A REVIEW OF THE 2009 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 2009, 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 MED - Mediterranean Sea For tropical systems in the NWP and NIO basins, two additional columns of information are given: (1) For NWP systems, the tropical storm serial number assigned by the Japanese Meteorological Agency to tropical depressions which are deemed to have reached tropical storm intensity is listed. For NIO systems, the India Meteorological Department's depression identification number is given. (2) For NWP systems, an estimate of the maximum 10-minute average sustained wind is listed. 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 agency's value is given. For NIO systems, IMD's maximum 3-min avg sustained wind value is given. 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 five Northern Hemisphere basins. *********************************************************************** ATLANTIC BASIN NUM NAME DATES CENT PRS MSW BASIN (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----- 17-23 May 1004 30 ATL (1) 01 ----- 26-30 May 1006 30 ATL -- ----- 28 May-04 Jun 995 45 ATL (2) 02 Ana 10-16 Aug 1003 * 35 ATL 03 Bill 15-26 Aug 943 * 115 ATL 04 Claudette 16-17 Aug 1005 * 50 ATL 05 Danny 26-29 Aug 1006 * 50 ATL 06 Erika 01-04 Sep 1004 * 45 ATL 07 Fred 07-17 Sep 958 105 ATL 08 ----- 25-26 Sep 1008 30 ATL 09 Grace 27 Sep-06 Oct 986 55 ATL 10 Henri 06-11 Oct 1005 45 ATL 11 Ida 04-11 Nov 975 * 90 ATL NOTES: (1) System did not reach tropical depression status, but became fairly well-organized and was close to depression status as it neared the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline. (2) System (NRL Invest 92L) was a non-tropical LOW near and to the north of the Azores which exhibited some subtropical cyclone features. (3) A LOW east of Bermuda in early November exhibited some subtropical cyclone characteristics and garnered a rating of ST3.0 on the Hebert/Poteat scale from SAB. However, no track was prepared for this system in the monthly cyclone tracks file. ************************************************************************ NORTHEAST PACFICIC BASIN NUM NAME DATES CENT PRS MSW BASIN (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01E ----- 17-19 Jun 1003 30 NEP 02E Andres 21-24 Jun 984 70 NEP 03E Blanca 06-12 Jul 998 45 NEP 04E Carlos 10-16 Jul 971 90 NEP 05E Dolores 14-20 Jul 997 50 NEP 06E Lana 30 Jul-06 Aug 995 55 NEP (1) 07E Enrique 03-08 Aug 994 55 NEP 08E Felicia 03-11 Aug 935 125 NEP 09E ----- 09-15 Aug 1006 30 NEP 01C Maka 11-18 Aug 1008 45 (2) NEP/NWP 10E Guillermo 12-23 Aug 954 110 NEP 11E Hilda 21-31 Aug 995 55 NEP 12E Ignacio 24-28 Aug 999 45 NEP 13E Jimena 28 Aug-05 Sep 931 * 135 NEP 14E Kevin 27 Aug-06 Sep 1000 45 NEP 02C ----- 29 Aug-01 Sep 1004 30 NEP/NWP 15E Linda 06-15 Sep 985 70 NEP 16E Marty 15-22 Sep 1002 40 NEP 17E Nora 22-29 Sep 997 50 NEP 18E Olaf 01-04 Oct 996 40 NEP 19E Patricia 11-15 Oct 996 50 NEP 20E Rick 15-21 Oct 906 155 NEP 03C Neki 18-27 Oct 956 105 NEP NOTES: (1) TD-06E formed east of 140W but had moved westward into CPHC's AOR before reaching tropical storm intensity; hence, was named from the list of Hawaiian names. (2) Maka's peak intensity east of the Dateline was 35 kts. The system weakened, but regenerated to tropical storm intensity in the NWP basin. This based upon JTWC's analysis--JMA treated the system as a 30-kt tropical depression throughout its history in the NWP basin. ************************************************************************ NORTHWEST PACFICIC BASIN JTWC NAME(S) JMA DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN NUM TROP STM PRS 1-MIN 10-MIN NUM (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Auring ---- 03-05 Jan 1000 -- 30 NWP (1) --- Bising ---- 12-13 Feb 1002 -- 25 NWP (1) --- Crising ---- 30 Apr-01 May 1000 -- 30 NWP (1) 01W Kujira/Dante 0901 01-11 May 945 115 80 NWP --- ----- ---- 01-04 May 1002 -- 30 NWP (3) 02W Chan-hom/Emong 0902 02-13 May 960 85 75 NWP 03W Linfa 0903 14-23 Jun 975 75 60 NWP 04W Nangka/Feria 0904 22-27 Jun 994 45 40 NWP 05W Soudelor/Gorio 0905 09-12 Jul 996 35 35 NWP 06W Huaning ---- 11-14 Jul 1000 30 30 NWP (2) 07W Molave/Isang 0906 14-19 Jul 975 65 65 NWP 08W Goni/Jolina 0907 31 Jul-09 Aug 990 45 40 NWP (4) 09W Morakot/Kiko 0908 02-11 Aug 945 85 80 NWP 10W Etau 0909 07-14 Aug 990 35 50 NWP 11W Vamco 0910 16-28 Aug 945 115 95 NWP 12W Krovanh 0911 27 Aug-08 Sep 975 60 60 NWP 13W Dujuan/Labuyo 0912 01-12 Sep 980 55 50 NWP 14W Mujigae/Maring 0913 08-12 Sep 994 30 35 NWP 15W Choi-wan 0914 12-24 Sep 915 140 100 NWP 16W Koppu/Nando 0915 11-15 Sep 975 70 65 NWP 17W Ketsana/Ondoy 0916 23-30 Sep 960 90 75 NWP 18W ----- ---- 26-30 Sep 1000 35 25 NWP 19W Parma/Pepeng 0917 27 Sep-14 Oct 920 130 105 NWP 20W Melor/Quedan 0918 29 Sep-11 Oct 915 145 110 NWP 21W Nepartak 0919 08-19 Oct 992 55 45 NWP 22W Lupit/Ramil 0920 14-30 Oct 930 135 95 NWP 23W Mirinae/Santi 0921 25 Oct-02 Nov 955 90 80 NWP 24W Tino ---- 01-03 Nov 1006 30 30 NWP (2) 25W ----- ---- 06-10 Nov 1000 45 30 NWP 26W Nida/Vinta 0922 21 Nov-03 Dec 905 160 115 NWP 27W Urduja ---- 21-25 Nov 1002 30 30 NWP (2) --- ----- ---- 24-26 Nov 1006 -- 30 NWP (3) 28W ----- ----- 03-08 Dec 1002 35 25 NWP NOTES: (1) Tracked by PAGASA only. (2) This system was named by PAGASA. (3) Classified as a tropical depression by JMA only. (4) Peak 10-min avg MSW estimated by PAGASA. ************************************************************************ NORTH INDIAN OCEAN BASIN JTWC NAME IMD DATES CENT MSW MSW BASIN NUM TROP CYC PRS 1-MIN 3-MIN ID (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01B Bijli BOB 01 14-17 Apr 996 50 40 NIO 02B Aila BOB 02 23-26 May 980 65 60 NIO --- ----- ARB 01 22-26 Jun 996 30 25 NIO (1) --- ----- BOB 03 20 Jul 988 -- 30 NIO 03B ----- BOB 04 04-06 Sep 990 35 30 NIO 04A Phyan ARB 03 06-11 Nov 988 50 45 NIO 05B Ward BOB 05 10-15 Dec 996 50 45 NIO NOTES: (1) This system moved inland into northwestern India, weakened, and then subsequently moved back over the Arabian Sea. After moving back out over water, the IMD designated it as depression ARB 02. (2) Some of the information regarding the 3-min avg MSW and central pressure estimates for the North Indian Ocean systems was gleaned from the Wikipedia reports. ************************************************************************ Prepared by Gary Padgett garyp@alaweb.com Home: 334-222-5327 ************************************************************************ Posted: 07.07.10 for Typhoon2000.com, Typhoon2000.ph, Maybagyo.com