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1963 Pacific typhoon season
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1963
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March 25, 1963
December 28, 1963
Judy
920
150
1
36
25
19
8 (unofficial)
1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
1963 Atlantic hurricane season
1963 Pacific hurricane season
1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1963 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1963, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1963 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. This is also the first season in which the Philippine Weather Bureau (which became the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA in 1972) assigned local names to tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility. This can often result in the same storm having two names.http://www.philstar.com/headlines/215695/after-%C2%91harurot%C2%92-%C2%91kabayan%C2%92-%C2%91onyok%C2%92-%C2%91pogi%C2%92-coming After 'Harurot,' 'Kabayan,' 'Onyok,' 'Pogi' coming The Philippine STAR
Seasonal summary
Timeline of tropical activity in the 1963 Pacific typhoon season
Systems
36 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 25 became tropical storms. 19 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 8 reached super typhoon strength.
Tropical Depression 03W
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March 25
March 25
30
A brief tropical depression developed north of Papua New Guinea at 00:00 UTC on March 25, and tracked west-northwest before it dissipated later that day. Although the Joint Typhoon Warning Center does not list any maximum sustained wind values in its tracking data,1963 03W (1963084N04149) http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963084N04149#intensity IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 July 2016 Asheville, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160807025542/http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963084N04149#intensity 7 August 2016 dead the Mariners Weather Log notes that Tropical Depression 03W briefly attained winds of 55 km/h mph on 5 at its peak before dissipating.Reichelderfer F.W. Hodges Luther H. Rosendal Hans E. Mariners Weather Log July 1963 Mariners Weather Log July 1963 7 4 132 United States Weather Bureau Washington, D.C.
CMA Tropical Depression 1
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March 31
April 6
30 CMA
1001
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) analyzed the formation of a disturbance near Micronesia on March 30, though no other agencies monitored the system. Tracking westward, the low-pressure area developed further into a tropical depression the following day. The storm turned towards the north on April 1, reaching peak intensity two days later with winds of 55 km/h and a minimum pressure of 1001 mbar (hPa; 1001 mbar inHg on 4 out) before slowly weakening. On April 6, the depression degenerated into a remnant area of low pressure; these remnants tracked westward before dissipating early the next day.1963 MISSING (1963089N08145) http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963089N08145 IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 July 2016 Asheville, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160621083551/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963089N08145 21 June 2016 dead
Typhoon Olive
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April 26
May 5
typhoon
cat4
125
920
The low-pressure area that eventually developed into Typhoon Olive first formed approximately 155 km mi on southeast of Truk on April 21,White Robert M. National Summary Climatological Data 1964 14 13 70–77 http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-265C6E58-4554-4286-A4C3-CA05D43C42EC.pdf 1 July 2016 United States Weather Bureau Washington, D.C. May 2017 medicmedic embedded within the larger context of a trough.Cassidy Richard M. Annual Typhoon Report, 1963 http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1963atcr.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120915164900/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1963atcr.pdf dead September 15, 2012 Joint Typhoon Warning Center 1 July 2016 Hagatna, Guam 1963 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report In its nascent stages, the disturbance tracked slowly west-northwestward toward Woleai; the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) considers the storm to have developed into a tropical depression on April 26,Kitamoto Asanobu Typhoon 196301 (OLIVE) – Detailed Track Information http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/l/196301.html.en Digital Typhoon National Institute of Informatics 1 July 2016 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan though the JTWC began monitoring Olive as a 75 km/h mph on 5 tropical storm the day after.1963 OLIVE (1963116N08146) http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963116N08146 IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 July 2016 Asheville, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160621030754/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963116N08146 21 June 2016 dead Olive quickly intensified following tropical cyclogenesis, becoming a typhoon by 12:00 UTC on April 27. Late on April 28, a reconnaissance mission sampled winds of 230 km/h mph on 5 and a minimum barometric pressure of 932 mbar (hPa; 932 mbar inHg on 4 out); from these parameters Olive reached peak intensity at 00:00 UTC on April 29 with a minimum pressure of 920 mbar as computed by the JMA. Olive passed near Guam and Saipan later that day, impacting the latter with winds of 205 km/h mph on 5. As the typhoon receded to more northerly latitudes, it slowly weakened, transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on May 5 before dissipating four days later; maintaining typhoon strength for 8.5 days, Olive remained a typhoon longer than any other storm in 1963.
As Olive neared Guam, then-governor Manuel Guerrero ordered the evacuation of low-lying areas and the opening of shelters at schools, churches, and other locations.Guam Gets Ready For Typhoon Olive https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5741961/typhoon_olive_1952/ 1 July 2016 The Oregon Statesman Associated Press 33 113 29 April 1963 Salem, Oregon 2 Newspapers.com Olive caused considerable damage in the Mariana Islands: 95 percent of homes on Saipan sustained extensive damage, with another 5 percent destroyed by the storm. Homes were also damaged on nearby Rota, with the widespread loss of crops; property and agricultural losses were also accrued on Guam and Tinian, where power lines were downed by strong winds and 1,000 people were left homeless. The effects of the typhoon set back Guam's recovery from Typhoon Karen the previous year, damaging homes partially repaired via recovery loans for Karen.Typhoon Olive Undoes Repair Work On Guam https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5742082/ 1 July 2016 Corsicana Daily Sun Associated Press 67 278 29 April 1963 Salem, Oregon 1,12 Newspapers.com Estimated damage from Olive amounted to US$5 million. In the storm's aftermath, deputy high commissioner for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Jose Benitez requested the declaration of Tinian and Saipan as disaster areas.Typhoon Levels Homes on Saipan https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5742118/ 1 July 2016 The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Associated Press 53 253 30 April 1963 Corpus Christi, Texas 2C Newspapers.com On April 30, then-U.S. President John F. Kennedy acknowledged Benitez's request and declared a disaster area for the impacted islands. Kennedy would later allocate US$1.3 million for storm relief in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.$1.3 Million Allocated For Typhoon Relief https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5742479/ 1 July 2016 The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Associated Press 63 290 12 June 1963 Corpus Christi, Texas 7 Newspapers.com Food and medical supplies were sent from the Caroline and Marshall Islands to the Mariana Islands.$5 Million Damages In Typhoon https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5742190/ 1 July 2016 Indiana Evening Gazette Associated Press 63 219 1 May 1963 Indiana, Pennsylvania 12 Newspapers.com
Typhoon Polly (Auring)
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May 27
June 5
typhoon
cat1
70
978
Polly originated from an area of low pressure first detected 145 km mi on north-northwest of Woleai on May 25. The JMA determined that the disturbance developed into a tropical depression on May 27,Kitamoto Asanobu Typhoon 196302 (POLLY) – Detailed Track Information http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/l/196302.html.en Digital Typhoon National Institute of Informatics 1 July 2016 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan though the JTWC initiated warnings on the system on May 31. The cyclone gradually strengthened after formation, reaching tropical storm strength on June 1 and typhoon intensity the day after. On June 3, Polly reached peak intensity with sustained winds of 130 km/h mph on 5 and a minimum pressure of 978 mbar (hPa; 978 mbar inHg on 4 out),1963 POLLY (1963147N12135) http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963147N12135 IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 July 2016 Asheville, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160621041730/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963147N12135 21 June 2016 dead after which it began to slowly taper off in strength and accelerate northeastward. On June 5, Polly passed 190 km mi on southeast of Tokyo as a low-end typhoon before recurving towards the east-northeast.Reichelderfer F.W. Hodges Luther H. Rosendal Hans E. Mariners Weather Log September 1963 Mariners Weather Log September 1963 7 5 181–182 United States Weather Bureau Washington, D.C. The extratropical remnants of Polly reached the Bering Sea and the coast of Alaska on June 10 before dissipating. Polly was the first storm ever to be locally named by the Philippine Weather Bureau, receiving the name Auring.
Remaining offshore Japan, Polly's impacts were caused primarily by heavy rainfall. Flooding inundated caused 807 landslides and inundated over 36,000 homes. Another 11 houses and 270 bridges were washed away by the floods. Polly caused an estimated US$138 million in damage to crops, with the total damage figure in excess of US$143 million. Eighteen people were killed and another seventeen were injured; 20,702 others were homeless after Polly's passage.Typhoon Toll High https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19630606&id=-bVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6027,2027653&hl=en 1 July 2016 The Spokesman-Review Reuters 23 81 Spokane, Washington 6 June 1963 8C Google News Archive
Tropical Storm Rose (Bebeng)
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June 6
June 14
nwpstorm
storm
50
992
Tropical Storm Rose began as a tropical depression in the South China Sea on June 6, and tracked southeastward towards Luzon in its early stages.Kitamoto Asanobu Typhoon 196303 (ROSE) – Detailed Track Information http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/l/196303.html.en Digital Typhoon National Institute of Informatics 1 July 2016 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan On June 8, the JTWC began issuing warnings on Rose as a tropical storm while the cyclone was just off Luzon's northwestern coast.1963 ROSE (1963158N20116) http://www.atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963158N20116 IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 July 2016 Asheville, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160621045323/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_current/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r08-1963158N20116 21 June 2016 dead Slow strengthening continued thereafter, with Rose's peaking as a 95 km/h mph on 5 tropical storm as it was tracking across the Ryukyu Islands, though the storm's strongest winds were contained within a narrow rainband near the center. Moving rapidly northeastward, Rose passed over western Honshu as a lower-end tropical storm on June 13, briefly emerging into the Sea of Japan before recurving eastward and transitioning into an extratropical cyclone over northern Honshu on June 14. The remnants of Rose merged with another weak extratropical low off the Japanese coast, and this combined system continued eastward before dissipating over the Bering Sea on June 18.
Typhoon Shirley (Karing)
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June 12
June 20
typhoon
cat5
140
935
Typhoon Trix (Diding)
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June 15
July 2
typhoon
cat1
70
984Trix affected the Philippines and China.
Tropical Storm Virginia (Etang)
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July 1
July 9
nwpstorm
storm
50
990
Tropical Depression Gening
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July 11
July 13
30
PAGASAA system that lasted from July 11–13.
Typhoon Wendy (Herming)
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July 9
July 20
typhoon
cat4
135
930
CMA Tropical Depression 09
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CMA Tropical Depression 9 July 12 1963.png
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July 11
July 13
30
CMA
1002
Typhoon Agnes (Ising)
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July 15
July 24
typhoon
cat2
85
992
Typhoon Bess
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July 25
August 11
typhoon
cat4
130
930
On July 27 Tropical Depression 20W formed in the West Pacific. It drifted northward, reaching tropical storm on the 30th before turning to the southwest. Bess turned to the north on August 2, and reached typhoon status early on the 3rd. Bess rapidly intensified to a peak of 150 mph on the 4th, but weakened as it continued northward. On the 9th it struck Japan, and on the 11th Bess became extratropical. At the time, Bess had the longest longevity of a Western Pacific tropical cyclone.
Typhoon Bess caused severe damage on the island of Kyūshū. 23 people were killed and 6 were missing.Digital Typhoon: Typhoon List (1963)
Tropical Depression 21W
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July 29
August 2
nwpdepression
storm
35
997
Typhoon Carmen (Luding)
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August 8
August 18
typhoon
cat4
125
930
CMA Tropical Depression 14
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CMA TD 14 1963 track.png
August 21
August 23
30
CMA
1001
Typhoon Elaine
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August 23
August 27
typhoon
cat3
100
965
Typhoon Della
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August 23
August 29
typhoon
cat3
100
975
Tropical Depression Mameng
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August 27
August 28
30
PAGASA
Typhoon Faye (Neneng)
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August 28
September 11
typhoon
cat3
110
960
Typhoon Faye struck Hong Kong killing 3 people.http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information 2007-12-17 2015-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150516012539/http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm dead
CMA Tropical Depression 17
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August 28
August 31
30
CMA
997
Tropical Depression 26W
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August 26
August 26
25
CMA Tropical Depression 19
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CMA TD 19 1963 track.png
September 1
September 2
25
CMA
1002
Typhoon Gloria (Oniang)
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Typhoon Gloria's Surface Weather Analysis on September 9, 1963.jpg
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September 3
September 15
typhoon
cat4
135
920
Typhoon Gloria, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Oniang was a typhoon of the 1963 Pacific typhoon season.Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 196314 (GLORIA) - General Information (Pressure and Track Charts) http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/196314.html.en 2021-08-24 agora.ex.nii.ac.jp Gloria impacted Taiwan and China.
Typhoon Gloria developed on September 5, over the open waters of the West Pacific. The storm rapidly intensified to a peak of 155 mph on September 9. It weakened as it continued west-northwestward, and made landfall on extreme northeastern Taiwan on September 11, as a 100 mph typhoon. The typhoon caused severe flooding in Northern Taiwan and killed hundreds of people.2009-07-31 1963年葛樂禮(GLORIA)颱風 http://photino.cwb.gov.tw/tyweb/tyfnweb/image/pdf-file/1963GLORIA.pdf live 2021-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090731011301/http://photino.cwb.gov.tw/tyweb/tyfnweb/image/pdf-file/1963GLORIA.pdf 2009-07-31 Gloria continued westward, and hit eastern China that night as an 85 mph typhoon. The storm looped over land to the northeast, and dissipated on September 13, to the east of China. Gloria killed 239 people, and left 89 missing.
Tropical Storm Hester (Pepang)
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September 7
September 13
nwpstorm
storm
45
998
Tropical Storm Irma
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September 16
September 19
nwpstorm
storm
40
1002
CMA Tropical Depression 23
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September 20
September 24
25
25
1004
This tropical depression hit Vietnam in late September and crossed into the Northern Indian Ocean, reforming as Deep Depression Nine.1963 Depression NOT_NAMED (1963264N17120) https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r00-1963264N17120 IBTrACS University of North Carolina at Asheville 9 January 2024 ibtracs-CMA
Typhoon Judy
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September 27
October 4
typhoon
cat5
150
920
CMA Tropical Depression 25
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CMA TD 25 1963 track.png
October 2
October 3
25
CMA
1005
Typhoon Kit (Rosing)
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Kit 1963 track.png
October 3
October 11
typhoon
cat4
135
930
Typhoon Lola
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Lola 1963 track.png
October 6
October 19
typhoon
cat4
130
943
Typhoon Mamie
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Mamie 1963 track.png
October 13
October 18
typhoon
cat3
100
965
Tropical Depression Nina
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Nina 1963 track.png
October 18
October 20
nwpdepression
storm
40
1000
Typhoon Ora
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Ora 1963 track.png
October 22
October 30
typhoon
cat1
80
985
Tropical Storm Phyllis (Sisang)
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Phyllis 1963 track.png
December 8
December 15
nwpstorm
cat1
75
994
Typhoon Rita (Trining)
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Rita 1963 track.png
December 15
December 19
typhoon
storm
40
998
Typhoon Susan
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December 18
December 28
typhoon
cat4
135
935Susan didn't hit any land.
Storm names
International
Agnes 18W
Bess 20W
Carmen 23W
Della 25W
Elaine 27W
Faye 28W
Gloria 29W
Hester 30W
Irma 32W
Judy 34W
Kit 35W
Lola 36W
Mamie 37W
Nina 38W
Ora 39W
Phyllis 41W
Rita 42W
Susan 43W
Tess
Viola
Winnie Alice
Betty
Cora
Doris
Elsie
Flossie
Grace
Helen
Ida
June
Kathy
Lorna
Marie
Nancy
Olga
Pamela
Ruby
Sally
Tilda
Violet
Wilda Anita
Billie
Clara
Dot
Ellen
Fran
Georgia
Hope
Iris
Joan
Kate
Louise
Marge
Nora
Opal
Patsy
Ruth
Sarah
Thelma
Vera
Wanda Amy
Babe
Carla
Dinah
Emma
Freda
Gilda
Harriet
Ivy
Jean
Kim
Lucy
Mary
Nadine
Olive 5W
Polly 9W
Rose 10W
Shirley 11W
Trix 12W
Virginia 15W
Wendy 16W
Philippines
Auring Bebeng Karing Diding Etang Gening Herming Ising Luding Mameng Neneng Oniang Pepang Rosing Sisang Trining Uring Welming Yayang Auxiliary list Ading Barang Krising Dadang Erling Goying
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 10 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1967 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). This was the first season in which PAGASA assigned local names to typhoons. Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in .
See also
Tropical cyclones
1963 Atlantic hurricane season
1963 Pacific hurricane season
1963 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
References
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External links
Japan Meteorological Agency
Joint Typhoon Warning Center https://web.archive.org/web/20100301105349/http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC 2010-03-01 .
China Meteorological Agency
National Weather Service Guam
Hong Kong Observatory
Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services
Korea Meteorological Agency
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website
1960 Pacific typhoon
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