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ID: 5072
These simple visualizations are plots of time vs. wind speed for each tropical storm/hurricane of Atlantic Hurricane seasons from 1950 to the present. Horizontal lines indicate wind speed category thresholds. A line plot for each storm shows the storm's name and a marker at the peak wind speed.
Atlantic Hurricane Wind Speed Plots
Most named storms during the Atlantic hurricane season happen between June and November. However, occasionally, storms develop outside of those ranges.
Four versions of the plots are inluded:
1. May to December showig only the current year
2. May to December showing the current year and strong storms from previous years (ghosted out)
3. January to December showig only the current year
4. January to December showing the current year and strong storms from previous years (ghosted out)
The plot for the current year automatically updates every 2 hours during hurricane season.
Older Version
Visualization Credits
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Storm wind speeds provided by NOAA's National Weather Service via UNISYS
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Storm wind speeds provided by NOAA's National Weather Service via UNISYS
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Data Used:
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5072
Data Used:
HURDAT2
NOAA / NHCAutomated Tropical Cyclone Forecast (ATCF) - Best Track also referred to as: Hurricane Tracks
Event List - NOAA
Credit:
NOAA
NOAA
This item is part of this series:
Updates Regularly
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
