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Texas Fishing and Hurricane/Tropical Data

This page provides access to a wealth of hurricane information including charts on the track of the storm plus a text based table of tracking information. The table includes position in latitude and longitude, maximum sustained winds in knots, and central pressure in millibars.

Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico

1999
1998
1997
1996
1995

Archive 1886-1998
Storm names
Classic Hurricanes

Current Tropical Satellite Images- Atlantic & Gulf

Visible

Infrared

Water Vapor

Aviation Model Forecasts for the Atlantic

Sea Level Pressure	Analysis	12 hour	24 hour	36 hour	48 hour
500 mb Vorticity	Analysis	12 hour	24 hour	36 hour	48 hour
300 mb Height	Analysis	12 hour	24 hour	36 hour	48 hour
300-850mb Shear Magnitude	Analysis	12 hour	24 hour	36 hour	48 hour

Saffir-Simpson Scale

The chart color codes intensity (category based on Saffir-Simpson scale):

Type	Category	Pressure (mb)	Winds (knots)	Winds (mph)	Surge (ft)	Line Color
Depression	TD	-----	< 34	< 39		Green
Tropical Storm	TS	-----	34-63	39-73		Yellow
Hurricane	1	> 980	64-82	74-95	4-5	Red
Hurricane	2	965-980	83-95	96-110	6-8	Light Red
Hurricane	3	945-965	96-112	111-130	9-12	Magenta
Hurricane	4	920-945	113-134	131-155	13-18	Light Magenta
Hurricane	5	< 920	>134	>155	>18	White

NOTE: Pressures are in millibars and winds are in knots where one knot is equal to 1.15 mph