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Summary

Description

English: Hurricane Vince (2005) track. Uses the colour scheme from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

The points show the location of each storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

Tropical depression

<39 mph

<63 km/h

Category 3

111–129 mph

178–208 km/h

Tropical storm

39–73 mph

63–117 km/h

Category 4

130–156 mph

209–251 km/h

Category 1

74–95 mph

119–153 km/h

Category 5

>156 mph

>251 km/h

Category 2

96–110 mph

154–177 km/h

Unknown

Storm type
	Tropical cyclone
	Subtropical cyclone
	Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance

Date

October 8–October 11, 2005

Source

Created using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image was created by NASA. The tracking data is from the National Hurricane Centre's Atlantic hurricane database

Author

Nilfanion

Licensing

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Hurricane Vince

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