Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #170 (October 30 - November 6, 1994)

[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)


WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #170 OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 6, 1994

North Atlantic Basin:

Hurricane Florence: Tropical Depression Eleven formed near 25N 53W on 3
November. The system initially moved northwest, and this motion continued
through 5 November. The cyclone reached tropical storm intensity on 4 Novem-
ber and hurricane intensity on 5 November. Florence turned north-northeast on
6 November, and at the end of the summary period it was continuing this track
with 70 kt winds. While Florence remained far from land, ship DCSA reported
52 kt winds and a pressure of 1002 mb at 1500 UTC 4 November.

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. W):

Tropical Storm Verne: At the start of the summary period, ex-typhoon Verne
was moving east-northeast with 50 kt winds. Verne continued east-northeast
until it became extratropical near 29N 154E on 1 November.

Verne passed through the Volcano Islands on 31 October. Iwo Jima reported
38 kt sustained winds at 0600 UTC, with a gust to 59 kt at 1200 UTC. Chichi-
jima reported a minimum pressure of 993.5 mb at 1800 UTC. There are no reports
of damage or casualties from the Volcano Islands, or from the Mariana Islands
that Verne affected early in its life.

Typhoon Wilda: At the start of the summary period, Wilda was northeast of
the Mariana Islands moving north-northeast with 85 kt winds. Wilda turned
northeast and accelerated on 31 October as it weakened to a tropical storm,
and the system became extratropical the next day near 39N 165E. While Wilda
affected the Mariana Islands, there are no reports of damage or casualties at
this time.

Typhoon Zelda: At the start of the summary period, Zelda was moving west-
southwest with 40 kt winds. This track continued the next day, then Zelda
turned west-northwest on 1 November as it reached typhoon intensity. Zelda
moved north-northwest on 2 November and northwest on 3 November while passing
through the northern Mariana Islands. Zelda turned west on 4 November, then it
turned northwest on 5 November as it reached a peak intensity of 140 kt. Zelda
turned north-northeast on 6 November, and at the end of the summary period it
was continuing this track with 115 kt winds.

Zelda affected the Mariana Islands. Saipan reported 45 kt sustained winds
with gusts to 55 kt at 0355 UTC 3 November, with a minimum pressure of 989.1
mb at 0250 UTC. An automated weather station on Pagan reported 37 kt sustained
winds at 1600 UTC the same day. There are no reports of damage or casualties
at this time.

North Indian Ocean Basin:

Tropical Cyclone 04B: At the start of the summary period, TC-04B was near
Madras, India, moving northwest with 65 kt winds. The cyclone continued
northwestward and weakened to a low pressure area over land on 31 October.
While that was the end of the system as a tropical cyclone, the residual low
produced heavy rains over southeast India for several more days.

Press reports indicate that TC-04B caused at least 138 deaths (and possibly
as many as 240) in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. 26 peo-
ple died in Madras, with the other casualties resulting from river flooding
elsewhere in southeastern India.

Tropical Depression: A tropical depression formed near 10N 84E on 4 Nov-
ember. The cyclone moved west-northwest and crossed Tamil Nadu coast of India
on 5 November. The system weakened to a low pressure area over land later that
day. Maximum sustained winds in this system were estimated at 25 kt. There are
no reports of damage, casualties, or significant weather with this system.

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 on the information this
week to Jack Beven at Internet addresses:

be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov or jbe...@delphi.com

Past text copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via 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 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.