File:East Pacific Category 5 tracks.png

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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Eastern Pacific Category 5 hurricane tracks of the [[:w:|]]. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below.

Saffir–Simpson scale

Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)

Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)

Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)

Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)

Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)

Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)

Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)

Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression

Date

1959-09-06–2015-10-24

Source

Created by Cyclonebiskit using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from Tracking data from the National Hurricane Center's East Pacific Hurricane Database.

Author

Cyclonebiskit

Source code

Track map data table, if present below, is in HURDAT2 or ATCF format. See format details in [1] and [2], respectively.

Track map generator input code
/track --format atcf --input ../data/East_Pacific_Category_5_tracks.dat --output ../png/East_Pacific_Category_5_tracks.png --extra 1 --xmin 180 --res 4000 --dots 0.2 --lines 0.04

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:40, 26 October 2018	4,000 × 2,472 (5.71 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	+Lane, Walaka, Willa
	23:54, 29 March 2016	4,000 × 2,472 (5.63 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	Remove 1959 Mexico, update Patricia
	23:38, 24 October 2015	4,000 × 2,472 (5.68 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	+Patricia (and somehow forgot Kenna before)
	21:03, 15 February 2015	4,000 × 2,472 (4.23 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	{{WPTC track map \| author = Cyclonebiskit \| name = Eastern Pacific Category 5 hurricane tracks \| article = List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes \| season = \| start = 1959-09-06 \| end = 2014-09-02 \| othersource=Tracking data from the {{w\|Nationa...