Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #188 (March 5 - 12, 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.

WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #188 MARCH 5 - 12, 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. W): No tropical cyclones.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

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

Tropical Cyclone Josta (TC-16S): Tropical Cyclone Josta formed over the
Mozambique Channel near 13S 42E on 7 March. The system remained quasi-sta-
tionary through 8 March, then it started a southeast drift on 9 March. The
cyclone drifted east-southeast the next day as it reached a peak intensity of
65 kt. Josta turned east on 11 March while rapidly weakening, and the system
dissipated near 14N 47E (just off the west coast of Madagascar) on 12 March.
While Josta affected the coastal regions of northern Mozambique and Madagas-
car, there are no reports of damage, casualties, or significant weather at
this time.

Tropical Cyclone Kylie (TC-17S): Tropical Cyclone Kylie formed near 15S
56E on 7 March. Initially quasi-stationary, the system moved southeast on 8
March as it reached tropical storm intensity. Kylie became stationary again
near 16S 58E on 9-10 March while maintaining 35-45 kt winds. The cyclone
turned west-southwest on 11 March as it reached hurricane strength. Kylie
turned south-southwest the next day as it reached a peak intensity of 80 kt,
which was its course and intensity at the end of the summary period. Although
Kylie affected St. Brandon Island early in its life, there are no reports of
damage or casualties at this time.

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

Tropical Cyclone Violet (TC-14P): At the start of the summary period,
Violet was east of eastern Australia moving south at its peak intensity of 75
kt. Violet turned southwest while weakening on 6 March, then the storm became
extratropical the next day near 30S 154E. The remains of Violet turned west and
northwest and brought locally strong winds to the eastern Australian coast be-
fore it dissipated a few days later. There are no reports of damage or casual-
ties at this time.

Tropical Cyclone Warren (TC-15P): At the start of the summary period,
Warren was weakening over northern Australia. The system weakened to a low
over land on 13 March. Thus far, there are no reports of damage or casualties.

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:

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 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.