figures over the period 1950-2002, inclusive.
also sent it to persons who requested a copy via e-mail.
Cyclone Japhet can be found in the February summary.
shear and good divergence aloft.
west and southwest of the center.
couple of days before undergoing rapid intensification on the 7th.
west, steered by a mid-level subtropical ridge to the southeast.
beginning to erode in the northwestern quadrant of the eyewall.
fully-exposed with deep convection sheared 90 nm to the southeast.
Rodrigues.   The final bulletin was issued at 1200 UTC on the 16th.
value is an estimate or else was recorded before the anemometer failed.
Press reports referred to the damage on Rodrigues as being "severe"
deaths have been reported due to the cyclone.
performed an inverse recurvature southwestward and remained offshore.
special thanks to Simon for writing the report.
chance of developing into a tropical cyclone after a couple of days.
developing into a tropical cyclone.
1800 UTC noted that TC-21S was a small, fairly symmetrical system.
moving slowly southeastward.  The intensity was estimated at 45 kts.
intensity estimates to 45 and 35 kts.
weak convection over the LLCC but the system was small in areal size.
Australia, moving southeastward at 30 kts.
was upgraded to tropical cyclone status and named Craig.
Territory at 2000 UTC on 11 March.
circulation a northwesterly component of motion.
52 kts, at 11/0510 UTC with a SLP of 996.8 hPa.
east-northeastward.  The minimum pressure recorded was 987.7 hPa.
SLP of 991.8 hPa was recorded at 1330 UTC.
at 11/1710 UTC with a SLP of 993.4 hPa.
occurred earlier at 2000 UTC.
winds of 55 kts with gusts over 60 kts and a 10-metre swell.
minor damage to vegetation in other areas of the Northern Territory.
northwestern Gulf of Carpentaria and to the Alcan Plant at Nhulunbuy.
0600 UTC on 12 March.
follows.  A special thanks to Simon for writing the report.
1969.  Erica's winds were to exceed both these measurements.
data showed the centre near 20S, 152E, well-removed from the gales.
was situated in 15-knot southwesterly shear, based on the CIMSS data."
20.5S, 154.0E, or about 425 nautical miles east-southeast of Townsville.
peaked with a MSW (10-minute average) of 55 knots.
(far to the east of New Zealand).
occurred between 5 AM and 8 AM local time (1900 UTC and 2200 UTC).
car--and leaves stripped from trees.
Cairns were also affected with similar damage.
region.   By 2000 UTC on 1 March this trough had moved just offshore.
1700 UTC and 2300 UTC (during the period of damaging winds).
0000 UTC on 3 March."
the cyclone moved alongside New Caledonia.
some areas to the north.
Erica's main impact was on the main island of New Caledonia.
half of the population was left without shelter.
functional on Monday following the cyclone.
buildings, and remove debris from the roads.
Erica as well as several pictures of the cyclone-spawned destruction.
west and the developing Tropical Cyclone Eseta (12F) to the east.
track, later curving to the southeast and eventually almost due eastward.
summary covering the Northeast Australia/Coral Sea region.
follows.  A special thanks to Simon for his assistance.
centres of circulation within the monsoon trough (TD-11F and TD-12F).
tropical cyclone of the 2002/2003 South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season.
Tropical Cyclone Eseta at this time.
storm was then centred roughly 250 nautical miles southwest of Fiji.
characteristics and status about 600 nautical miles south of Rarotonga.
to the south and was no longer a surface synoptic feature by 15/0000 UTC.
as a direct consequence of Tropical Cyclone Eseta.