Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #187 (February 26 - March 5, 1995)

[Jack Beven]

This report is compiled from warnings issued by:
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)

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.

Author's note: Special thanks to Chris Landsea for passing along infor-
mation on Tropical Cyclone Warren.

WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #187 FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 5, 1995

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): No tropical cyclones.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E):

Tropical Cyclone Ingrid (TC-13S): At the start of the summary period,
Ingrid was east of Mauritius moving south with 75 kt winds. The storm turned
southeast on 28 February as it reached a peak intensity of 95 kt. Ingrid
continued southeast and weakened until it became extratropical near 32S 64E
on 1 March. Although Ingrid affected St. Brandon and Mauritius, there are no
reports of damage or casualties at this time.

South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E):

Tropical Cyclone Violet (TC-14P): Tropical Cyclone Violet formed in the
Coral Sea near 16S 153E on 3 March. Initially quasi-stationary, the storm
started a south-south-eastward track on 4 March. Violet turned south on 5
March as it reached hurricane strength, and at the end of the summary
period it was moving south at its peak intensity of 75 kt.

Violet did not affect land during this period, but several ships got
caught in the storm. Ship EKYP reported 52 kt sustained winds and a pressure
of 982.5 mb at 1800 UTC 4 March. Ship C6DY8 reported 45 kt sustained winds at
1200 UTC the same day, with a 988 mb pressure 3 hr earlier. Ship JPAZ reported
37 kt sustained winds and a 991.5 mb pressure at 0900 UTC 4 March. There are
no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

Tropical Cyclone Warren (TC-14P): Tropical Cyclone Warren formed over the
Gulf of Carpentaria near 15S 141E on 4 March. Initially quasi-stationary, the
storm tracked south-southwest into northern Australia near Mornington Island
on 5 March. Maximum sustained winds peaked at 55 kt at to landfall. At the end
of the summary period, Warren was weakening over Australia.

No surface observations are available near Warren's center. Ship VVKT re-
ported 40 kt sustained winds in the monsoon flow well north of the center at
0000 UTC 4 March. There is an unofficial report of an 8 ft storm surge in the
landfall region. There are no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

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:

be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov or 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.