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

             GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - DECEMBER 2010

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

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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 is a link to Michael Padua's storm log for TD-19W:
 
  http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/2010/stormlogs/outsidePAR/19W10_log.htm>


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

   Tropical Depression (19W)                           12 - 13 Dec
   Tropical Cyclone OMEKA (01C)                        16 - 21 Dec
    
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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 19W     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)
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10 DEC 12 1200   9.9 N  112.1 E  1004   25    25
10 DEC 12 1800  10.0 N  111.3 E  1004   25    25
10 DEC 13 0000  10.2 N  110.7 E  1006   25    25
10 DEC 13 0600  10.2 N  110.4 E  1006   25    25

Note: The only evidence that this system possibly reached 30 kts is a
SAB rating of T2.0/2.0 at 12/1430 UTC.

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Storm Name: OMEKA                 Cyclone Number: 01C     Basin: NWP/NEP
(Name assigned by the CPHC, Honolulu)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 16 1200  28.0 N  177.0 E  1006   25        Non-tropical LOW
10 DEC 17 0000  26.0 N  180.0 W  1004   25        (High Seas warnings)
10 DEC 17 1200  25.0 N  179.0 W  1005   30
10 DEC 18 0000  24.0 N  178.0 W  1002   30
10 DEC 18 0600  24.0 N  178.0 W  1002   30
10 DEC 18 2100  22.6 N  179.8 E         50        Track from K. Hoarau
10 DEC 19 0000  22.2 N  179.6 E  1000   55    25
10 DEC 19 0600  21.6 N  179.4 E  1000   60    25
10 DEC 19 1200  21.2 N  179.3 E   998   65    30
10 DEC 19 1500  20.8 N  179.2 E         70
10 DEC 19 1800  20.4 N  179.1 E   998   65    30
10 DEC 20 0000  20.1 N  179.9 W   998   55    30
10 DEC 20 0600  20.5 N  178.7 W   997   45        CPHC warnings
10 DEC 20 1200  21.0 N  177.3 W   997   45
10 DEC 20 1800  22.4 N  176.1 W  1005   35
10 DEC 21 0000  23.8 N  174.6 W  1005   35
10 DEC 21 0600  25.4 N  173.7 W  1005   35
10 DEC 21 1200  27.0 N  173.0 W  1003   35        Extratropical gale
10 DEC 21 1800  29.0 N  173.0 W  1002   35

Note: The track above to 18/0600 UTC is based on NWS Honolulu high seas
forecasts.  From 18/2100 through 20/0000 UTC the information was
supplied by Dr. Karl Hoarau.  (A special thanks to Karl for providing
the information.)  The remainder of the track is based on CPHC tropical
cyclone warnings and high seas forecasts.  The 10-min avg MSW and CP
values prior to 20/0600 UTC were taken from JMA high seas bulletins,
which treated the system no higher than a 30-kt tropical depression.

Following are Dvorak ratings from CPHC, JTWC, and SAB for the portion
of Omeka's history west of longitude 180:
 
(1)                          ***** CPHC *****


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 19 0530  21.6 N  179.4 E                   T3.5/3.5
10 DEC 19 1130  21.2 N  179.3 E                   T3.5/3.5
10 DEC 19 1730  20.5 N  179.1 E                   T3.5/3.5
10 DEC 19 2330  20.2 N  179.9 E                   T3.0/3.0
10 DEC 20 0530  20.4 N  178.9 E                   T2.5/3.0


(2)                          ***** JTWC *****

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 18 2030  22.6 N  179.8 E                   ST2.5/2.5
10 DEC 18 2330  22.3 N  179.4 E                   ST3.0/3.0
10 DEC 19 0530  21.7 N  179.2 E                   ST3.0/3.0
10 DEC 19 1130  21.2 N  179.1 E                   ST3.5/3.5
10 DEC 19 1730  20.4 N  179.0 E                   ST3.0/3.0
10 DEC 19 2330  20.1 N  179.9 E                   ST2.0/3.0
10 DEC 20 0530  20.4 N  178.8 W                   T2.0/3.0      


(3)                          ***** SAB *****

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 18 1130  23.5 N  178.8 W                   ST2.5
10 DEC 18 1800  23.1 N  180.0 W                   ST2.5
10 DEC 18 2030  22.6 N  179.7 E                   T3.0/3.0
10 DEC 19 0230  21.9 N  179.1 E                   T3.5/3.5
10 DEC 19 0830  21.4 N  179.5 E                   T4.0/4.0
10 DEC 19 1430  21.0 N  179.1 E                   T4.5/4.5
10 DEC 19 2030  20.3 N  179.4 E                   T3.0/4.0

Note: Karl's estimated peak intensity of 70 kts at 19/1500 UTC is 
supported by SAB's rating of T4.5/4.5 at the same time.  There was quite
a spread in the warning agencies' estimates at this time, ranging from
T4.5/4.5 (SAB) to apparently a T2.0/2.0 from JMA, with CPHC fitting in
with T3.5/3.5 and JTWC assigning a subtropical rating of ST3.5.

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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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
  Australian Region Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical LOW (06U)                                  30 Dec - 03 Jan

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: None    Basin: AUW
(Australian LOW 06U)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 30 0600  15.0 S  130.5 E  1000         10  Over land
10 DEC 30 1200  15.6 S  128.5 E  1000         10     "
10 DEC 30 1800  15.6 S  126.8 E  1000         15     "
10 DEC 31 0000  16.0 S  125.3 E   999         15     "
10 DEC 31 0600  16.3 S  123.8 E   997         15     "
10 DEC 31 1200  17.2 S  122.1 E   997         25  Near coast
10 DEC 31 1800  17.8 S  120.1 E   997         25
11 JAN 01 0000  18.7 S  118.3 E   996         25  Locally 30 kts S semi
11 JAN 01 0600  19.2 S  115.8 E   993         30  Locally 35 kts S semi
11 JAN 01 1200  19.3 S  114.0 E   993         30           "
11 JAN 01 1800  19.3 S  112.9 E   993         30
11 JAN 02 0000  19.3 S  112.4 E   993         30
11 JAN 02 0600  20.3 S  110.1 E   993         30
11 JAN 02 0830  20.9 S  109.5 E                   SAB bulletins
11 JAN 02 1432  21.7 S  108.3 E                   Too weak to classify
11 JAN 03 0400  19.7 S  107.0 E                   Perth TWO

Note: JTWC issued two formation alerts - the first at 31/0130 UTC and 
the second at 01/0130 UTC.  No warnings were issued.

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NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA/CORAL SEA (AUE) - Longitude 135E to 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 Darwin, Northern
  Territory; Brisbane, Queensland; and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  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.

     Following is the link to the Wikipedia page for the 2010-2011
  Australian Region Cyclone Season:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Australian_region_cyclone_season>


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

   Tropical Cyclone TASHA (05U / 04P)                  24 - 25 Dec

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Storm Name: TASHA                 Cyclone Number: 04P     Basin: AUE
(Name assigned by Brisbane TCWC - Australian LOW 05U)

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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10 DEC 24 1200  16.6 S  147.4 E   998         30
10 DEC 24 1500  16.6 S  146.6 E   996         35  Named TC Tasha
10 DEC 24 1800  17.0 S  146.0 E   993   35    40  Interacting w/coastline
10 DEC 24 2100  17.2 S  145.5 E   995         25  Ex-TC over land
10 DEC 25 0600  19.7 S  144.2 E         35        JTWC's final 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: trak1012.htm
Updated: 6 March 2011

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