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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Hurricane Sandy of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane 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

2012-10-21–2012-10-31

Source

Created by Cyclonebiskit using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from the National Hurricane Center^[1].

Author

Cyclonebiskit

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

AL182012,              SANDY,     45,
20121021, 1800,  , LO, 14.3N,  77.4W,  25, 1006,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121022, 0000,  , LO, 13.9N,  77.8W,  25, 1005,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121022, 0600,  , LO, 13.5N,  78.2W,  25, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121022, 1200,  , TD, 13.1N,  78.6W,  30, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121022, 1800,  , TS, 12.7N,  78.7W,  35, 1000,   50,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121023, 0000,  , TS, 12.6N,  78.4W,  40,  998,   50,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121023, 0600,  , TS, 12.9N,  78.1W,  40,  998,   70,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121023, 1200,  , TS, 13.4N,  77.9W,  40,  995,  100,  100,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121023, 1800,  , TS, 14.0N,  77.6W,  45,  993,  100,  120,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121024, 0000,  , TS, 14.7N,  77.3W,  55,  990,  100,  150,   40,   40,    0,   70,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121024, 0600,  , TS, 15.6N,  77.1W,  60,  987,  100,  150,   50,   50,   50,   70,   20,   20,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121024, 1200,  , HU, 16.6N,  76.9W,  65,  981,  120,  160,   70,   70,   50,   60,   40,   30,   20,   20,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121024, 1800,  , HU, 17.7N,  76.7W,  75,  972,  150,  180,   70,   70,   50,   60,   40,   40,   25,   30,   20,   25,     NHC,
20121024, 1900, L, HU, 17.9N,  76.6W,  75,  971,  150,  180,   70,   70,   50,   60,   40,   40,   25,   30,   20,   25,     NHC,
20121025, 0000,  , HU, 18.9N,  76.4W,  85,  964,  180,  240,   70,   70,   50,   60,   40,   40,   30,   30,   25,   25,     NHC,
20121025, 0525, L, HU, 20.0N,  76.0W, 100,  954,  240,  240,   70,  120,   50,   60,   40,   40,   30,   30,   25,   25,     NHC,
20121025, 0600,  , HU, 20.1N,  76.0W, 100,  954,  240,  240,   70,  120,   50,   60,   40,   40,   25,   20,   20,   20,     NHC,
20121025, 0900, T, HU, 20.9N,  75.7W,  95,  960,  240,  240,   70,  180,   50,   60,   40,   40,   25,   20,   20,   20,     NHC,
20121025, 1200,  , HU, 21.7N,  75.5W,  95,  966,  240,  240,   70,  240,   60,   60,   40,   50,   30,   30,   20,   20,     NHC,
20121025, 1800,  , HU, 23.3N,  75.3W,  90,  963,  270,  270,  120,  270,   60,   60,   40,   50,   30,   30,   20,   20,     NHC,
20121026, 0000,  , HU, 24.8N,  75.9W,  75,  965,  300,  300,  160,  270,   70,   60,   40,   60,   30,   30,   20,   30,     NHC,
20121026, 0600,  , HU, 25.7N,  76.4W,  70,  968,  300,  300,  160,  240,   90,   70,   50,   70,   30,   20,    0,   60,     NHC,
20121026, 1200,  , HU, 26.4N,  76.9W,  65,  970,  360,  240,  170,  240,   90,   80,   90,  120,    0,    0,    0,   90,     NHC,
20121026, 1800,  , HU, 27.0N,  77.2W,  65,  971,  400,  210,  170,  240,   60,   70,   90,  140,    0,    0,    0,   90,     NHC,
20121027, 0000,  , TS, 27.5N,  77.1W,  60,  969,  450,  210,  180,  270,    0,    0,  120,  160,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121027, 0600,  , TS, 28.1N,  76.9W,  60,  968,  450,  260,  180,  280,    0,    0,  120,  160,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121027, 1200,  , HU, 28.8N,  76.5W,  70,  956,  450,  300,  210,  280,   30,  120,  160,  200,    0,    0,  120,  120,     NHC,
20121027, 1800,  , HU, 29.7N,  75.6W,  70,  960,  450,  300,  240,  280,   30,  150,  180,  200,    0,    0,  150,  180,     NHC,
20121028, 0000,  , HU, 30.5N,  74.7W,  65,  960,  480,  300,  300,  280,   30,  180,  180,  210,    0,    0,  150,  180,     NHC,
20121028, 0600,  , HU, 31.3N,  73.9W,  65,  959,  450,  300,  300,  270,    0,  180,  180,  210,    0,    0,  150,  180,     NHC,
20121028, 1200,  , HU, 32.0N,  73.0W,  65,  954,  450,  300,  300,  270,    0,  150,  200,  210,    0,    0,  150,  180,     NHC,
20121028, 1800,  , HU, 32.8N,  72.0W,  65,  952,  450,  300,  350,  270,    0,  150,  200,  210,    0,    0,  150,  180,     NHC,
20121029, 0000,  , HU, 33.9N,  71.0W,  70,  950,  450,  300,  400,  270,  150,  150,  200,  200,    0,    0,  150,    0,     NHC,
20121029, 0600,  , HU, 35.3N,  70.5W,  80,  947,  420,  360,  450,  270,  150,  150,  200,  180,    0,    0,  150,    0,     NHC,
20121029, 1200,  , HU, 36.9N,  71.0W,  85,  945,  420,  420,  400,  270,  200,  150,  200,  180,    0,   70,  120,    0,     NHC,
20121029, 1800,  , HU, 38.3N,  73.2W,  80,  940,  420,  420,  400,  420,  220,  150,  200,  150,  180,   80,  120,    0,     NHC,
20121029, 2100, S, EX, 38.8N,  74.0W,  75,  943,  420,  420,  400,  420,  220,  150,  200,  150,  180,   80,  120,    0,     NHC,
20121029, 2330, L, EX, 39.4N,  74.4W,  70,  945,  460,  370,  400,  490,  180,  150,   80,   50,   70,   80,   60,    0,     NHC,
20121030, 0000,  , EX, 39.5N,  74.5W,  70,  946,  460,  370,  400,  490,  150,  150,   80,   50,   65,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121030, 0600,  , EX, 39.9N,  76.2W,  55,  960,  450,  400,  160,  530,  150,  150,   30,   30,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121030, 1200,  , EX, 40.1N,  77.8W,  50,  978,  450,  490,    0,  500,    0,    0,    0,  260,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121030, 1800,  , EX, 40.4N,  78.9W,  40,  986,    0,  530,    0,  430,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121031, 0000,  , EX, 40.7N,  79.8W,  35,  992,    0,    0,    0,  410,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121031, 0600,  , EX, 41.1N,  80.3W,  35,  993,    0,    0,    0,  380,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
20121031, 1200,  , EX, 41.5N,  80.7W,  30,  995,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,

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