Hurricanes and Wide Composite Images - 2014


Standard composite images centred around the UK use my data.
Wide composite images use my data combined with data from sites at other locations around the world.


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Terminology
Credits
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20 October 2014 - Post-Tropical Cyclone Gonzalo (Tropical Storm)

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






19 October 2014 - Hurricane Gonzalo

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






18 October 2014 - Hurricane Gonzalo

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






17 October 2014 - Major Hurricane Gonzalo

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






16 October 2014 - Major Hurricane Gonzalo

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






15 October 2014 - Major Hurricane Gonzalo

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






13 October 2014 - Tropical Storm Gonzalo and Tropical Storm Fay

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






11 August 2014 - Remnants of Hurricane Bertha

Enhancement: HVCT-precip
Projection: Orthographic






10 August 2014 - Remnants of Hurricane Bertha

Enhancement: MCIR
Projection: Normal






9 August 2014 - Remnants of Hurricane Bertha

Enhancement: MCIR
Projection: Normal


Terminology

Tropical Depression:Wind speed less than 39 MPH
Tropical Storm:Wind speed between 39 MPH and 73 MPH
Hurricane:Wind speed between 74 MPH and 110 MPH
Major Hurricane:Wind speed greater than 110 MPH

Credits

'Pristine' images used to make the wide composite pictures come from some of the following locations:

Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK (Alan Hinton)
Ferndown, Dorset, UK (Neville Roberts - composer of these images)
Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA (Mike Kimzey)
Houston, Texas, USA (Laurent Thomin)
Kirchbrombach [near Frankfurt/Main], Germany (Mike Rupprecht)
Masloc, Romania (Weatherstation Masloc)
North Leverton, Nottinghamshire, UK (Rob Denton)
Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA (Steven Ross)
San Francisco, California, USA (David Kunz)
Sullivan, Indiana, USA (EA1JM)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Victor Gonzàlez)
Vasa, Finland (Johnny Wik)

My thanks to all for making their data available!

Detailed hurricane information is available from the NOAA National Hurricane Centre

For information on how tropical cyclones are named, click here