Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #122 (November 28 - December 5, 1993)
JACK
National Hurricane Center Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Naval Western Oceanography Center Fiji Meteorological Service
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Japanese Meteorological Agency Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Philippine Meteorological Service Royal Observatory of Hong Kong
Indian Meteorological Department Reunion Meteorological Service
Mauritius Meteorological Service
(others may be added as they become available)
Author's note: ja...@cloud3.met.fsu.edu is still valid, but please try to
address any comments or questions to be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov (assuming
the mailer stays operational!).
Author's second note: Special thanks to Thenraja Kaliappan, Mickey Chandra-
sekar, and Srivathsan Narasimhan for providing me with information on Tropical
Cyclone 02B.
WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #122: NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 5, 1993
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):
Typhoon Lola: Tropical Depression 35W formed near 7N 146E on 1 December.
Initially moving west, the depression turned west-northwest the next day. The
system continued west-northwest on 3 December as it reached tropical storm
intensity, then it turned west the next day as it reached typhoon intensity.
Lola moved west into the central Philippine Islands on 5 December as it reached
a peak (to that time) intensity of 80 kt. Tayabas reported sustained winds of
68 kt at 2200 UTC. The Catanduanes radar station reported a minimum pressure
of 980.9 mb at 0400 UTC, along with sustained 52 kt winds. At the end of the
summary period, Lola was south of Manilla moving west into the South China
Sea with 75 kt winds. Second-hand press reports indicate that 64 people died
during Lola's track across the Philippines.
Tropical Storm Manny: Tropical Depression 36W developed near 7N 155E on 3
December. The system moved west through 4 December, then it turned west-north-
west on 5 December and maintained this track at the end of the summary period.
Tropical storm strength was reached on 4 December, and at the end of the sum-
mary period Manny was packing 60 kt winds. Manny passed just north of Yap Is-
land on 5 December. Yap reported sustained winds of 30 kt and a minimum pres-
sure of 998.9 mb at 1000 UTC. The peak gust was 48 kt at 0948 UTC. The storm
dumped 4.87 in (124 mm) of rain in 9 hours. There are no reports of damage
or casualties at this time.
North Indian Ocean Basin:
Tropical Cyclone 02B: Tropical Cyclone 02B formed near 8N 92E on 30 Novem-
ber. Initially moving west, the system turned west-northwest the next day, with
this track continuing until the system made landfall. TC-02B reached tropical
storm intensity on 2 December and hurricane intensity the following day. A
peak intensity of 75 kt was reached just prior to landfall in the Villupuram-
Karaikal area of southern India on 4 December. While there are no meteoro-
logical reports available from near the center, Cuddalore reported 40 kt sus-
tained winds and a pressure of 998.6 mb at 0600 UTC. TC-02B turned northwest
after landfall and weakened to a low pressure system over southern India. While
the low did emerge over the Arabian Sea, it did not re-develop tropical cyclone
characteristics. This storm affected the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry states of
India. Press reports indicate up to 70 people killed with 44,000 homes des-
troyed. The storm also affected Sri Lanka, but there are no reports of damage
or casualties from there at this time.
South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E):
Tropical Cyclone Bettina (TC-02S): At the start of the summary period,
Bettina was moving south with 45 kt winds. Bettina tunred west-southwest on 29
November while weakening, and it continued this track the next day while weak-
ening to a depression. Bettina dissipated as s significant tropical cyclone
later on 30 November near 18S 73E, although a remnant low could be tracked for
two more days.
Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed near 17S 88E on 5 Decem-
ber. At the end of the summary period it was moving southwest with 30 kt winds.
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 Beven at
Internet address:
be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov (preferrable)
or
ja...@cloud3.met.fsu.edu (still good for now)
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