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Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #101 (July 4 - 11, 1993)

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Jul 17, 1993, 1:02:00 AM7/17/93
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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
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: I am still posting to USENET from ja...@cloud3.met.fsu.edu
until I get USENET access from NHC. ja...@cloud3.met.fsu.edu is still valid,
but please try to address any comments or questions to be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.
noaa.gov.

Author's second note: The hrd-tardis mailer is not still functioning. I'll
resume mailing from that node once it is repaired.


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #101: JULY 4 - 11, 1993

North Atlantic Basin: No tropical cyclones.

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

Hurricane Calvin: Tropical Depression 4E formed near 13N 99W on 4 July.
Initially moving west, the system slowed to a west-northwest drift as it
reached tropical storm and then hurricane intensity on 5 July. Calvin turned
north and then northwest as it approached the Mexican coast on 6 July. Ship
GDRJ reported 85 kt winds with a minimum pressure of 988 mb at 1500 UTC that
day. Calvin slid onto the Mexican coast near Manzanillo on 7 July after reach-
ing a peak intensity of 95 kt. Manzanillo reported sustained winds of 74 kt
with a minimum pressure of 987 mb sometime between 1200-1400 UTC that day.
Calvin weakened rapidly over the mountains of Mexico, and weakening continued
even after the system moved back over the Pacific on 8 July. Calvin weakened
to a depression as it passed near La Paz, Mexico late on 8 July. The system
then turned west across Baja California, and it dissipated on 9 July near 23N
111W. This system affected a large section of the Mexican coast from Huatulco
to Manzanillo with much damage to due winds, high surf, high tides, and
flooding from heavy rain. So far, press reports indicate 32 people are dead
with thousands homeless.

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

Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg. W):

Typhoon Lewis: Tropical Depression 8W formed near 10N 128E on 7 July. Init-
ially moving northwest, the system turned west-northwest later that day as it
moved into the central Philippine Islands. The system reached tropical storm
intensity the next day while moving west-northwest through the Philippines.
Lewis continued west-northwest across the South China Sea on 9 July, then it
reached typhoon intensity the next day. Lewis reached a peak intensity of 85
kt just before moving across Hainan Tao Island late on 10 July. The storm
turned west across the Gulf of Tonkin as it weakened to a tropical storm on
11 July. At the end of the summary period, Lewis was moving west across the
Gulf of Tonkin with 55 kt winds. Although this system hit Hainan Tao Island,
there are no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

Special Western Pacific Update: Typhoon Koryn

Typhoon Koryn: The Weekly Climate Bulletin reports that seven people were
killed in the Philippines, while four people were killed in China. There is
also a report of 9.88 in of rain (251 mm) from an unidentified station on the
west coast of Luzon Island.

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 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)

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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