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Current and Recent Tropical Cyclone Activity

Track tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons for Australia and the Southern Hemisphere developed by Michael Bath.

Click the satellite picture for a larger view of the South Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean and Australian region.

Be sure to always check the Bureau of Meteorology warnings page for the very latest advices.

May 2013: JTWC best track data updated to 2011/12 season and BoM best track data updated to 2012/13 season - see historical section lower right of this page.


Infrared Mosaic Satellite Photo - click for larger view

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 Current / Recent Storms
 2014/15 season

 Operational Tropical Cyclone Warnings
 and tracking maps


Tropical Cyclone Quang, AU/SIO [28 April - 1 May 2015] JTWC Warnings and Track

Tropical Cyclone Joalane, SIO [from 6 April 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Solo, AU/SPAC [10 - 12 April 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Ikola, AU/SIO [5 - 8 April 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Nathan, AU/SPAC/SIO [10 - 24 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Reuben, SPAC [21 - 23 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Pam, AU/SPAC [9 - 15 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Olwyn, AU/SIO [11 - 13 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Haliba, SIO [8 - 10 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Fifteen, SIO [5 - 7 March 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Glenda, SIO [24 - 28 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Marcia, AU/SPAC [18 - 20 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Lam, AU/SPAC [16 - 19 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Fundi, SIO [6 - 8 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Ola, AU/SPAC [30 January - 3 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Eunice, SIO [from 27 January - 2 February 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Diamondra, SIO [26 - 29 January 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Niko, SPAC [20 - 24 January 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Chedza, SIO [16 - 18 January 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track
Tropical Cyclone Bansi, SIO [from 11 - 18 January 2015]
- JTWC Warnings and Track


Region Advisories and Notes:
click for current season map  Operational Data
 Complete to end of 2012/13 season

 Season Summary and Individual
 Tropical Cyclone Track Maps


Operational data includes all tropical cyclones, tropical lows, tropical depressions and hybrid lows the various tropical cyclone warning agencies issued warnings and advisories for. Season and individual tracks are available from the 1997/98 season onwards.

OPER: Australia
90E - 180E
OPER: South Indian Ocean
15E - 135E
OPER: South Pacific Ocean
135E - 110W
OPER: Southern Hemisphere
15E - 110W

Information about the Southern Hemispshere basins and tropical cyclone intensities are available here.

Listing of all tropical storms: [Operational Data]

Global Tracks and Summaries:
Individual tropical cyclone event descriptions/overviews and operational track source data prepared monthly by Gary Padgett and Steve Young.

Tropical Cyclone Resources
Weather Maps & Radar :

Bureau of Meteorology:
[Australian Radar]

[Weather and Wave Forecast Maps]
[Australian Region MSL Analysis]
[SIO MSL Analysis]
[00z SPAC MSL Analysis]

Fiji Meteorological Service:
[03z SPAC MSL Analysis]
[12z SPAC MSL Analysis]
[18z SPAC MSL Analysis]

New Zealand Met Service:
[Tasman Sea New Zealand]
[Southwest Pacific]

More Weather Maps ...

Satellite Pictures :

Bureau of Meteorology:
[Satellite Viewer]

University of Wisconsin:
[CIMSS Tropical Cyclones Index]
[Western Australia] [Eastern Australia] [Indian Ocean] [Southeast Pacific]

BSCH (various sources)
[Australian VIS]
[Australian IR]

Cyclone Satellite Loops

More Satellite Images ...

Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Warning Agencies :

  [Bureau of Meteorology]
  [Naval Oceanography Portal / JTWC]
  [Fiji Meteorological Service]
  [New Zealand Metservice]
  [Meteo France La Reunion]
  [Indonesian Agency For Meteorology]
  [UK Met Office]

Other Resources:

Global Tropical Cyclone Terminology by Gary Padgett
Australian Tropical Cyclone Names List by Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Pages by NRL Monterey Marine Meteorology Division
Australian Tropical Cyclone Impacts by Jeff Callaghan, Bureau of Meteorology: [East Coast] [Gulf of Carpentaria]
Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones FAQ
Links to other Australian and International tropical cyclone, hurricane and typhoon information

Historical Tropical Cyclone Tracks

For historical tropical cyclone information scroll down the page to access over 3,100 individual and over 400 season tracks plotted on Google Maps. This website has the most comprehensive database of tropical storm tracks for the southern hemisphere.

 Historical Data 1906/07 - 2012/13 :

 Season Summary and Individual
 Tropical Cyclone Track Maps

May 2013: The complete set of individual and season track maps and data for all years of Bureau of Meteorology tropical cyclone data is available: 1906/07 to 2012/13 (960 cyclones).

BoM: Australia
90E - 160E

May 2013: The complete set of individual and season track maps and data for all years of Joint Typhoon Warning Centre best tracks data is available: 1944/45 to 2011/12 (1,918 cyclones).

JTWC: Australia
90E - 180E
JTWC: South Indian Ocean
15E - 135E
JTWC: South Pacific Ocean
135E - 110W
JTWC: Southern Hemisphere
15E - 110W

Listings of all tropical cyclones: [BoM data] [JTWC data]

View the Plotting Notes which define the southern hemisphere warning regions, and compare the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale with the US Saffin/Simpson Hurricane intensity scale.

Google Maps are utilised which allows you to change the map background and zoom into areas of interest. Click the markers on the season maps to load individual maps or select from the tables. You can also toggle on and off the markers, lat/long grid or date labels.

Acknowledgements:

Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone tracks developed by Michael Bath. If you have any comments, suggestions for new maps, requests for custom maps or data, or other ideas please contact me.

BoM data and warnings obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne.
JTWC data obtained from Joint Typhoon Warning Centre Best Tracks. Tropical Advisories sourced from the Naval Oceanography Portal / Joint Typhoon Warning Centre. Advisory list subscriptions
Map backgrounds by Google Maps

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Updated: 16 June 2015

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