It formed Coming_to_be on February 24 to the north of Fiji , and tracking Motion generally southwestward it reached Arriving hurricane-force winds near Vanuatu on February 28 .

Forming Coming_to_be out of an area of low pressure on 27 March 1978 , Alby steadily developed Coming_to_be as it tracked Self_motion southwestward , parallel to Western Australia .

The hurricane—a Category 1 at its peak—completed an unusual reversal of its path on October 23 , heading Self_motion southwestward toward Central America .

The seventh named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the 1996–97 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Gretelle developed Coming_to_be within the intertropical convergence zone on January 19 , and gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength while moving Motion southwestward .

The following day , Hiki curved Self_motion southwestward on August 17 .

The storm turned Motion southwestward and weakened Cause_change_of_strength rapidly over the mountainous terrain of Central America , dissipating Change on November1 .

The storm moved Self_motion southwestward and gradually strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to reach Achieve hurricane Catastrophe status .

The storm Catastrophe re-strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe later that day and headed southwestward .

Given Giving the name Firinga , it moved Motion generally southwestward for much of its duration .

After turning Becoming southwestward in response Response to a cold front , the system intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm Catastrophe on November 4 as it approached Arriving the Philippines .

After attaining Achieve tropical storm status on February 23 , Ivy strengthened Cause_change_of_strength more quickly as it turned Becoming southwestward toward Vanuatu .

Moving Self_motion southwestward and later westward , the depression remained weak for several days , until strengthening Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm Catastrophe while approaching Self_motion the Bahamas early on August 9 .

With a ridge to the north , the storm tracked Motion generally westward and later southwestward .

over the following two days , the system tracked Motion southwestward , entering the western pacific basin .

Meandering Motion southward , the cyclone Catastrophe began Process_start to curve Motion_directional southeastward that evening before suddenly turning Motion toward the coast , southwestward , on 31 January , steadily intensifying Cause_change_of_strength in that time .

Within a weak steering environment , the storm Catastrophe meandered Motion_directional southwestward while gradually gaining Getting strength Cause_change_of_strength .

Moving Motion southwestward towards the southern portion of the Caribbean , the storm Catastrophe reached Arriving hurricane strength on November 2 before a period of rapid intensification ensued .

The storm Catastrophe gradually drifted Motion southwestward and later southward under low wind shear , strengthening Cause_change_of_strength enough to be assigned Choosing the name `` Bobby '' by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology ( BoM ) .

Initially subtropical , it slowly acquired Getting tropical characteristics while tracked Motion southeast and then southwestward .

After becoming a tropical depression , the system tracked Motion slowly southwestward and eventually curved Motion_directional northwestward .