Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #196 (April 30 - May 7, 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 #196 APRIL 30 - MAY 7, 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.):

Tropical Storm Chuck: At the start of the summary period, Chuck was drift-
ing west at its peak intensity of 35 kt. Chuck weakened to a depression on 1
May while drifting west, then it turned west-northwest on 2 May. The depress-
ion continued this course until it dissipated near 12N 154E on 4 May.

Although Chuck formed in the Marshall Islands, there are no reports of dam-
age or casualties at this time.

North Indian Ocean Basin:

Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed over the Bay of Bengal
near 12N 81E on 6 May. It moved northwest and made landfall over eastern
India later that day and weakened to a low pressure area. This low lingered
just inland through the remainder of the summary period. Maximum sustained
winds in this short-lived system were estimated at 25 kt. There are no re-
ports 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