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- From: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu (JACK)
- Subject: Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #67 (November 8 - 15, 1992)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.171317.13894@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
- Keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Storm, Hurricane, Typhoon
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- Organization: FSU-Meteorology Department
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- Date: 18 NOV 92 12:18:52
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- This report is compiled from warnings issued by:
- National Hurricane Center
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center
- Naval Western Oceanography Center
- Fiji Meteorological Service
- Joint Typhoon Warning Center
- Japanese Meteorological Agency
- Royal Observatory of Hong Kong
- Indian Meteorological Department
- Reunion Meteorological Service
- Mauritius Meteorological Service
- (others may be added as they become available)
-
-
- WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #67: NOVEMBER 8 - 15, 1992
-
- North Atlantic Basin: No tropical cyclones.
-
- Eastern North Pacific Basin (E of 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.
-
- Central North Pacific Basin (180 Deg. W to 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.
-
- Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg. W):
-
- Tropical Storm Forrest: Tropical Depression 30W formed in the South
- China Sea near 9N 114E on 12 November. Moving initially west, the system
- turned west-southwest the next day as it reached tropical storm intensity.
- Forrest turned west on 14 November, then it reached a peak intensity of 60
- kt shortly before moving into the Isthmus of Kra near Phuket, Thailand on
- 15 November. Forrest continued westward and moved into the North Indian
- Ocean later that day. So far, there are no reports of damage or casualties
- from Thailand. Forrest also affected southern Vietnam, and the storm is blamed
- for the crash of a Vietnamese airliner with 30 people on board on 14 Novem-
- ber. It is believed that all aboard were killed.
-
- Tropical Storm Gay: Tropical Depression 31W formed near 7N 178E on 14
- November. Moving west-northwest, the system reached tropical storm inten-
- sity the next day. At the end of the summary period, Gay was moving west-
- northwest through the Marshall Islands with 40 kt winds.
-
- Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed near 13N 159E on 15
- November. At the end of the summary period, it was moving west-northwest
- with 25 kt winds.
-
- North Indian Ocean Basin:
-
- Tropical Cyclone 10B: Tropical Cyclone 10B formed in the Bay of Bengal
- near 8N 86E on 11 November. Moving west, the system reached tropical storm
- intensity later that same day. TC-10B reached an intensity of 55 kt just
- before crossing the island of Sri Lanka on 12 November. The system weakened
- while over land, but it quickly regained strength as it turned west-north-
- west toward the southern tip of India the next day. TC-10B reached a peak
- intensity of 70 kt just prior to moving into southern India on 13 November.
- It then quickly weakened to tropical storm intensity. TC-10B turned to a
- northwesterly track on 14 November with the center skirting the west coast
- of southern India. It weakened to a depression briefly on 14 November, then
- it regained tropical storm strength the next day. At the end of the summary
- period, TC-10B was moving northwest near the west coast of India with 45 kt
- winds. TC-10B seriously affected Sri Lanka and the states of Tamil Nadu and
- Kerala in southern India. Eight people are known dead so far on Sri Lanka,
- with at least 230 people believed killed in southern India.
-
- Tropical Cyclone Forrest: Tropical Storm Forrest crossed the Isthmus of
- Kra from the Gulf of Thailand into the North Indian Ocean with 50 kt winds
- on 15 November. At the end of the summary period, it was moving west with
- 40 kt winds.
-
- South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.
-
- South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.
-
- Disclaimer: While an effort has been made to make sure this information is
- accurate as possible, it was drawn from operational warnings that may not
- always agree with the best track information published after the storm is
- over. Please address any questions or comments by e-mail to:
-
- jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu.
-
- Past copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via e-
- mail. Please send an e-mail message if you are interested.
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