TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2005

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2005 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
Severe Tropical Storm Kulap (0501)	Severe Tropical Storm Roke (0502)
Typhoon Sonca (0503)	Typhoon Nesat (0504)
Typhoon Haitang (0505)	Tropical Storm Nalgae (0506)
Severe Tropical Storm Banyan (0507)	Tropical Storm Washi (0508)
Typhoon Matsa (0509)	Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu (0510)
Typhoon Mawar (0511)	Severe Tropical Storm Guchol (0512)
Typhoon Talim (0513)	Typhoon Nabi (0514)
Typhoon Khanun (0515)	Tropical Depression of 12 - 13 September
Tropical Storm Vicente (0516)	Typhoon Saola (0517)
Typhoon Damrey (0518)	Typhoon Longwang (0519)
Tropical Depression of 7 - 8 October	Typhoon Kirogi (0520)
Typhoon Kai-tak (0521)	Tropical Storm Tembin (0522)
Severe Tropical Storm Bolaven (0523)	Tropical Depression of 19 - 20 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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