Digital Typhoon | typhoon track
Atyphoontrackchartisamapaboutthelocationandtrajectoryofatyphoon.Typhoontrackchartscanbeclassifiedintotwotypes.Onetypeshowsboththepasttrackandtheforecasttrackintoonechart,andanothershowsonlythepasttrackwhenalldataisfixed.Typhoontrackchartsforpasttyphoonsaremadefromofficialbesttrack[1]dataissuedbyJapanMeteorologicalAgency(JMA)andtheBureauofMeteorology,Australia.TyphoontrackingchartsofthisyearstyphoonsarefirstmadefromtropicalcycloneinformationprovidedbyJMA,andlaterupdatedagainbasedonthebesttrac...
A typhoon track chart is a map about the location and trajectory of a typhoon. Typhoon track charts can be classified into two types. One type shows both the past track and the forecast track into one chart, and another shows only the past track when all data is fixed.
Typhoon track charts for past typhoons are made from official best track[1] data issued by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. Typhoon tracking charts of this years typhoons are first made from tropical cyclone information provided by JMA, and later updated again based on the best track data reanalyzed by JMA. The latter is considered as more reliable data, but to tell the differnece of two datasets, we need to check the date of latest updates. If the date of latest updates is different from the date of latest observations, then its the best track. The official typhoon tracking charts can also be obtained from the JMA websit...