Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #198 (May 14 - 21, 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 Notes: The hrd-tardis is still down pending its new Internet
address. For the time being, please send any e-mail about the summary to
jbe...@delphi.com.


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #198 MAY 14 - 21, 1995

North Atlantic Basin: No tropical cyclones.

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

Tropical Depression 1E: Tropical Depression 1E formed near 13N 105W on 21
May. At the end of the summary period, it was moving west with 30 kt winds.

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

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

Tropical Depression: At the start of the summary period, the tropical (or
possibly hybrid) depression was moving east-northeast over the open Pacific.
The system continued this track until it became extratropical near 32N 135E
on 15 May. Maximum sustained wind were estimated at 30 kt.

North Indian Ocean Basin:

Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed over the northern Bay
of Bengal near 21N 87E on 15 May. The system drifted north-northeast and
moved inland in the India-Bangladesh border region the next day. The cyclone
drifted north-northeast over land on 17 May, then it weakened to a low pres-
sure area on 18 May. Maximum sustained winds in this system were estimated
at 30 kt. There are no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

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