From: Gary Padgett To: Michael V. Padua Subject: June Tracks Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 5:51 PM GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - JUNE 1998 NORTHEAST PACIFIC (NEP) - North Pacific Ocean East of Longitude 180 NOTE: The tracking and intensity information for Northeast Pacific Basin tropical cyclones is based upon operational advisories from the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, for systems east of Longitude 140W; and from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, for systems west of Longitude 140W. The MSW are based on a 1-min averaging period, which is used by all U.S. civilian and military weather services for tropical cyclone warnings. ************************************************************************* Storm Name: AGATHA Cyclone Number: 01-E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 JUN 11 1200 12.5 N 104.5 W 1006 30 98 JUN 11 1800 12.3 N 106.1 W 1005 30 98 JUN 12 0000 12.0 N 106.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 12 0600 11.7 N 106.9 W 1005 30 98 JUN 12 1200 11.7 N 107.8 W 1005 30 98 JUN 12 1800 12.0 N 109.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 13 0000 13.0 N 110.1 W 1003 30 98 JUN 13 0600 13.7 N 111.7 W 1001 40 98 JUN 13 1200 14.5 N 112.9 W 996 50 98 JUN 13 1800 15.4 N 114.9 W 992 55 98 JUN 14 0000 16.4 N 116.4 W 992 55 98 JUN 14 0600 17.2 N 117.9 W 997 50 98 JUN 14 1200 17.9 N 118.9 W 997 50 98 JUN 14 1800 18.3 N 119.6 W 1000 45 98 JUN 15 0000 19.0 N 120.5 W 1000 45 98 JUN 15 0600 19.2 N 121.3 W 1005 35 98 JUN 15 1200 19.4 N 121.8 W 1006 35 98 JUN 15 1800 19.8 N 122.2 W 1007 30 98 JUN 16 0000 19.9 N 122.8 W 1007 30 98 JUN 16 0600 20.0 N 123.2 W 1007 25 98 JUN 16 1200 19.8 N 123.0 W 1008 20 98 JUN 16 1800 19.9 N 123.0 W 1008 20 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: 02E Cyclone Number: 02-E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 JUN 19 1800 15.0 N 105.0 W 1006 30 98 JUN 20 0000 15.8 N 106.4 W 1006 30 98 JUN 20 0600 16.5 N 107.8 W 1005 30 98 JUN 20 1200 16.8 N 109.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 20 1800 17.3 N 109.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 21 0000 17.9 N 110.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 21 0600 18.0 N 110.8 W 1005 30 98 JUN 21 1200 18.0 N 112.0 W 1005 30 98 JUN 21 1800 18.2 N 112.7 W 1007 25 98 JUN 22 0000 18.6 N 113.6 W 1007 25 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: BLAS Cyclone Number: 03-E Basin: NEP Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 JUN 22 1200 9.9 N 96.2 W 30 98 JUN 22 1800 10.6 N 97.4 W 1000 45 98 JUN 23 0000 10.9 N 97.7 W 997 55 98 JUN 23 0600 11.0 N 98.5 W 994 55 98 JUN 23 1200 11.8 N 99.8 W 994 55 98 JUN 23 1800 12.5 N 101.2 W 987 65 98 JUN 24 0000 12.9 N 102.7 W 970 90 98 JUN 24 0600 13.2 N 103.5 W 970 95 98 JUN 24 1200 13.8 N 104.2 W 965 100 98 JUN 24 1800 14.5 N 105.2 W 965 100 98 JUN 25 0000 14.8 N 106.1 W 948 115 98 JUN 25 0600 15.3 N 106.8 W 945 120 98 JUN 25 1200 15.8 N 107.7 W 948 120 98 JUN 25 1800 16.4 N 108.5 W 948 115 98 JUN 26 0000 16.8 N 109.6 W 960 100 98 JUN 26 0600 17.1 N 110.6 W 965 95 98 JUN 26 1200 17.3 N 111.8 W 960 100 98 JUN 26 1800 17.5 N 112.9 W 970 90 98 JUN 27 0000 17.6 N 113.9 W 970 90 98 JUN 27 0600 17.7 N 115.0 W 977 80 98 JUN 27 1200 17.9 N 116.5 W 980 75 98 JUN 27 1800 18.0 N 117.8 W 980 75 98 JUN 28 0000 17.8 N 118.8 W 987 65 98 JUN 28 0600 17.8 N 119.9 W 987 65 98 JUN 28 1200 17.9 N 121.0 W 987 65 98 JUN 28 1800 17.9 N 122.0 W 994 55 98 JUN 29 0000 18.2 N 123.0 W 997 50 98 JUN 29 0600 18.3 N 124.0 W 45 98 JUN 29 1200 18.0 N 125.5 W 1002 40 98 JUN 29 1800 18.1 N 126.6 W 1005 35 98 JUN 30 0000 18.2 N 127.8 W 1009 30 98 JUN 30 0600 18.2 N 129.3 W 1009 30 98 JUN 30 1200 18.0 N 130.7 W 1008 25 ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (NIO) - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea NOTE: The tracking and intensity information for North Indian Ocean Basin tropical cyclones is based upon operational warnings from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the U.S. Air Force and Navy on the island of Guam. The MSW are based on a 1-min averaging period, which is used by all U.S. civilian and military weather services for tropical cyclone warnings. ************************************************************************* Storm Name: 03A Cyclone Number: 03-A Basin: NIO Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 JUN 04 0000 11.7 N 70.1 E 30 98 JUN 04 0600 10.5 N 73.1 E 30 98 JUN 04 1200 11.5 N 71.0 E 25 98 JUN 05 0000 11.3 N 71.3 E 30 98 JUN 05 0600 11.6 N 71.1 E 30 India-0300Z: 11.0N,70.5E 98 JUN 05 1200 11.8 N 70.1 E 50 Relocated 98 JUN 05 1800 11.9 N 69.7 E 50 98 JUN 06 0000 12.3 N 69.5 E 55 India: 45 kts (T=3.0) 98 JUN 06 0600 12.3 N 69.0 E 70 98 JUN 06 1200 13.0 N 69.2 E 70 98 JUN 06 1800 13.7 N 68.6 E 70 98 JUN 07 0000 14.3 N 68.0 E 75 98 JUN 07 0600 14.9 N 67.8 E 75 India: 55 kts (T=3.5) 98 JUN 07 1200 16.0 N 68.1 E 80 98 JUN 07 1800 16.6 N 67.9 E 80 98 JUN 08 0000 17.4 N 67.9 E 90 India: 80 kts (T=4.5) 98 JUN 08 0600 18.6 N 67.7 E 100 98 JUN 08 1200 19.7 N 67.7 E 95 India: 19.0N, 68.0E 98 JUN 08 1800 20.5 N 68.4 E 95 98 JUN 09 0000 21.2 N 68.9 E 90 98 JUN 09 0600 22.6 N 70.1 E 80 98 JUN 09 1200 24.0 N 70.9 E 60 NOTE: The Indian Meteorological Department makes no attempt to modify the Dvorak scale for estimating tropical cyclone intensity, i.e., the MSW reported are understood to be a 1-min average. However, the CI numbers reported in the bulletins I accessed were in general lower than those utilized by JTWC; hence, I included the Dvorak numbers used by India in the above table. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* *************************************************************************