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1973 Severe Tropical Storm THELMA (1973317N08122)


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Summary Information

Storm ID 1973317N08122
Start Nov 13 06Z
Landfall Nov 14 00Z, Nov 16 12Z, Nov 18 15Z
Max Intensity 58 kt (Nov 15 06Z), 991 mb (Nov 15 12Z)
End Nov 18 18Z
ATCF IDs ,WP221973
Track status Best track data.

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Intensity plots

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Radial wind information

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Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES USA WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO WIND HKO PRES DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts kts 1 kts kts degrees north degrees north degrees north degrees east
WP 1973-11-13 06:00:00 TS 7.50 122.00 1005 1005
WP 09:00:00 TS 7.80 121.30 1005
WP 12:00:00 TS 8.00 120.60 1005 1005
WP 15:00:00 TS 8.20 119.90 1005
WP 18:00:00 TS 8.40 119.20 1005 1005
WP 21:00:00 TS 8.60 118.60 1005
WP 1973-11-14 00:00:00 TS 9.10 118.00 1005 25 1005 25 25 25 1005
WP 03:00:00 TS 9.30 117.50 28 1005 28 28 28 1005
WP 06:00:00 TS 9.40 116.80 1005 30 1005 30 30 30 1005
WP 09:00:00 TS 9.50 116.10 33 1005 33 33 33 1005
WP 12:00:00 MX 9.60 115.20 1004 35 1004 19 1005 35 35 35 1004
WP 15:00:00 MX 9.70 114.40 35 1003 21 1004 35 36 35 1003
WP 18:00:00 TS 9.80 113.50 1002 35 1002 23 1002 35 38 35 1002
WP 21:00:00 TS 9.90 112.50 38 1000 31 1000 38 39 38 1000
WP 1973-11-15 00:00:00 TS 9.90 111.50 998 40 998 38 998 35 995 40 40 40 998
WP 03:00:00 TS 9.90 110.70 45 995 48 995 38 994 45 44 45 996
WP 06:00:00 TS 9.90 110.00 992 50 992 58 992 40 992 50 48 50 993
WP 09:00:00 TS 9.80 109.30 53 992 58 992 43 992 53 51 53 992
WP 12:00:00 TS 9.80 108.80 992 55 992 58 991 45 992 55 55 55 991
WP 15:00:00 TS 9.80 108.50 50 993 58 992 43 993 50 50 50 992
WP 18:00:00 TS 9.80 108.30 994 45 994 58 992 40 993 45 45 45 993
WP 21:00:00 TS 9.80 108.00 40 995 48 994 35 994 40 40 40 995
WP 1973-11-16 00:00:00 TS 9.80 107.80 996 35 996 38 995 30 995 35 35 35 996
WP 03:00:00 TS 9.80 107.50 33 997 38 995 28 996 33 33 33 997
WP 06:00:00 TS 9.80 107.10 998 30 998 38 995 25 996 30 30 30 997
WP 09:00:00 TS 9.80 106.80 28 998 34 997 25 997 28 28 28 998
WP 12:00:00 TS 9.80 106.40 998 25 998 29 998 25 998 25 25 25 998
WP 15:00:00 TS 9.70 106.00 25 1000 29 1000 25 1000 25 24 25 999
WP 18:00:00 TS 9.60 105.60 1002 25 1002 29 1002 25 1001 25 23 25 1000
WP 21:00:00 TS 9.60 105.30 23 1003 24 1003 25 1003 23 21 23 1002
WP 1973-11-17 00:00:00 MX 9.50 105.00 1004 20 1004 19 1003 25 1004 20 20 20 1004
WP 03:00:00 MX 9.50 104.60 20 1004 19 1004 25 1004 20 21 20 1004
WP 06:00:00 MX 9.50 104.20 1004 20 1004 19 1004 25 1004 20 23 20 1004
WP 09:00:00 TS 9.60 103.80 23 1004 25 1004 23 24 23 1004
WP 12:00:00 TS 9.70 103.30 1004 25 1004 25 1004 25 25 25 1004
WP 15:00:00 TS 9.70 102.90 25 1004 25 1004 25 25 25 1004
WP 18:00:00 TS 9.70 102.50 1004 25 1004 25 1004 25 25 25 1004
WP 21:00:00 TS 9.80 102.20 25 1004 25 1004 25 25 25 1004
WP 1973-11-18 00:00:00 TS 9.80 101.80 1004 25 1004 25 1004 25 25 25 1004
WP 03:00:00 TS 10.00 101.40 25 1005 25 1005 25 24 25 1005
WP 06:00:00 TS 10.20 101.00 1006 25 1006 25 1005 25 23 25 1005
WP 09:00:00 TS 10.50 100.50 23 1006 25 1006 23 21 23 1006
WP 12:00:00 TS 11.00 100.10 20 1006 25 1006 20 20 20 1006
NI 15:00:00 TS 11.80 99.30 25 1006
NI 18:00:00 TS 12.30 99.20 25 1006

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp221973.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=23103:THELMA:7320
CMA CH1973BST.txt:Storm=25:Thelma
HKO tc-besttrack-data-current.txt:Line=9382:THELMA
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 w_npac.dat:801:THELMA
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-003:Line=24129
TD9635 typhoons-analogs_19450101-19761231.corrected:Line=18070
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO PRES WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA WIND USA SSHS TOKYO LAT TOKYO LON TOKYO GRADE TOKYO PRES TOKYO R50_DIR TOKYO R30_DIR TOKYO LAND CMA LAT CMA LON CMA CAT CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO LAT HKO LON HKO CAT HKO WIND HKO PRES DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND TD9635 LAT TD9635 LON TD9635 WIND TD9635 PRES TD9635 ROCI STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north kts mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north degrees east kts mb nmile nmile 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb degrees north degrees east kts nmile degrees north 1 kts mb degrees north kts mb degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees east
1973 WP MM 1973-11-13 06:00:00 TS 7.50 122.00 1005 tokyo 11 11 _O_____________ -5 7.50 122.00 2 1005 0 0 0 15 290
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 7.80 121.30 88 88 _P_____________ -5 7.80 121.30 2 1005 0 0 15 290
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 8.00 120.60 1005 tokyo 168 168 _O_____________ -5 8.00 120.60 2 1005 0 0 0 15 290
1973 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 8.20 119.90 204 133 _P_____________ -5 8.20 119.90 2 1005 0 0 14 285
1973 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 8.40 119.20 1005 tokyo 133 74 _O_____________ -5 8.40 119.20 2 1005 0 0 0 14 285
1973 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 8.60 118.60 74 0 _P_____________ -5 8.60 118.60 2 1005 0 0 14 300
1973 WP MM 1973-11-14 00:00:00 TS 9.10 118.00 1005 tokyo 0 0 OO________OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.30 118.00 25 -1 8.80 118.00 2 1005 0 0 0 9.30 118.00 TC 25 9.30 118.00 1 25 9.30 118.00 25 1005 120 13 300
1973 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 9.30 117.50 31 31 PP________PPP__ WP221973 9.40 117.40 28 -1 9.00 117.50 2 1005 0 0 9.40 117.40 TC 28 9.40 117.40 1 28 9.40 117.40 28 1005 120 12 285
1973 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 9.40 116.80 1005 tokyo 95 95 OO________OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.50 116.80 30 -1 9.10 117.00 2 1005 0 0 0 9.50 116.80 TC 30 9.50 116.70 1 30 9.50 116.80 30 1005 120 14 280
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 9.50 116.10 166 166 PP________PPP__ WP221973 9.60 116.00 33 -1 9.20 116.20 2 1005 0 0 9.60 116.00 TC 33 9.60 116.00 1 33 9.60 116.00 33 1005 150 16 280
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 MX 9.60 115.20 1004 tokyo 256 256 OOO_______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.70 115.20 35 0 9.30 115.30 2 1004 0 0 0 9.60 114.80 0 19 1005 9.70 115.20 TC 35 9.70 115.20 2 35 9.70 115.20 35 1004 180 17 275
1973 WP MM 15:00:00 MX 9.70 114.40 341 341 PPP_______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 114.40 35 0 9.30 114.50 2 1003 0 0 9.60 114.00 0 21 1004 9.80 114.40 TC 35 9.80 114.40 2 36 9.80 114.40 35 1003 180 17 275
1973 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 9.80 113.50 1002 tokyo 438 428 OOO_______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.90 113.60 35 0 9.40 113.60 2 1002 0 0 0 9.70 113.20 1 23 1002 9.90 113.60 TC 35 9.90 113.50 2 38 9.90 113.60 35 1002 180 18 275
1973 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 9.90 112.50 413 330 PPP_______PPP__ WP221973 10.00 112.70 38 0 9.50 112.40 2 1000 0 0 9.80 112.30 1 31 1000 10.00 112.70 TC 38 10.00 112.60 2 39 10.00 112.70 38 1000 180 20 275
1973 WP MM 1973-11-15 00:00:00 TS 9.90 111.50 998 tokyo 320 250 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 10.00 111.70 40 0 9.60 111.30 9 998 0 0 0 9.80 111.40 2 38 998 10.20 110.60 TS 35 995 10.00 111.70 TC 40 10.00 111.70 2 40 10.00 111.70 40 998 180 18 270
1973 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 9.90 110.70 250 200 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 10.00 110.90 45 0 9.70 110.50 9 995 0 0 9.80 110.60 2 48 995 9.90 110.20 TS 38 994 10.00 110.90 TC 45 10.00 110.80 2 44 10.00 110.90 45 996 150 15 270
1973 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 9.90 110.00 992 tokyo 200 169 OOOO______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 10.00 110.10 50 0 9.70 109.80 9 992 0 0 0 9.80 109.90 3 58 992 9.70 109.70 TS 40 992 10.00 110.10 TC 50 10.00 110.00 2 48 10.00 110.10 50 993 120 14 265
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 9.80 109.30 164 133 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 10.00 109.40 53 0 9.70 109.20 9 992 0 0 9.70 109.40 3 58 992 9.60 109.20 TS 43 992 10.00 109.40 TC 53 9.90 109.30 2 51 10.00 109.40 53 992 120 11 265
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 9.80 108.80 992 tokyo 133 114 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.90 108.80 55 0 9.70 108.70 9 992 0 0 0 9.70 109.00 3 58 991 9.50 108.80 TS 45 992 9.90 108.80 TC 55 9.90 108.80 2 55 9.90 108.80 55 991 120 8 265
1973 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 9.80 108.50 114 106 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 108.50 50 0 9.70 108.30 9 993 0 0 9.70 108.70 3 58 992 9.50 108.50 TS 43 993 9.80 108.50 TC 50 9.90 108.50 2 50 9.80 108.50 50 992 120 5 270
1973 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 9.80 108.30 994 tokyo 106 99 OOOO______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.80 108.30 45 0 9.80 108.00 9 994 0 0 0 9.70 108.40 3 58 992 9.60 108.20 TS 40 993 9.80 108.30 TC 45 9.80 108.30 2 45 9.80 108.30 45 993 120 4 270
1973 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 9.80 108.00 99 86 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 108.20 40 0 9.80 107.60 9 995 0 0 9.70 108.00 3 48 994 9.60 107.90 TS 35 994 9.80 108.20 TC 40 9.80 108.20 2 40 9.80 108.20 40 995 120 5 270
1973 WP MM 1973-11-16 00:00:00 TS 9.80 107.80 996 tokyo 86 70 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.80 108.00 35 0 9.80 107.30 9 996 0 0 0 9.70 107.70 2 38 995 9.60 107.60 TD 30 995 9.80 108.00 TC 35 9.80 108.00 2 35 9.80 108.00 35 996 120 5 270
1973 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 9.80 107.50 70 55 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 107.70 33 -1 9.80 107.00 9 997 0 0 9.80 107.40 2 38 995 9.60 107.30 TD 28 996 9.80 107.70 TC 33 9.80 107.60 2 33 9.80 107.70 33 997 120 6 270
1973 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 9.80 107.10 998 tokyo 45 15 OOOO______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.80 107.30 30 -1 9.80 106.80 2 998 0 0 0 9.80 107.10 2 38 995 9.60 107.00 TD 25 996 9.80 107.30 TC 30 9.80 107.20 2 30 9.80 107.30 30 997 120 7 270
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 9.80 106.80 15 0 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 106.90 28 -1 9.80 106.60 2 998 0 0 9.80 106.70 2 34 997 9.70 106.60 TD 25 997 9.80 106.90 TC 28 9.80 106.80 2 28 9.80 106.90 28 998 120 8 270
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 9.80 106.40 998 tokyo 0 0 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.80 106.40 25 -1 9.80 106.40 2 998 0 0 0 9.70 106.30 1 29 998 9.70 106.20 TD 25 998 9.80 106.40 TC 25 9.80 106.40 1 25 9.80 106.40 25 998 120 8 265
1973 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 9.70 106.00 0 0 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.70 106.00 25 -1 9.80 106.00 2 1000 0 0 9.50 106.00 1 29 1000 9.70 105.90 TD 25 1000 9.70 106.00 TC 25 9.80 106.10 1 24 9.70 106.00 25 999 90 7 260
1973 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 9.60 105.60 1002 tokyo 0 0 OOOO______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.70 105.70 25 -1 9.80 105.50 2 1002 0 0 0 9.20 105.70 1 29 1002 9.60 105.50 TD 25 1001 9.70 105.70 TC 25 9.70 105.70 1 23 9.70 105.70 25 1000 60 7 255
1973 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 9.60 105.30 0 0 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.70 105.40 23 -1 9.80 105.20 2 1003 0 0 9.00 105.30 1 24 1003 9.40 104.90 TD 25 1003 9.70 105.40 TC 23 9.70 105.40 1 21 9.70 105.40 23 1002 60 7 260
1973 WP MM 1973-11-17 00:00:00 MX 9.50 105.00 1004 tokyo 0 0 OOOO______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.70 105.10 20 -1 9.70 104.90 2 1004 0 0 0 8.80 105.00 0 19 1003 9.20 104.40 TD 25 1004 9.70 105.10 TC 20 9.70 105.10 1 20 9.70 105.10 20 1004 60 7 265
1973 WP MM 03:00:00 MX 9.50 104.60 32 32 PPPP______PPP__ WP221973 9.70 104.80 20 -1 9.60 104.50 2 1004 0 0 8.80 104.70 0 19 1004 9.10 104.00 TD 25 1004 9.70 104.80 TC 20 9.70 104.70 1 21 9.70 104.80 20 1004 60 7 270
1973 WP MM 06:00:00 MX 9.50 104.20 1004 tokyo 76 76 OOOO______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.70 104.40 20 -1 9.50 104.00 2 1004 0 0 0 8.80 104.40 0 19 1004 9.00 103.70 TD 25 1004 9.70 104.40 TC 20 9.70 104.30 1 23 9.70 104.40 20 1004 60 8 275
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 9.60 103.80 100 100 PP_P______PPP__ WP221973 9.70 104.00 23 -1 9.50 103.50 2 1004 0 0 0 9.10 103.30 TD 25 1004 9.70 104.00 TC 23 9.80 103.90 1 24 9.70 104.00 23 1004 60 9 280
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 9.70 103.30 1004 tokyo 95 95 OO_O______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.80 103.50 25 -1 9.50 103.00 2 1004 0 0 0 9.20 103.00 TD 25 1004 9.80 103.50 TC 25 9.80 103.50 1 25 9.80 103.50 25 1004 60 8 275
1973 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 9.70 102.90 117 117 PP_P______PPP__ WP221973 9.80 103.10 25 -1 9.50 102.50 2 1004 0 0 9.20 102.70 TD 25 1004 9.80 103.10 TC 25 9.80 103.10 1 25 9.80 103.10 25 1004 60 8 275
1973 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 9.70 102.50 1004 tokyo 148 148 OO_O______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 9.90 102.70 25 -1 9.50 102.00 2 1004 0 0 0 9.30 102.40 TD 25 1004 9.90 102.70 TC 25 9.80 102.70 1 25 9.90 102.70 25 1004 60 8 275
1973 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 9.80 102.20 157 157 PP_P______PPP__ WP221973 9.90 102.30 25 -1 9.50 101.60 2 1004 0 0 9.40 102.00 TD 25 1004 9.90 102.30 TC 25 9.90 102.40 1 25 9.90 102.30 25 1004 60 8 280
1973 WP MM 1973-11-18 00:00:00 TS 9.80 101.80 1004 tokyo 181 181 OO_O______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 10.00 102.00 25 -1 9.60 101.20 2 1004 0 0 0 9.50 101.50 TD 25 1004 10.00 102.00 TC 25 10.00 102.00 1 25 10.00 102.00 25 1004 60 8 290
1973 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 10.00 101.40 197 172 PP_P______PPP__ WP221973 10.20 101.70 25 -1 9.60 100.80 2 1005 0 0 9.70 100.80 TD 25 1005 10.20 101.70 TC 25 10.10 101.60 1 24 10.20 101.70 25 1005 60 9 295
1973 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 10.20 101.00 1006 tokyo 172 128 OO_O______OPO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 10.40 101.40 25 -1 9.70 100.50 2 1006 0 0 0 10.10 100.20 TD 25 1005 10.40 101.40 TC 25 10.30 101.30 1 23 10.40 101.40 25 1005 60 10 300
1973 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 10.50 100.50 118 64 PP_P______PPP__ WP221973 10.60 101.00 23 -1 10.00 100.20 2 1006 0 0 10.70 99.80 TD 25 1006 10.60 101.00 TC 23 10.60 100.90 1 21 10.60 101.00 23 1006 60 11 310
1973 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 11.00 100.10 59 0 OO_O______OOO__ jtwc_wp WP221973 10.80 100.60 20 -1 10.50 99.90 2 1006 0 0 0 11.30 99.50 TD 25 1006 10.80 100.60 TC 20 10.80 100.60 1 20 10.80 100.60 20 1006 60 18 315
1973 NI BB 15:00:00 TS 11.80 99.30 0 0 ___P___________ WP221973 -5 2 0 0 11.80 99.30 TD 25 1006 TC 1 16 325
1973 NI BB 18:00:00 TS 12.30 99.20 0 ___O___________ -5 12.30 99.20 TD 25 1006 1 10 345