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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Tropical Storm Opal of the 1959 Pacific typhoon 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

1959-09-05–1959-09-06

Source

Created by Supportstorm using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from from IBTrACS.

Author

Supportstorm

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 --id 19 --name OPAL --year 1959 --format hurdat2 --input WPAC HURDAT 2
WP191959,               OPAL,      5,
19590905, 0600,  , TD,  8.7N, 159.8E,  25, 1005, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999,
19590905, 1200,  , TD,  9.0N, 159.0E,  30, 1004, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999,
19590905, 1800,  , TS,  9.2N, 158.3E,  35, 1003, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999,
19590906, 0000,  , TD,  9.3N, 157.8E,  30, 1004, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999,
19590906, 0600,  , TD,  9.2N, 157.2E,  25, 1005, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999, -999,

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:44, 27 October 2013		2,700 × 1,669 (260 KB)	Supportstorm	Track generated
	14:42, 17 October 2008		1,024 × 640 (128 KB)	Ramisses	{{Information \|Description=Tropical Storm Opal (1959) track map{{Saffir-Simpson small}} \|Source=[https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php JTWC]. Background image from NASA. \|Author=[[User:Ramisses\|Ramiss