Hurricane tracks for Milton (2024) as an sf object
data_milton_sf.RdObserved hurricane track for center of storm Milton during 2024. This is a spatial version of data_milton
Format
## `data_milton_sf` An sf object with 62 rows and 7 columns:
- name
Character - Storm name given by the agency
- iso_time
POSIXct - SO Time provided in Universal Time Coordinates (UTC). Format is YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Most points are provided at 6 hour intervals.
- wind_speed
Numeric - Maximum sustained wind speed in knots: 0 - 300 kts. (1-min. mean)
- pressure
Numeric - Minimum sea level pressure, 850 - 1050 mb.
- sshs
Character - Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. The values are defined as follows:
- -5
Unknown
- -4
Post-tropical
- -3
Miscellaneous disturbances
- -2
Subtropical
Tropical systems classified based on wind speeds
- -1
Tropical depression (W<34)
- 0
Tropical storm (34<W<64)
- 1
Category 1 (64<=W<83)
- 2
Category 2 (83<=W<96)
- 3
Category 3 (96<=W<113)
- 4
Category 4 (113<=W<137)
- 5
Category 5 (W >= 137)
- geometry
sfc - A simple feature column containing POINTS for the location of the storm center
Source
Data come from: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-best-track-archive