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Summary

Description

English: Track map of Typhoon Kai-tak of the 2012 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

2012-08-11–2012-08-18

Source

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

Author

Keith Edkins

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

WP192012,            KAI-TAK,     29,
20120811, 1200,  , DB, 16.2N, 133.3E,  15,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120811, 1800,  , DB, 16.3N, 132.8E,  15,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120812, 0000,  , DB, 16.5N, 132.3E,  15,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120812, 0600,  , DB, 16.6N, 131.5E,  15,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120812, 1200,  , DB, 16.8N, 130.6E,  20,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120812, 1800,  , TD, 16.9N, 129.6E,  25,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120813, 0000,  , TD, 16.5N, 129.0E,  25,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120813, 0600,  , TS, 16.6N, 128.1E,  35,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120813, 1200,  , TS, 17.0N, 127.0E,  35,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120813, 1800,  , TS, 17.6N, 126.2E,  40,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120814, 0000,  , TS, 18.2N, 125.7E,  40,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120814, 0600,  , TS, 17.7N, 124.7E,  40,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120814, 1200,  , TS, 17.1N, 123.3E,  50,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120814, 1800,  , TS, 17.3N, 122.7E,  55,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120815, 0000,  , TS, 18.2N, 122.0E,  55,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120815, 0600,  , TS, 18.8N, 120.6E,  55,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120815, 1200,  , TS, 18.7N, 119.3E,  55,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120815, 1800,  , TS, 18.8N, 118.0E,  60,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120816, 0000,  , TY, 19.2N, 117.1E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120816, 0600,  , TY, 19.3N, 115.6E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120816, 1200,  , TY, 19.8N, 114.2E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120816, 1800,  , TY, 20.2N, 112.8E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120817, 0000,  , TY, 20.7N, 111.3E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120817, 0600,  , TY, 21.2N, 109.8E,  65,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120817, 1200,  , TS, 21.4N, 107.7E,  60,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120817, 1800,  , TS, 21.4N, 106.1E,  50,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20120818, 0000,  , TS, 21.8N, 105.1E,  35,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20120818, 0600,  , TD, 22.6N, 103.2E,  30,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20120818, 1200,  , DB, 23.2N, 101.8E,  20,     ,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,

Licensing

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current	19:59, 9 April 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (3.53 MB)	Supportstorm	JTWC/JMA data
	04:10, 6 January 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (2.35 MB)	Nino Marakot	IBTrACS version
	13:49, 26 April 2013	2,000 × 1,236 (1.57 MB)	Cyclonebiskit	things tracks shouldn't have....90 degree angles
	08:13, 19 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (608 KB)	Keith Edkins	Final update
	07:31, 18 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (593 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated
	07:54, 17 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (508 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated
	07:22, 16 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (409 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated
	14:54, 15 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (366 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated
	07:29, 14 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (282 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated
	08:22, 13 August 2012	1,024 × 633 (255 KB)	Keith Edkins	Updated