.9 E   970   70    65
08 JUN 01 0600  21.6 N  133.1 E   970   65    65
08 JUN 01 1200  22.4 N  133.3 E   970   70    65
08 JUN 01 1800  23.5 N  133.7 E   965   75    70
08 JUN 02 0000  25.0 N  134.4 E   965   80    70
08 JUN 02 0600  26.8 N  135.5 E   965   75    70
08 JUN 02 1200  28.4 N  137.0 E   975   65    60
08 JUN 02 1800  30.1 N  139.1 E   980   55    55  JMA: 29.9N/138.7E
08 JUN 03 0000  31.7 N  141.9 E   990   50    50  JMA: 31.5N/140.3E
08 JUN 03 0600  33.0 N  143.0 E   992         50  Extratropical
08 JUN 03 1200  33.0 N  144.0 E   994         50
08 JUN 03 1800  33.0 N  147.0 E   996         45
08 JUN 04 0000  34.0 N  149.0 E  1004         40
08 JUN 04 0600  34.0 N  152.0 E  1004         40
08 JUN 04 1200  33.0 N  154.0 E  1004         35
08 JUN 04 1800  32.0 N  157.0 E  1006         35
08 JUN 05 0000  31.0 N  162.0 E  1008         35
08 JUN 05 0600  31.0 N  169.0 E  1008         35
08 JUN 05 1200  31.0 N  173.0 E  1008         35
08 JUN 05 1800  32.0 N  178.0 E  1008         35
08 JUN 06 0000  33.0 N  179.0 W  1008         35
08 JUN 06 0600  34.0 N  177.0 W  1010         35  OPC High Seas Forecast
08 JUN 06 1200  36.0 N  173.0 W  1010         35
08 JUN 06 1800  39.0 N  169.0 W  1008         35
08 JUN 07 0000  40.0 N  167.0 W  1008         35
08 JUN 07 0600  42.0 N  164.0 W  1008         35
08 JUN 07 1200  44.0 N  163.0 W  1004         35
08 JUN 07 1800  45.0 N  162.0 W  1001         35
08 JUN 08 0000  47.0 N  160.0 W  1004         35
08 JUN 08 0600  47.0 N  159.0 W  1004         35
08 JUN 08 1200  48.0 N  157.0 W  1006         35
08 JUN 08 1800  48.0 N  156.0 W  1012         30
08 JUN 09 0000  47.0 N  155.0 W  1017         25

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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>
    http://www.tropicalcyclone2005.com/>


  PREPARED BY:

  Gary Padgett              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

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

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Document: trak0805.htm
Updated: 10th June 2008

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