Tropical Cyclone Advisory Graphic Examples

Updated 15 February 2018

Overview

In 2017, the National Weather Service made changes to the appearance of the graphics accompanying tropical cyclone advisory packages. These changes were required for the NHC and CPHC to begin issuing forecasts and watches/warnings for potential tropical cyclones. A summary of these changes is available in NWS Public Information Statment 17-10.

New in 2018

The National Hurricane Center has proposed the that the arrival time of tropical-storm-force winds graphics transition to operational status for the 2018 hurricane season. Examples of these products are included in the table below.

GIS products

Examples of all NHC GIS products, including the new Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds, are available on our GIS page (www.hurricanes.gov/gis).

Examples and urls

Static versions of the latest tropical cyclone advisory graphics are available in the table below. Clicking on the thumbnail images in the table will bring you to a full-resolution example of the graphic.

Please note that "www.hurricanes.gov/storm_graphics/BBNN/" preceeds all of the static graphic urls, where BBNN is the storm basin and number (examples: AT09, EP02, AT11). A complete key is available below the table.

Graphical Product	Example of Graphic	Static URL
5-day Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Cone and Watches/Warnings		BBNNYYYY_5day_cone_no_line.png
5-day Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Cone, Initial Wind Field, and Watches/Warnings		BBNNYYYY_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
3-day Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Cone and Watches/Warnings		BBNNYYYY_3day_cone_no_line.png
3-day Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Cone, Initial Wind Field, and Watches/Warnings		BBNNYYYY_3day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Field		BBNNYYYY_current_wind.png
Tropical Cyclone Cumulative Wind History		BBNNYYYY_wind_history.png
Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Speed Probabilities		BBNNYYYY_wind_probs_34_Ffff.png BBNNYYYY_wind_probs_50_Ffff.png BBNNYYYY_wind_probs_64_Ffff.png
Most Likely Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds		BBNNYYYY_most_likely_toa_no_wsp_34.png
Most Likely Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds with Wind Speed Probabilities		BBNNYYYY_most_likely_toa_34.png
Earliest Reasonable Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds		BBNNYYYY_earliest_reasonable_toa_no_wsp_34.png
Earliest Reasonable Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds with Wind Speed Probabilities		BBNNYYYY_earliest_reasonable_toa_34.png

* Table Key

All urls are preceeded by "www.hurricanes.gov/storm_graphics/BBNN/"
BB: 2-digit basin id (capital letters, AT or EP)
NN: 2-digit storm number (examples: 01, 09, 21)
YYYY: 4-digit year (examples: 2015, 2016, 2017)
fff: 3-digit forecast hour (examples: 000, 012, 024, 108, 120)