Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #233 (January 14 - 21, 1996)

[Jack Beven]

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 #233 JANUARY 14 - 21, 1996

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.): No tropical cyclones.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E):

Tropical Cyclone Bonita (TC-06S): At the start of the summary period,
Bonita was a weakening tropical storm over Mozambique. The system continued
to weaken ad dissipated over Mozambique on 15 January.

Details of Bonita's effects are found in Summary #232. There are no
additional reports of damage or casualties at this time.

South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E):

Tropical Cyclone Yasi (TC-08P): Tropical Cyclone Yasi formed near 21S 174W
on 16 January. The cyclone moved generally southeast through its life. Yasi
reached a peak intensity of 45 kt on 17 January, then it became extratropical
near 27S 161W on 19 January.

Yasi affected Tonga as it was first developing. Fua' Amotu reported a
pressure of 995.7 mb at 0600 UTC 16 January. 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, 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...@nhc.noaa.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.