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File:Pacific typhoon tracks 1980-2005.jpg

Description
English: This trackmap shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific Ocean from 1980 to 2005. The International Date Line is marked on the map, this is the eastern boundary of the basin.. The points show the location of each storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm.
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Tropical depression <39 mph <63 km/h
Category 3 111–129 mph 178–208 km/h
Tropical storm 39–73 mph 63–117 km/h
Category 4 130–156 mph 209–251 km/h
Category 1 74–95 mph 119–153 km/h
Category 5 >156 mph >251 km/h
Category 2 96–110 mph 154–177 km/h
Unknown
Storm type
Disc Plain black.svg Tropical cyclone
Solid black.svg Subtropical cyclone
ArrowUp.svg Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance
Date 1980–2005
Source Created using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA . The tracking data is from the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre's best track database
Author Nilfanion

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