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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Hurricane Laura of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. 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

2020-08-20–2020-08-29

Source

Created by FleurDeOdile using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from the National Hurricane Center^[1].

Author

FleurDeOdile

Source code

Track map data table, if present below, is in HURDAT2 or ATCF format. See format details in [2] and [3], respectively.

Track map generator input code

AL132020,              LAURA,     42,
20200820, 0000,  , TD, 14.4N,  47.3W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200820, 0600,  , TD, 15.4N,  49.6W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200820, 1200,  , TD, 16.1N,  51.6W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200820, 1800,  , TD, 16.6N,  53.4W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 0000,  , TD, 16.8N,  55.5W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 0600,  , TD, 16.9N,  57.5W,  30, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 1200,  , TS, 17.0N,  59.4W,  40, 1008,  130,    0,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 1800,  , TS, 17.1N,  61.1W,  40, 1007,  150,   90,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 2030, L, TS, 17.1N,  61.8W,  40, 1007,  150,   90,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200821, 2330, L, TS, 17.1N,  62.6W,  40, 1007,  150,   90,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200822, 0000,  , TS, 17.1N,  62.8W,  40, 1007,  180,  180,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200822, 0600,  , TS, 17.4N,  64.4W,  40, 1007,  180,  180,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200822, 1200,  , TS, 17.7N,  65.9W,  45, 1006,  180,  180,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200822, 1800,  , TS, 17.9N,  67.4W,  45, 1004,  180,  180,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200823, 0000,  , TS, 18.2N,  68.8W,  45, 1004,  120,  120,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200823, 0430, L, TS, 18.4N,  70.0W,  45, 1004,  120,  120,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200823, 0600,  , TS, 18.5N,  70.3W,  45, 1004,  120,  120,    0,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200823, 1200,  , TS, 18.8N,  72.3W,  45, 1004,  120,  120,    0,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200823, 1800,  , TS, 19.4N,  74.3W,  55, 1002,  120,  120,    0,   40,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200824, 0000,  , TS, 19.8N,  76.0W,  55, 1000,  120,  120,    0,   40,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200824, 0200, L, TS, 20.0N,  76.6W,  55, 1000,  120,  120,    0,   40,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200824, 0600,  , TS, 20.2N,  77.8W,  50, 1000,  150,  130,    0,    0,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200824, 1200,  , TS, 20.8N,  79.7W,  50, 1002,  150,  140,    0,    0,   40,   50,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200824, 1800,  , TS, 21.5N,  81.5W,  50, 1001,  150,  140,    0,    0,   60,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200825, 0000, L, TS, 22.3N,  83.3W,  55,  998,  150,  140,    0,    0,   60,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200825, 0600,  , TS, 22.8N,  84.8W,  60,  995,  150,  140,   30,   90,   60,   60,    0,   20,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200825, 1200,  , HU, 23.4N,  86.2W,  65,  990,  150,  140,   60,   90,   60,   60,   20,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200825, 1800,  , HU, 24.1N,  87.5W,  70,  990,  150,  140,   60,   90,   60,   60,   20,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200826, 0000,  , HU, 24.9N,  88.9W,  75,  983,  150,  140,   60,   90,   60,   60,   30,   60,   40,   40,    0,   40,     NHC,
20200826, 0600,  , HU, 25.6N,  90.2W,  90,  978,  150,  140,   60,   90,  100,   90,   30,   60,   60,   50,   20,   40,     NHC,
20200826, 1200,  , HU, 26.4N,  91.4W, 100,  963,  160,  140,   70,   90,  100,   90,   30,   60,   60,   50,   20,   40,     NHC,
20200826, 1800,  , HU, 27.3N,  92.5W, 120,  952,  180,  150,   80,  100,   90,   90,   50,   60,   50,   50,   30,   40,     NHC,
20200827, 0000,  , HU, 28.5N,  93.0W, 130,  937,  160,  150,   80,  100,   90,   90,   50,   60,   50,   50,   30,   40,     NHC,
20200827, 0600, L, HU, 29.8N,  93.3W, 130,  939,  120,  150,   80,   80,   60,   70,   40,   40,   40,   50,   30,   30,     NHC,
20200827, 1200,  , HU, 31.2N,  93.3W,  85,  970,   80,  120,   50,   60,   50,   40,   30,   30,   30,   30,   15,   20,     NHC,
20200827, 1800,  , TS, 32.8N,  92.9W,  55,  988,   80,   80,   30,   40,   30,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200828, 0000,  , TS, 34.4N,  92.5W,  35,  993,   80,   80,   30,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200828, 0600,  , TD, 35.4N,  92.0W,  25,  998,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200828, 1200,  , TD, 36.1N,  91.2W,  25, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200828, 1800,  , TD, 37.0N,  90.0W,  25, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200829, 0000,  , TD, 37.5N,  88.0W,  25, 1004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20200829, 0600,  , LO, 38.3N,  84.8W,  20, 1004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,

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current	22:30, 29 January 2024	2,700 × 1,669 (2.06 MB)	Supportstorm	Reverted to version as of 17:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC) Upload as separate file
	16:38, 28 January 2024	2,700 × 1,668 (2.7 MB)	2003 LN6	resizing
	16:37, 28 January 2024	3,360 × 2,076 (4.25 MB)	2003 LN6	recoloring
	17:17, 30 May 2021	2,700 × 1,669 (2.06 MB)	Supportstorm	Minor correction
	15:12, 28 May 2021	2,700 × 1,669 (2.06 MB)	Supportstorm	TCR best track update
	17:27, 29 August 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (1.9 MB)	Supportstorm	08/29 12Z (WPC data, final operational update)
	13:01, 29 August 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (1.91 MB)	Master0Garfield	update
	01:14, 29 August 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (1.9 MB)	FleurDeOdile	08/28 18Z
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