Timeline of the 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season

The 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season was a near-average season with eleven tropical cyclones[A 1] occurring within the Australian region south of the equator and from 90°E to 160°E. The season officially ran from 1 November 2004 to 30 April 2005 with pre-season Tropical Cyclone Phoebe forming on 1 September and an unnamed tropical cyclone dissipating on 15 April.[1] This is the period of the year when most tropical cyclones form within the Australian region.[1]

During the season at least five people were killed from tropical disturbances while overall damage was estimated at $15.4 million (2005 USD; $18.7 million 2016 USD). Severe Tropical Cyclone Harvey caused an estimated $1 million (2005 USD; $1.21 million 2016 USD) in damage in Northern Territory when it made landfall in February.[2] The most damaging storm of the season, Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid, killed five people and caused an estimated $14.4 million (2005 USD; $17.5 million 2016 USD) as the first tropical cyclone on record, to bring hurricane force windspeeds to Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.[3]

Within the Australian region, tropical lows are monitored by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), who run Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC) in Perth, Darwin and Brisbane. There is also a TCWC in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. These TCWCs issue warnings for tropical lows between 90°E and 160°E.[1] The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issues unofficial warnings within the Australian region, designating tropical cyclones with the P suffix when they form to the east of 135°E and S when they form to the west of 135°E. The Bureau of Meteorology and TCWC Port Moresby both use the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale, and measure windspeeds over a period of ten minutes, while the JTWC measures sustained winds over a period of one minute and uses the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. This timeline includes information from post-storm reviews by the Bureau of Meteorology, TCWC Port Moresby, and the JTWC. It documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. Reports among warning centers often differ; as such, information from all three agencies has been included.

Timeline of events

All data for the timeline graphic is taken from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

September

Image of Tropical Cyclone Phoebe (01S) on 3 September 2004
1 September
2 September
4 September
5 September

October and November

December

Track map of Tropical Low (05S). The storm formed south of Java and traveled generally to the southwest before dissipating.
Track map of Tropical Low (05S)
2 December
3 December
4 December
5 December
6 December
30 December
31 December

January

2 January
3 January
6 January
7 January
8 January
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Kerry (08S) on 9 January 2005.
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Kerry (08S), on 9 January 2005
9 January
10 January
11 January
12 January
13 January
14 January
15 January
16 January
17 January
Track map of Tropical Cyclone Tim (13S). The storm formed northwest of Australia and initially traveled to the southwest before curving to the west and dissipating.
Track map of Tropical Cyclone Tim (13S)
18 January
22 January
23 January
25 January
26 January

February

3 February
4 February
5 February
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harvey (16S) on 7 February 2005.
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harvey (16S) on 7 February 2005
6 February
7 February
8 February
9 February

March

4 March
5 March
6 March
7 March
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid (22P) on 8 March 2005
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid (22P) on 8 March 2005
8 March
9 March
10 March
11 March
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Willy (23P) on 12 March 2005 at peak intensity
Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Willy (23P) on 12 March 2005 at peak intensity
12 March
13 March
14 March
15 March
16 March
17 March

April and May

Image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Adeline-Juliet (26S) at peak intensity on 9 April 2005
2 April
3 April
4 April
5 April
12 April
13 April
15 April
1 May

See also

Notes

  1. An average tropical cyclone season contains thirteen tropical cyclones.
  2. The figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (miles, or kilometres), following the convention used in the of Meteorology's operational products for each storm. All other units are rounded to the nearest digit.

References

  1. 1 2 3 RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee. "Tropical Cyclone Operational plan for the South Pacific & Southeast Indian Ocean" (PDF). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. "SIGNIFICANT WEATHER – February 2005". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Unattributed (7 September 2009). "Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid (22P) Report" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
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  7. 1 2 Unattributed (10 March 2008). "Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean 2008" (PDF). RA V Tropical cyclone Committee. World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
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  12. Unattributed (5 December 2004). "Severe Weather Advisories issued on 2004-12-05". MT Archive. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Unattributed (2005). "Tropical Cyclone Raymond" (PDF). TCWC Perth. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed (2005). "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Storm 07S (Raymond)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Unattributed. "Tropical Cyclone Sally" (PDF). Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Perth. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed (2005). "JTWC best track data for Tropical Storm 09S (Sally)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unattributed (2 May 2009). "RSMC Nadi Best Track Data for the 2004/2005 Season". Fiji Meteorological Service, Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, Bureau of Meteorology. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  18. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed. "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Cyclone 08P (Kerry)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 Unattributed (2006). "JTWC Best Tracking Data for Tropical Storm 10S". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. US Navy. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  20. Unattributed (15 January 2005). "Severe Weather Advisories issued on 2005-01-15". MT Archive. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  21. Unattributed (17 January 2005). "Severe Weather Advisories issued on 2005-01-17". MT Archive. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Unattributed (7 August 2009). "Tropical Cyclone Tim Report" (PDF). Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Perth. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 Unattributed (2005). "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Storm 13S (Tim)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Tropical Cyclone Harvey". Bureau of Meteorology. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Unattributed (2008). "Severe Tropical Cyclone Harvey best track data". Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 Unattributed (7 August 2009). "Tropical Cyclone Vivienne Report" (PDF). Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Perth. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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  28. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed. "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Storm 17S (Vivienne)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  29. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed. "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Storm 16S (Harvey)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Unattributed (2006). "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Cyclone 22P (Ingrid)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Unattributed. "Severe Tropical Cyclone Willy" (PDF). TCWC Perth. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unattributed (2006). "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Cyclone 23S (Willy)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 Unattributed. "Tropical Cyclone Adeline". Perth Tropical Cyclone Warning Center. Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  34. 1 2 Padgett, Gary (2005). "Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary April 2005". Australian Severe Weather. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  35. 1 2 3 4 Unattributed. "JTWC Best Track Data for Tropical Cyclone 26S (Adeline-Juliet)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. US Navy. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
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