Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #204 (June 25 - July 2, 1995)

[Jack Beven]

This report is compiled from warnings issued by:
National Hurricane Center Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Naval Pacific Meteor./Ocean. 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)

Special Announcement: Text copies of past weekly summaries can now be
retrieved via ftp from squall.met.fsu.edu. They can be found in the directory
pub/jack.


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #204 JUNE 25 - JULY 2, 1995

North Atlantic Basin:

Possible Subtropical or Tropical Cyclone: A low pressure system formed near
33N 68W on 23 June. The system drifted generally northeast with little de-
velopment through 25 June. Associated convective activity became better or-
ganized on 26 June as the system drifted north-northeast near 36N 63W. The low
may have reached subtropical or tropical storm status on 27 June near 37N 63W,
with the cyclone turning south-southwest later that day. The system turned
southwest on 28 June while weakening, then it slowed to a westward drift near
33N 70W on 29-30 June. The cyclone turned northeast as a weak low-level cloud
swirl on 1 July, then it dissipated the next day near 38N 66W.

At peak intensity on 27 June, this system exhibited a convective central
dense overcast similar to that of tropical cyclones. However, the circulation
was interacting with a cold front at that time, so the meteorological struc-
ture is uncertain. The National Hurricane Center will review this system to
see if it qualifies as a subtropical or tropical cyclone.

Ship ELFO3 reported 40 kt sustained winds at 1200 and 1800 UTC 27 June,
with a minimum pressure of 1010 mb at 1200 UTC. Based on this and on satellite
data, maximum sustained winds are estimated at 45 kt.

Eastern North Pacific Basin (E of 140 Deg. W):

Central North Pacific Basin (180 Deg. W to 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg.): No tropical cyclones.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

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 insure that this information is
as accurate as possible, this is a preliminary and unofficial report drawn
from operational warnings. Thus, it may not always agree with the best track
information published after the storm is over. Please address any questions
or comments on the information this week to Jack Beven at Internet addresses:

jbe...@delphi.com

Past text copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via e-
mail or by ftp (see announcement above). Please send an e-mail message to Jack
Beven if you are interested.

A digitized version of the weekly summary with DMSP polar orbiting imagery
is available over the World Wide Web. This is courtesy of Greg Deuel at the
DMSP satellite archive. It can be found at: http://web.ngdc.noaa.gov/ under
the Weekly Updated Items section of the DMSP Satellite Archive home page.

For more information on the imagery and how to retrieve the digitized
summary and images by other methods, please contact Greg Deuel at Internet
address:

g...@po-box.ngdc.noaa.gov