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Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #211 (August 13 - 20, 1995)

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Jack Beven

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Aug 28, 1995, 3:00:00 AM8/28/95
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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)


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #211 AUGUST 13 - 20, 1995

North Atlantic Basin:

Hurricane Felix: At the start of the summary period, Feliz was southeast
of Bermuda moving north with 85 kt winds. Felix turned west-northwest on 14
August, passing southwest of Bermuda near 0000 UTC 15 August. The hurricane
continued west-northwest through the rest of 15 August, then it slowed to a
northwest drift roughly 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on
16 August. Felix turned to an east-northeast course on 17 August. Slow
weakening took place during this time, and by 17 August maximum sustained
winds had decreased to 65 kt. Felix moved east on 18 August and drifted
southeast on 19 August with maximum winds of 65-70 kt. Felix turned northwest
on and then north on 20 August as it weakened to a tropical storm. At the
end of the summary period, it was moving north with 60 kt winds.

Thus far, Felix has affected Bermuda and parts of the United States east
coast. Bermuda reported 55 kt sustained winds with gusts to 70 kt at 2355 UTC
14 August, along with a minimum pressure of 988.1 mb. Buoy 41001 reported a
minimum pressure of 970.6 mb at 1600 UTC 16 August, with maximum sustained
winds of 53 kt between 1100 and 1200 UTC the same day. Ship OXME2 reported 60
kt sustained winds at 1800 UTC 18 August with a minimum pressure of 975.0 mb
at 0000 UTC 18 August.

So far, minor damage has been reported on Bermuda. Minor damage was also
reported along the North Carolina Outer Banks due mainly to high surf. Press
reports indicate this surf also caused 2 drownings, which are the only
casualties attributed to Felix at this time.

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.):

Tropical Storm Irving: Tropical Depression 9W formed near 16N 113E on 17
August. Initially moving north, the system turned north-northwest the next
day as it reached tropical storm strength. Irving turned west-northwest and
passed near Hainan Island on 19 August as it reached a peak intensity of 60
kt. The cyclone made landfall over northern Vietnam and dissipated over land
the next day. There are no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

Special Update on Tropical Storm Helen (Summary #210): Press reports
indicated that flooding associated with Helen killed 23 people in China.
One person was reported killed in Hong Kong with 2 others missing.

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

or

be...@trdis.aoml.erl.gov

Past text copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via
anonymous ftp from squall.met.fsu.edu in directory pub/jack. They are also
available by e-mail. 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 the DMSP satellite
archive. It can be found at: http://web.ngdc.noaa.gov/ under the Weekly
Tropical Cyclone Summary link 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 the DMSP archive at:

dm...@ngdc.noaa.gov

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