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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Typhoon Meranti of the 2016 Pacific typhoon 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

2016-09-08–2016-09-17

Source

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

Author

Supportstorm

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

WP292016,            MERANTI,     38,
20160908, 1800,  , DB, 13.2N, 143.8E,  20, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160909, 0000,  , TD, 13.6N, 143.2E,  25, 1007,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160909, 0600,  , TD, 14.3N, 142.5E,  25, 1006,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160909, 1200,  , TD, 14.6N, 141.7E,  25, 1005,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160909, 1800,  , TD, 14.7N, 141.0E,  30, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160910, 0000,  , TS, 14.8N, 139.7E,  35, 1000,   50,   70,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160910, 0600,  , TS, 15.0N, 138.6E,  40,  999,   50,   90,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160910, 1200,  , TS, 15.3N, 137.6E,  45,  997,   60,   90,   40,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160910, 1800,  , TS, 15.8N, 136.9E,  50,  994,   80,  100,   60,   60,   60,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160911, 0000,  , TS, 16.5N, 135.8E,  60,  989,  100,  100,   70,   70,   60,   40,    0,   40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160911, 0600,  , TY, 16.8N, 134.5E,  75,  981,  110,  100,   80,   90,   60,   50,    0,   50,   30,   30,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20160911, 1200,  , TY, 17.2N, 133.0E,  85,  972,  120,  100,  100,  100,   60,   60,   40,   50,   40,   30,   20,   20,    JTWC,
20160911, 1800,  , TY, 17.6N, 131.7E, 100,  959,  120,  110,  100,  100,   70,   70,   50,   60,   50,   40,   30,   40,    JTWC,
20160912, 0000,  , TY, 17.9N, 130.3E, 120,  941,  130,  120,  110,  110,   80,   80,   60,   70,   60,   50,   50,   50,    JTWC,
20160912, 0600,  , TY, 18.4N, 129.3E, 135,  922,  130,  120,  110,  110,   90,   80,   70,   80,   70,   60,   60,   60,    JTWC,
20160912, 1200,  , TY, 18.9N, 128.1E, 155,  908,  140,  120,  120,  120,   90,   90,   70,   90,   80,   60,   60,   60,    JTWC,
20160912, 1800,  , TY, 19.3N, 126.7E, 155,  901,  150,  130,  130,  130,   90,   90,   80,   90,   80,   70,   70,   60,    JTWC,
20160913, 0000,  , TY, 19.6N, 125.5E, 160,  895,  170,  140,  140,  150,  100,  100,   90,   90,   80,   80,   70,   60,    JTWC,
20160913, 0600,  , TY, 20.2N, 124.1E, 165,  888,  170,  150,  170,  190,  100,  100,  100,  100,   80,   80,   70,   70,    JTWC,
20160913, 1200,  , TY, 20.4N, 122.9E, 170,  885,  170,  170,  170,  190,  110,  110,  100,  120,   90,   80,   80,   80,    JTWC,
20160913, 1750, L, TY, 20.8N, 121.9E, 165,  889,  190,  170,  170,  200,  120,  120,  100,  120,   80,   80,   90,   80,  AUTHOR,
20160913, 1800,  , TY, 20.8N, 121.8E, 165,  889,  190,  170,  170,  200,  120,  120,  100,  120,   80,   80,   90,   80,    JTWC,
20160914, 0000,  , TY, 21.5N, 120.8E, 155,  906,  180,  190,  170,  200,  120,  120,   90,  120,   70,   70,   70,   70,    JTWC,
20160914, 0600,  , TY, 22.6N, 119.8E, 125,  930,  180,  190,  170,  200,  120,  120,   80,   80,   70,   70,   60,   60,    JTWC,
20160914, 1200,  , TY, 23.4N, 119.0E, 110,  948,  170,  150,  150,  170,  100,  100,   60,   60,   60,   60,   40,   50,    JTWC,
20160914, 1800, L, TY, 24.4N, 118.4E,  85,  961,  170,  150,  130,  150,   90,   90,   50,   40,   50,   50,   30,    0,    JTWC,
20160914, 1910, L, TY, 24.5N, 118.2E,  80,  963,  170,  150,  130,  150,   80,   80,   50,   30,   50,   40,   30,    0,  AUTHOR,
20160915, 0000,  , TY, 25.3N, 117.6E,  70,  977,  150,  110,  100,  120,   30,   30,   30,    0,    0,   30,   20,    0,    JTWC,
20160915, 0600,  , TS, 26.1N, 116.9E,  40,  991,  150,  110,  100,  120,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160915, 1200,  , DB, 27.0N, 117.1E,  30,  997,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160915, 1800,  , DB, 28.1N, 117.5E,  30, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160916, 0000,  , DB, 30.2N, 118.9E,  30, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160916, 0600,  , EX, 31.6N, 120.1E,  30, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160916, 1200,  , EX, 32.7N, 121.5E,  30, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160916, 1800,  , EX, 33.7N, 123.4E,  25, 1004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160917, 0000,  , EX, 33.5N, 123.8E,  25, 1005,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160917, 0600,  , EX, 33.3N, 124.4E,  25, 1005,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20160917, 1200,  , EX, 33.2N, 125.2E,  25, 1006,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:12, 13 February 2020	2,700 × 1,830 (2.42 MB)	Supportstorm	JTWC/JMA data
	04:37, 17 October 2017	2,700 × 1,830 (2.41 MB)	Supportstorm	IBTrACS version
	05:44, 22 October 2016	2,700 × 1,866 (2.38 MB)	Supportstorm	Integrated JMA BT EX points
	05:02, 17 September 2016	2,700 × 1,824 (2.28 MB)	Supportstorm	09/17 00Z (JMA ET points)
	04:53, 16 September 2016	3,000 × 1,854 (1.5 MB)	Jasper Deng	09-16 0Z - should be close to being operationally final
	15:45, 15 September 2016	3,000 × 1,854 (2.15 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	09-15-16 12Z
	02:00, 15 September 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (1.07 MB)	Jasper Deng	09-15 00Z - inland
	19:29, 14 September 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (1.03 MB)	Jasper Deng	09-14 18Z - landfall
	15:44, 14 September 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (1.26 MB)	Meow	09-14 12Z
	07:20, 14 September 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (957 KB)	Jasper Deng	9-14 06Z - this should be enough practice for me.