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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2003

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2003 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea (i.e. the area bounded by the Equator, 45°N, 100°E and 180° ).

Name of tropical cyclone
Tropical Storm Yanyan (0301) Typhoon Kujira (0302)
Tropical Depression of 18 - 22 May Typhoon Chan-hom (0303)
Severe Tropical Storm Linfa (0304) Severe Tropical Storm Nangka (0305)
Typhoon Soudelor (0306) Severe Tropical Storm Koni (0308)
Typhoon Imbudo (0307) Tropical Storm Morakot (0309)
Typhoon Etau (0310) Typhoon Krovanh (0312)
Tropical Storm Vamco (0311) Typhoon Dujuan (0313)
Typhoon Maemi (0314) Typhoon Choi-wan (0315)
Typhoon Koppu (0316) Typhoon Ketsana (0317)
Typhoon Parma (0318) Severe Tropical Storm Melor (0319)
Typhoon Nepartak (0320) Typhoon Lupit (0321)
Tropical Depression of 25 - 26 December  

In this section, surface winds refer to wind speeds averaged over a period of 10 minutes given in the unit of m/s (1 m/s is about 1.94 knots or 3.6 km/h). Intensities of tropical cyclones are classified as follows:-

(a) T.D. - tropical depression
(b) T.S. - tropical storm
(c) S.T.S. - severe tropical storm
(d) T. - typhoon

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