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Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Tracks October 2008
[Summaries and Track Data] [Prepared by Gary Padgett]

              GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS - OCTOBER 2008

          !!!! IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SEE NOTE AT END OF FILE !!!!

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ATLANTIC (ATL) - North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico


                        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 located in Miami, Florida.   A 1-minute averaging
  period is the standard used by all U. S. civilian and military
  warning services for tropical cyclone warnings.


                            Systems Tracked
                            ---------------

   Tropical Storm MARCO (13)                           06 - 08 Oct
   Tropical Storm NANA (14)                            12 - 14 Oct
   Hurricane OMAR (15)                                 13 - 21 Oct
   Tropical Depression (16)                            14 - 16 Oct

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Storm Name: MARCO                 Cyclone Number: 13      Basin: ATL

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 OCT 06 1200  18.9 N   93.7 W  1007   30
08 OCT 06 1800  19.4 N   94.5 W  1007   30        See Note  
08 OCT 07 0000  19.7 N   95.1 W   998   55
08 OCT 07 0600  19.9 N   95.8 W   998   55
08 OCT 07 1200  19.9 N   96.4 W   998   55
08 OCT 07 1800  19.9 N   96.9 W  1005   35        Inland in Mexico
08 OCT 08 0000  20.0 N   97.3 W  1007   25
08 OCT 08 0300  20.0 N   97.5 W  1008   20

Note: In the working Best Track for Marco, the MSW for 1200 and 1800 UTC
on 6 October has been upped to 40 kts and 50 kts, respectively.  Also,
the track begins at 06/0000 UTC with a MSW of 25 kts at that hour and
30 kts at 0600 UTC.

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Storm Name: NANA                  Cyclone Number: 14      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 OCT 12 1800  16.4 N   37.7 W  1005   35
08 OCT 13 0000  16.5 N   38.5 W  1006   35
08 OCT 13 0600  16.6 N   39.0 W  1005   35
08 OCT 13 1200  16.6 N   39.4 W  1007   30
08 OCT 13 1800  17.3 N   40.3 W  1007   30
08 OCT 14 0000  17.5 N   41.3 W  1007   30
08 OCT 14 0600  18.1 N   42.8 W  1007   25
08 OCT 14 0900  18.4 N   43.3 W  1007   25

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Storm Name: OMAR                  Cyclone Number: 15      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 13 1200  14.7 N   69.5 W  1005   30
08 OCT 13 1800  14.7 N   69.9 W  1006   30
08 OCT 14 0000  14.5 N   69.5 W  1001   30
08 OCT 14 0600  14.4 N   69.3 W  1001   30
08 OCT 14 1200  14.3 N   69.1 W  1001   30
08 OCT 14 1800  13.8 N   68.9 W   989   45        Upgraded at 1500Z
08 OCT 15 0000  14.1 N   68.3 W   980   60
08 OCT 15 0600  14.4 N   68.0 W   984   65        Upgraded at 0300Z
08 OCT 15 1200  14.9 N   67.5 W   984   70
08 OCT 15 1800  15.5 N   66.6 W   978   75
08 OCT 16 0000  16.6 N   65.2 W   971   90
08 OCT 16 0600  18.2 N   63.9 W   959  115
08 OCT 16 1200  19.7 N   61.9 W   967  100
08 OCT 16 1800  21.1 N   60.4 W   985   70
08 OCT 17 0000  22.8 N   58.8 W   987   65
08 OCT 17 0600  25.1 N   57.1 W   992   50        Downgraded at 0300Z
08 OCT 17 1200  27.9 N   55.7 W   987   60
08 OCT 17 1800  30.2 N   54.4 W   987   65
08 OCT 18 0000  31.2 N   53.3 W   989   55
08 OCT 18 0600  32.4 N   52.1 W   991   50
08 OCT 18 1200  33.0 N   51.3 W  1002   35        Final NHC advisory
08 OCT 18 1800  34.0 N   51.0 W  1005   30        NRL: 33.6N/50.4W 
08 OCT 19 0000  34.0 N   50.0 W  1008   30        NRL: 33.9N/49.7W
08 OCT 19 0600  35.0 N   49.0 W  1010   30
08 OCT 19 1200  35.0 N   48.0 W  1012   25
08 OCT 19 1800  36.0 N   47.0 W  1014   25        NRL: 35.7N/47.5W
08 OCT 20 0000  36.0 N   46.0 W  1011   25        NRL: 36.3N/47.0W
08 OCT 20 0600  37.0 N   46.0 W  1015   25
08 OCT 20 1200  37.0 N   45.0 W  1016   25
08 OCT 20 1800  38.0 N   44.0 W  1016   25        NRL: 37.9N/44.3W
08 OCT 21 0000  38.0 N   43.0 W  1016   25        NRL: 38.3N/43.3W
08 OCT 21 0600  39.0 N   42.0 W  1017   30

Note: Steve Young sent me a rather sketchy track which was taken from
the NRL Monterrey Tropical Cyclone Homepage KML Data Feed.  Since there
were so many missing points, I did not consider if desirable to attempt
to merge this in with the OPC track, so I included these in the Remarks
column.  The final point in the NRL track was at 22/1200 UTC with the
center of the LOW near 48.3N/43.3W.

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 16      Basin: ATL


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 14 1200  15.4 N   82.8 W  1004   25
08 OCT 14 1800  15.6 N   83.4 W  1005   25 
08 OCT 15 0000  16.1 N   83.6 W  1003   25
08 OCT 15 0600  16.0 N   84.0 W  1005   25
08 OCT 15 1200  15.9 N   84.2 W  1005   25 
08 OCT 15 1800  15.6 N   85.0 W  1006   25        Inland in Honduras
08 OCT 16 0000  15.3 N   85.6 W  1006   30
08 OCT 16 0300  15.3 N   85.9 W  1006   25

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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 MARIE (14E)                               01 - 06 Oct
   Hurricane NORBERT (15E)                             04 - 12 Oct
   Tropical Storm ODILE (16E)                          08 - 12 Oct
   Tropical Depression (17E)                           23 - 24 Oct

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Storm Name: MARIE                 Cyclone Number: 14E     Basin: NEP
 

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 01 0600  16.1 N  115.4 W  1006   30
08 OCT 01 1200  16.9 N  116.0 W  1000   45
08 OCT 01 1800  17.6 N  117.1 W  1000   45
08 OCT 02 0000  17.8 N  119.1 W  1000   45
08 OCT 02 0600  17.9 N  119.7 W  1000   45
08 OCT 02 1200  18.0 N  120.0 W  1002   40
08 OCT 02 1800  17.7 N  120.6 W  1000   45
08 OCT 03 0000  17.6 N  121.2 W  1000   45
08 OCT 03 0600  17.8 N  121.7 W   997   50
08 OCT 03 1200  17.6 N  122.0 W   990   60
08 OCT 03 1800  17.6 N  122.1 W   987   65
08 OCT 04 0000  17.8 N  122.1 W   987   65
08 OCT 04 0600  18.2 N  122.0 W   984   70
08 OCT 04 1200  18.3 N  122.1 W   987   65
08 OCT 04 1800  18.4 N  122.2 W   992   55
08 OCT 05 0000  18.8 N  122.1 W  1000   45
08 OCT 05 0600  18.9 N  121.9 W  1001   40
08 OCT 05 1200  18.9 N  122.2 W  1001   40
08 OCT 05 1800  18.8 N  122.5 W  1004   35
08 OCT 06 0000  18.6 N  122.8 W  1004   35
08 OCT 06 0600  18.5 N  123.0 W  1004   35
08 OCT 06 1200  18.7 N  123.3 W  1006   30
08 OCT 06 1800  18.9 N  123.6 W  1007   25

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Storm Name: NORBERT               Cyclone Number: 15E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 04 0000  13.5 N   99.E W  1006   30
08 OCT 04 0600  13.6 N   98.7 W  1006   30
08 OCT 04 1200  14.0 N   99.3 W  1006   30
08 OCT 04 1800  14.2 N  100.1 W  1006   30
08 OCT 05 0000  14.2 N  100.6 W  1005   35
08 OCT 05 0600  14.1 N  101.1 W  1003   40
08 OCT 05 1200  14.5 N  101.6 W   997   50
08 OCT 05 1800  14.3 N  102.8 W   997   50
08 OCT 06 0000  14.1 N  103.4 W   993   55
08 OCT 06 0600  14.0 N  103.6 W   993   55
08 OCT 06 1200  14.2 N  104.4 W   993   55
08 OCT 06 1800  14.4 N  105.0 W   990   60
08 OCT 07 0000  14.6 N  105.6 W   987   65
08 OCT 07 0600  15.0 N  106.1 W   987   65
08 OCT 07 1200  15.2 N  106.7 W   987   70
08 OCT 07 1800  15.1 N  107.7 W   980   75
08 OCT 08 0000  15.6 N  108.6 W   970   90
08 OCT 08 0600  15.9 N  109.6 W   960  100
08 OCT 08 1200  16.1 N  110.2 W   952  110
08 OCT 08 1800  16.4 N  110.9 W   948  115
08 OCT 09 0000  16.9 N  111.6 W   948  115
08 OCT 09 0600  17.3 N  112.2 W   954  110
08 OCT 09 1200  17.8 N  112.5 W   960  100
08 OCT 09 1800  17.9 N  112.8 W   972   80
08 OCT 10 0000  18.6 N  113.1 W   973   80
08 OCT 10 0600  19.3 N  113.3 W   973   80
08 OCT 10 1200  20.1 N  113.4 W   975   75
08 OCT 10 1800  20.9 N  113.5 W   973   85
08 OCT 11 0000  21.8 N  113.3 W   970   90
08 OCT 11 0600  22.9 N  112.8 W   970   90
08 OCT 11 1200  23.7 N  112.3 W   964   95        MSW 100 kts at 0900Z
08 OCT 11 1800  24.7 N  111.3 W   966   90        Over Baja Peninsula
08 OCT 12 0000  25.8 N  110.3 W   958   80        CP from recon
08 OCT 12 0600  26.9 N  108.7 W   987   65        Inland in Mexico
08 OCT 12 1200  28.5 N  107.0 W   998   35
08 OCT 12 1500  29.6 N  106.2 W  1001   25

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Storm Name: ODILE                 Cyclone Number: 16E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 OCT 08 1800  11.9 N   90.5 W  1006   30
08 OCT 09 0000  12.1 N   91.4 W  1006   30
08 OCT 09 0600  12.6 N   92.6 W  1005   35
08 OCT 09 1200  12.6 N   94.0 W  1000   45
08 OCT 09 1800  13.1 N   94.8 W  1000   45
08 OCT 10 0000  13.6 N   95.6 W  1000   45
08 OCT 10 0600  14.0 N   96.3 W  1000   45
08 OCT 10 1200  14.2 N   96.9 W   997   50
08 OCT 10 1800  14.9 N   97.9 W   997   50
08 OCT 11 0000  15.7 N   98.9 W   997   50
08 OCT 11 0600  16.3 N  100.1 W   997   50
08 OCT 11 1200  17.0 N  101.3 W   996   55
08 OCT 11 1800  17.6 N  102.4 W   996   55
08 OCT 12 0000  18.0 N  103.4 W  1005   35        MSW 40 kts at 2100Z
08 OCT 12 0600  18.2 N  104.5 W  1005   35
08 OCT 12 1200  19.0 N  105.0 W  1005   35
08 OCT 12 1800  18.7 N  104.4 W  1007   25

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 17E     Basin: NEP


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
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08 OCT 23 1200  12.8 N  104.9 W  1008   30
08 OCT 23 1800  13.5 N  104.9 W  1008   30
08 OCT 24 0000  14.7 N  105.3 W  1008   30
08 OCT 24 0600  15.4 N  105.9 W  1007   30
08 OCT 24 1200  16.1 N  106.5 W  1008   30
08 OCT 24 1800  15.6 N  107.0 W  1008   25
08 OCT 24 2100  15.8 N  107.3 W  1008   25

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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
                              ---------------

   Tropical Storm (22W)                                13 - 15 Oct
   Tropical Storm BAVI (23W / 0818)                    18 - 25 Oct

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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 22W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: None

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 13 0000  18.0 N  108.0 E  1008         25  JMA bulletins
08 OCT 13 0600  18.0 N  108.0 E  1008         25
08 OCT 13 1200  18.0 N  108.0 E  1006         25
08 OCT 13 1800  18.0 N  108.0 E  1008         25
08 OCT 14 0000  18.8 N  108.0 E  1006         30
08 OCT 14 0600  19.1 N  107.9 E  1006   30    30
08 OCT 14 1200  19.3 N  107.5 E  1008   35    30
08 OCT 14 1800  19.4 N  107.1 E  1010   35    30
08 OCT 15 0000  19.3 N  106.7 E  1012   35    30  JMA: 18.7N/106.3E
08 OCT 15 0600  18.6 N  106.2 E  1010   30    25
08 OCT 15 1200  18.5 N  105.6 E  1010   25    25  Inland

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Storm Name: BAVI                  Cyclone Number: 23W     Basin: NWP
PAGASA Internal Name: None        JMA Tropical Storm Number: 0818

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 18 0000  21.0 N  152.0 E  1010         25  JMA bulletins
08 OCT 18 0600  23.0 N  151.0 E  1010         25
08 OCT 18 1200  23.0 N  149.8 E  1008         30
08 OCT 18 1800  24.3 N  148.8 E  1006   35    30
08 OCT 19 0000  25.2 N  148.1 E  1004   35    30
08 OCT 19 0600  26.6 N  148.4 E  1000   35    35
08 OCT 19 1200  28.6 N  149.3 E   998   40    35
08 OCT 19 1800  30.2 N  150.5 E   992   45    45
08 OCT 20 0000  32.4 N  152.1 E   992   45    45
08 OCT 20 0600  35.3 N  153.3 E   992         45  JMA warnings
08 OCT 20 1200  38.0 N  154.0 E   990         50  Extratropical
08 OCT 20 1800  40.0 N  156.0 E   988         55
08 OCT 21 0000  41.0 N  158.0 E   988         55
08 OCT 21 0600  42.0 N  162.0 E   980         55
08 OCT 21 1200  45.0 N  167.0 E   978         50
08 OCT 21 1800  47.0 N  171.0 E   968         55
08 OCT 22 0000  48.0 N  175.0 E   958         60
08 OCT 22 0600  50.0 N  179.0 E   952         70
08 OCT 22 1200  51.0 N  177.0 W   946         75
08 OCT 22 1800  52.0 N  172.0 W   951         70  OPC warnings
08 OCT 23 0000  52.0 N  167.0 W   963         65
08 OCT 23 0600  53.0 N  162.0 W   968         60
08 OCT 23 1200  54.0 N  156.0 W   971         55
08 OCT 23 1800  55.0 N  150.0 W   973         50
08 OCT 24 0000  60.0 N  145.0 W   976         50
08 OCT 24 0600  60.0 N  145.0 W   978         40
08 OCT 24 1200  61.0 N  146.0 W   982         45  Inland
08 OCT 24 1800  61.0 N  145.0 W   990         45
08 OCT 25 0000  60.0 N  144.0 W  1001         45

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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 Cyclone (03B)                              19 - 23 Oct
   Cyclonic Storm RASHMI (04B)                         25 - 27 Oct
                                                     
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Storm Name: None                  Cyclone Number: 03B     Basin: NIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 19 1200   9.0 N   59.5 E         25        IMD bulletins
08 OCT 20 0300  10.0 N   57.5 E  1004   25
08 OCT 20 1200  10.0 N   56.5 E  1002   25
08 OCT 20 1800  10.1 N   54.3 E         35        JTWC warnings
08 OCT 21 0000  10.6 N   54.7 E         35        Relocated
08 OCT 21 0600  11.1 N   53.6 E  1000   35        CP from IMD
08 OCT 21 1200  11.4 N   54.1 E  1000   35
08 OCT 21 1800  12.9 N   54.0 E         30
08 OCT 22 0000  13.4 N   53.8 E  1002   30
08 OCT 22 0600  13.7 N   52.4 E         30
08 OCT 22 1200  13.9 N   52.2 E         30
08 OCT 22 1800  13.8 N   52.0 E         30        From JMV file
08 OCT 23 0000  14.9 N   51.3 E         25
08 OCT 23 0600  14.4 N   50.2 E         25

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Storm Name: RASHMI                Cyclone Number: 04B     Basin: NIO


   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 25 0900  17.0 N   87.0 E  1002   25        IMD bulletin
08 OCT 25 1800  18.1 N   87.9 E         30        JTWC satellite bulletin
08 OCT 26 0000  18.0 N   88.0 E  1000   35        JTWC wrng/IMD: 18N, 87E
08 OCT 26 0600  18.7 N   88.5 E         35
08 OCT 26 1200  20.1 N   88.7 E         40        IMD: 19.5N/88.0E
08 OCT 26 1800  21.0 N   89.0 E         45
08 OCT 27 0000  23.0 N   90.2 E         40        Inland
08 OCT 27 0300  23.0 N   91.0 E         30        IMD bulletin

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SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWI) - South Indian Ocean West of Longitude 90E


                        Sources of Information
                        ----------------------

     The track coordinates as well as the central pressure and 10-minute
  average maximum sustained wind estimates were obtained from warnings
  issued by Meteo France's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre on Reunion
  Island (MFR), which is the World Meteorological Organization's Regional
  Specialised Meteorological Centre for the basin.  The 1-minute average
  maximum sustained wind estimates were taken from warnings issued by the
  Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the U. S. Air Force and Navy,
  located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The center position coordinates from
  JTWC were compared with those from MFR and annotations made in the
  Remarks column when the differences in general amounted to 40-50 nm
  or more.


                            Systems Tracked
                            ---------------

   Tropical Storm ASMA (MFR-02 / 01S)                  16 - 23 Oct

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Storm Name: ASMA                  Cyclone Number: 01S     Basin: SWI
MFR Tropical Disturbance Number: 02

   Date   Time   Lat      Lon    Cent  MSW   MSW        Remarks
          (GMT)                 Press 1-min 10-min
                                 (mb) (kts) (kts)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

08 OCT 16 1200   6.1 S   69.2 E  1002         25  Locally 30-35 kts to S
08 OCT 16 1800   5.7 S   68.8 E  1002   35    25             "
08 OCT 17 0000   5.4 S   68.3 E  1001         30  Locally 35 kts S semi.
08 OCT 17 0600   6.3 S   68.4 E  1000   35    30             "
08 OCT 17 1200   6.7 S   68.6 E  1000         30             "
08 OCT 17 1800   7.2 S   68.4 E  1000   35    30 
08 OCT 18 0000   8.1 S   68.8 E  1001         25  Locally 30-35 kts to SW
08 OCT 18 0600   8.8 S   69.1 E  1002   35    25  JTWC: 8.3S/67.7 E
08 OCT 18 1200   8.7 S   67.7 E  1000         25  Locally 30-35 kts to W
08 OCT 18 1800   8.9 S   67.0 E  1000   35    25  Peripheral gales
08 OCT 19 0000   9.6 S   66.4 E   999         30        "
08 OCT 19 0600  10.4 S   65.6 E   999   35    30  JTWC: 10.3S/64.7E
08 OCT 19 1200  11.0 S   64.0 E   998         30  Locally 35 kts S semi.
08 OCT 19 1800  11.3 S   63.4 E   996   35    35
08 OCT 20 0000  12.2 S   62.6 E   994         35
08 OCT 20 0600  12.7 S   61.8 E   985   55    45
08 OCT 20 1200  12.0 S   61.3 E   990         40  Locally 45 kts S semi.
08 OCT 20 1800  12.0 S   61.4 E   993   45    40             "
08 OCT 21 0000  12.1 S   60.3 E   996         40             "
08 OCT 21 0600  12.1 S   59.3 E   997   35    30  Locally 35 kts S semi.
08 OCT 21 1200  11.6 S   58.4 E   998         30             "
08 OCT 21 1800  11.0 S   57.2 E  1003         20  Locally 25-30 kts to S
08 OCT 22 0000  10.8 S   56.0 E  1003         20             "
08 OCT 22 0600  11.1 S   54.7 E  1004         20             "
08 OCT 22 1800  11.0 S   50.5 E  1002         20  Locally 30 kts SW semi.
08 OCT 23 0000  11.0 S   50.0 E  1002         25  Locally 30 kts S semi.
08 OCT 23 0600  10.7 S   49.9 E  1005         20             "
08 OCT 23 1200  11.2 S   48.8 E  1007         20  Locally 25 kts S semi.

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              !!!!!!  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              [email protected]


  SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY:

  Michael V. Padua          [email protected] 
                            [email protected]

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Document: trak0810.htm
Updated: 6th November 2008

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