From: Gary Padgett To: Michael V. Padua Subject: May Tracks Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 5:52 PM GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - MAY 1998 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: 01B Cyclone Number: 01-B Basin: NIO Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 MAY 18 0600 15.5 N 88.8 E 30 98 MAY 18 1200 17.0 N 89.6 E 30 98 MAY 18 1800 18.0 N 89.9 E 35 98 MAY 19 0000 19.1 N 90.4 E 40 98 MAY 19 0600 20.1 N 90.4 E 45 98 MAY 19 1200 20.9 N 90.4 E 55 98 MAY 19 1800 21.3 N 90.5 E 55 98 MAY 20 0000 21.8 N 91.6 E 65 Relocated 98 MAY 20 0600 22.6 N 92.0 E 65 India-0300Z: 22.0N,92.5E 98 MAY 20 1200 23.8 N 92.9 E 40 98 MAY 20 1800 24.3 N 93.8 E 25 ************************************************************************* Storm Name: 02A Cyclone Number: 02-A Basin: NIO Date Time Lat Lon Cen Pres MSW Remarks (GMT) (mb) (kts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 MAY 28 0000 14.2 N 58.9 E 35 98 MAY 28 0600 13.6 N 60.3 E 35 98 MAY 28 1200 13.4 N 60.3 E 35 98 MAY 28 1800 13.5 N 59.7 E 30 98 MAY 29 0000 14.3 N 59.0 E 30 ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* *************************************************************************