Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #178 (December 25, 1994 - January 1, 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.

WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #178 DECEMBER 25, 1994 - JANUARY 1, 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):

Tropical Depression Axel: At the start of the summary period, ex-typhoon
Axel was moving northwest over the South China Sea with 30 kt winds. The
system stalled near 19N 116E on 26 December, then it turned south and dis-
ipated the next day near 16N 115E. Details on Axel's passage through the Phil-
ippines were given in the last summary. There are no additional reports of
damage or casualties at this time.

Tropical Depression Bobbie: At the start of the summary period, ex-tropical
storm Bobbie was moving northwest with 25 kt winds. The system turned northeast
and dissipated near 24N 138E on 26 December. Although Bobbie affected the
Marshall and Mariana Islands, there are no reports of damage or casualties at
this time.

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):

Tropical Cyclone William (TC-05P): Tropical Cyclone William formed near
13S 163W on 31 December. Initially moving south-southeast, the system turned
south-southwest at the end of the summary period. At that time, maximum winds
were estimated at 55 kt.

William was moving through the island groups east of Samoa during its de-
velopment. Aitutaki Island reported 40 kt sustained winds at 1800 UTC 1 Jan-
uary with a pressure of 993.8 mb 3 hr later. 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, 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 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.