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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Severe Tropical Cyclone Kelvin of the 2017-18 Australian region cyclone 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

2018-02-13–2018-02-21

Source

Created by Keith Edkins using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center^[1].

Author

Keith Edkins

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

SI102018,             KELVIN,     31,
20180213, 1800,  , DB, 13.1S, 131.2E,  15, 1005,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180214, 0000,  , DB, 13.5S, 130.0E,  15, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180214, 0600,  , DB, 14.0S, 129.0E,  20, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180214, 1200,  , TD, 14.5S, 128.3E,  25, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180214, 1800,  , TD, 14.9S, 126.8E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180215, 0000,  , TD, 15.2S, 126.1E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180215, 0600,  , TD, 16.1S, 125.5E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180215, 1200,  , TD, 16.8S, 124.5E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180215, 1800,  , TD, 17.2S, 123.2E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180216, 0000,  , TD, 17.5S, 122.4E,  25, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180216, 0600,  , TD, 17.9S, 121.6E,  30, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180216, 1200,  , TS, 18.3S, 120.9E,  35, 1000,   50,   30,   40,   50,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180216, 1800,  , TS, 18.5S, 120.6E,  35,  999,   80,   50,   60,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180217, 0000,  , TS, 18.7S, 120.4E,  40,  995,   90,   80,   70,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180217, 0600,  , TS, 19.0S, 120.4E,  45,  991,  100,   90,   70,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180217, 1200,  , TS, 19.2S, 120.6E,  50,  986,  100,   90,   70,   90,   30,    0,    0,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180217, 1800,  , TS, 19.2S, 121.0E,  60,  981,  120,   80,   60,  100,   40,    0,   20,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180218, 0000,  , TC, 19.4S, 121.5E,  70,  975,  120,   70,   60,  100,   40,   30,   20,   40,   20,   20,   20,   20,    JTWC,
20180218, 0600,  , TC, 19.7S, 122.0E,  75,  973,  100,   60,   50,   90,   40,   30,   20,   40,   20,   10,   10,   20,    JTWC,
20180218, 1200,  , TC, 20.4S, 122.4E,  65,  976,   90,   60,   50,   80,   40,   30,   20,   30,   10,   10,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180218, 1800,  , TS, 20.9S, 122.7E,  60,  980,   80,   70,   70,   80,   40,   40,   30,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180219, 0000,  , TS, 21.4S, 123.0E,  55,  983,   80,   80,   80,   80,   40,   40,   30,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180219, 0600,  , TS, 22.1S, 123.3E,  50,  986,   80,   80,   80,   70,   30,   30,   30,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180219, 1200,  , TS, 22.7S, 123.5E,  45,  988,   80,   80,   80,   70,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180219, 1800,  , TS, 23.2S, 123.7E,  40,  990,   90,   80,   80,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180220, 0000,  , TS, 23.8S, 124.0E,  40,  991,  100,   90,   80,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180220, 0600,  , TS, 24.4S, 124.3E,  35,  993,  100,   90,   80,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180220, 1200,  , TS, 25.2S, 124.4E,  35,  994,   90,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180220, 1800,  , TD, 26.3S, 124.7E,  30,  994,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180221, 0000,  , TD, 27.3S, 125.1E,  25,  994,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20180221, 0600,  , DB, 28.4S, 126.0E,  20,  995,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:01, 2 October 2019	2,700 × 1,669 (4 MB)	FleurDeOdile	JTWC best track
	16:57, 23 February 2018	2,700 × 1,968 (4.92 MB)	Meow	02-22 18Z
	08:40, 22 February 2018	3,000 × 2,133 (6.18 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	2/22 06z
	18:12, 21 February 2018	1,024 × 635 (793 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated 21/0600z
	17:08, 20 February 2018	1,024 × 633 (778 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated 20/0600z
	15:18, 19 February 2018	1,024 × 633 (777 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated 19/1200z
	14:14, 19 February 2018	3,000 × 1,854 (5.45 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	2/18 12z
	09:26, 18 February 2018	3,000 × 1,854 (5.31 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	2/18 06z
	14:49, 17 February 2018	1,024 × 633 (763 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated 17/0600z
	17:19, 16 February 2018	1,024 × 633 (761 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated 16/1200z