GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JUNE 2008 !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!! ************************************************************************* 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 --------------- Hurricane BORIS (02E) 27 Jun - 04 Jul Tropical Storm CRISTINA (03E) 27 Jun - 01 Jul ************************************************************************* Storm Name: BORIS Cyclone Number: 02E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08 JUN 27 0600 11.8 N 108.5 W 1007 25 08 JUN 27 1200 12.5 N 109.0 W 1005 35 08 JUN 27 1800 13.1 N 109.5 W 1000 45 08 JUN 28 0000 13.4 N 110.4 W 1000 45 08 JUN 28 0600 13.9 N 111.8 W 1000 45 08 JUN 28 1200 14.4 N 112.6 W 1000 45 08 JUN 28 1800 14.7 N 113.4 W 1000 45 08 JUN 29 0000 14.8 N 114.2 W 1000 45 08 JUN 29 0600 15.0 N 115.0 W 1000 45 08 JUN 29 1200 15.0 N 115.8 W 1000 45 08 JUN 29 1800 15.0 N 116.7 W 1000 45 08 JUN 30 0000 14.8 N 117.8 W 992 60 08 JUN 30 0600 14.9 N 119.0 W 992 60 08 JUN 30 1200 14.9 N 120.1 W 995 55 08 JUN 30 1800 14.7 N 121.5 W 995 55 08 JUL 01 0000 14.6 N 122.5 W 992 60 08 JUL 01 0600 14.6 N 123.7 W 989 65 08 JUL 01 1200 14.6 N 124.6 W 989 65 08 JUL 01 1800 14.8 N 125.0 W 991 60 08 JUL 02 0000 15.3 N 125.6 W 991 60 08 JUL 02 0600 15.7 N 126.2 W 988 65 08 JUL 02 1200 16.3 N 126.9 W 988 65 08 JUL 02 1800 16.7 N 127.5 W 995 50 08 JUL 03 0000 17.4 N 128.0 W 995 50 08 JUL 03 0600 17.2 N 128.4 W 996 45 08 JUL 03 1200 17.7 N 128.9 W 1000 40 08 JUL 03 1800 17.4 N 129.6 W 1002 35 08 JUL 04 0000 17.2 N 130.1 W 1003 30 08 JUL 04 0600 17.2 N 130.6 W 1005 25 08 JUL 04 0900 17.1 N 130.9 W 1005 25 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: CRISTINA Cyclone Number: 03E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08 JUN 27 1800 13.3 N 122.5 W 1007 30 08 JUN 28 0000 13.9 N 123.2 W 1007 30 08 JUN 28 0600 14.2 N 123.4 W 1007 30 08 JUN 28 1200 14.3 N 124.2 W 1005 35 08 JUN 28 1800 14.5 N 125.0 W 1003 40 08 JUN 29 0000 14.8 N 125.7 W 1000 45 08 JUN 29 0600 14.6 N 126.4 W 1002 40 08 JUN 29 1200 14.5 N 127.1 W 1004 35 08 JUN 29 1800 14.4 N 127.9 W 1004 35 08 JUN 30 0000 14.3 N 128.7 W 1002 40 08 JUN 30 0600 14.2 N 129.5 W 1002 40 08 JUN 30 1200 14.3 N 130.7 W 1005 30 08 JUN 30 1800 14.0 N 131.7 W 1007 25 08 JUL 01 0000 14.1 N 132.7 W 1008 25 08 JUL 01 0300 14.1 N 133.2 W 1008 25 ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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 --------------- Typhoon FENGSHEN (07W / 0806 / FRANK) 17 - 27 Jun ************************************************************************* Storm Name: FENGSHEN Cyclone Number: 07W Basin: NWP PAGASA Internal Name: FRANK JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0806 Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08 JUN 17 1800 9.0 N 135.0 E 1006 25 JMA bulletins 08 JUN 18 0000 9.0 N 134.0 E 1008 25 08 JUN 18 0600 9.0 N 133.0 E 1006 25 08 JUN 18 1200 9.4 N 132.9 E 1006 25 30 Initial JTWC warning 08 JUN 18 1800 9.7 N 131.9 E 1002 35 30 08 JUN 19 0000 9.8 N 131.1 E 1000 45 35 08 JUN 19 0600 10.2 N 130.0 E 994 45 45 08 JUN 19 1200 10.4 N 128.7 E 985 50 60 JMA: 10.0N/129.1E 08 JUN 19 1800 10.7 N 127.6 E 980 65 65 08 JUN 20 0000 11.1 N 126.5 E 970 70 70 08 JUN 20 0600 11.5 N 125.3 E 960 75 75 Over Samar Island 08 JUN 20 1200 11.9 N 124.1 E 960 80 75 Near SE Masbate Island 08 JUN 20 1800 11.6 N 123.4 E 960 90 80 Over Visayan Sea 08 JUN 21 0000 11.8 N 122.3 E 945 95 90 JMA: 11.9N/122.7E 08 JUN 21 0600 12.2 N 122.3 E 950 95 85 08 JUN 21 1200 13.0 N 121.9 E 960 85 75 08 JUN 21 1800 13.9 N 121.5 E 960 80 75 Entering S Luzon 08 JUN 22 0000 14.8 N 120.9 E 960 70 75 Very near Manila 08 JUN 22 0600 15.4 N 120.4 E 970 65 70 Over western Luzon 08 JUN 22 1200 16.7 N 119.5 E 970 65 70 JMA: 15.9N/119.4E 08 JUN 22 1800 17.1 N 118.5 E 975 65 65 JMA: 16.2N/118.0E 08 JUN 23 0000 17.2 N 117.6 E 990 55 50 Over South China Sea 08 JUN 23 0600 17.8 N 116.9 E 985 55 55 08 JUN 23 1200 18.2 N 116.7 E 985 55 55 JMA: 17.9N/116.3E 08 JUN 23 1800 18.5 N 116.3 E 985 55 55 JMA: 18.4N/115.8E 08 JUN 24 0000 19.6 N 115.8 E 985 55 55 08 JUN 24 0600 20.5 N 115.5 E 985 50 55 08 JUN 24 1200 21.4 N 115.0 0 985 50 55 08 JUN 24 1800 22.2 N 114.9 E 990 50 50 JMA: 22.0N/114.5E 08 JUN 25 0000 23.1 N 114.3 E 994 45 40 Inland in China 08 JUN 25 0600 23.1 N 113.8 E 996 40 35 08 JUN 25 1200 23.3 N 113.5 E 998 30 35 08 JUN 25 1800 24.6 N 114.2 E 1000 30 See Note 08 JUN 26 0000 25.0 N 114.5 E 08 JUN 26 0600 26.2 N 114.6 E 08 JUN 26 1200 26.3 N 115.1 E 1000 08 JUN 26 1800 27.0 N 115.9 E 1000 08 JUN 27 0000 27.5 N 116.5 E 1002 08 JUN 27 0600 28.0 N 116.0 E 1000 Note: The tracking information from 25/1800 UTC onward was sent to me by Steve Young. The positions were taken from the NCEP re-analysis and the CP values from JMA's surface analysis. ************************************************************************* 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 Depression (Invest 99A) 05 - 07 Jun ************************************************************************* Storm Name: None Cyclone Number: None Basin: NIO (Identified as NRL Invest 99A) Date Time Lat Lon Cent MSW MSW Remarks (GMT) Press 1-min 10-min (mb) (kts) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08 JUN 05 0000 15.5 N 66.0 E 25 IMD bulletin 08 JUN 05 0600 17.6 N 65.6 E 25 JTWC sat fix bulletin 08 JUN 05 1200 18.6 N 64.5 E 30 MSW from IMD bulletin 08 JUN 05 1800 18.9 N 64.0 E 30 08 JUN 06 0300 19.5 N 61.4 E 30 SAB sat fix bulletin 08 JUN 06 0600 19.6 N 61.3 E 30 JTWC sat fix bulletin 08 JUN 06 1200 19.6 N 60.9 E 25 08 JUN 06 1500 20.1 N 60.3 E 25 SAB sat fix bulletin 08 JUN 06 2100 20.4 N 60.2 E 25 08 JUN 07 0300 20.7 N 62.8 E 20 SAB - relocated 08 JUN 07 0600 20.8 N 62.8 E 20 JTWC sat fix bulletin Note: SAB assigned an intensity of T2.5/2.5 at 06/0230 UTC, but I left the MSW at 30 kts since neither IMD nor JTWC indicated tropical storm intensity. However, there were some opinions expressed via e-mail that this system was a weak tropical storm, based in part on some ASCAT data which showed 30-kt winds all the way around the depression. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* !!!!!! 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> PREPARED BY: Gary Padgett garyp@alaweb.com SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Michael V. Padua michaelpadua@hotmail.com webmaster@typhoon2000.ph ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Posted: 08.31.08 / Typhoon2000.ph, Typhoon2000.com