Hurricanes and Wide Composite Images - 2018


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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12 October 2018 - Post-Tropical Cyclone Michael and Tropical Depression Sergio

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11 October 2018 - Tropical Storms Michael and Sergio

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10 October 2018 - Hurricane Michael

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9 October 2018 - Major Hurricane Michael

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18 September 2018 - Post-Tropical Cyclone Florence and Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene

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17 September 2018 - Post-Tropical Cyclone Florence and Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene

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16 September 2018 - Tropical Depression Florence and Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene

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15 September 2018 - Tropical Storm Florence

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14 September 2018 - Hurricane Florence

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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
Post-Tropical Cyclone:Wind speeds of Hurricane or below

Credits

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

Ferndown, Dorset, UK (Neville Roberts - composer of these images)
Houston, Texas, USA (Laurent Thomin)
Linden, Virginia, USA (Steven Ross)
San Francisco, California, USA (David Kunz)

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