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English: Track map of Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala of the 2015 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

2015-01-12–2015-01-20

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

WP022015,           MEKKHALA,     36,
20150112, 0600,  , DB,  8.6N, 145.9E,  15, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150112, 1200,  , DB,  8.7N, 144.7E,  20, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150112, 1800,  , DB,  8.8N, 143.6E,  20, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150113, 0000,  , DB,  8.7N, 142.9E,  20, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150113, 0600,  , DB,  8.5N, 142.5E,  20, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150113, 1200,  , TD,  8.8N, 141.7E,  25, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150113, 1800,  , TD,  9.3N, 140.8E,  25, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150114, 0000,  , TD, 10.0N, 139.8E,  30, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150114, 0600,  , TD, 10.4N, 138.4E,  30, 1000,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150114, 1200,  , TD, 10.9N, 137.1E,  30,  999,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150114, 1800,  , TD, 11.3N, 135.7E,  30,  998,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150115, 0000,  , TS, 11.6N, 134.7E,  35,  998,  100,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150115, 0600,  , TS, 11.7N, 133.7E,  35,  998,  100,    0,   70,   70,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150115, 1200,  , TS, 11.6N, 132.7E,  35,  997,  120,    0,   80,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150115, 1800,  , TS, 11.5N, 131.8E,  35,  997,  130,    0,   90,  110,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150116, 0000,  , TS, 11.4N, 130.9E,  40,  996,  140,    0,   90,  130,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150116, 0600,  , TS, 11.4N, 129.9E,  45,  994,  150,    0,   90,  130,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150116, 1200,  , TS, 11.3N, 128.7E,  50,  990,  150,   60,   90,  140,   60,    0,   40,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150116, 1800,  , TY, 11.3N, 127.9E,  65,  986,  140,   70,   80,  150,   60,   50,   50,   80,    0,   30,   30,   40,    JTWC,
20150117, 0000,  , TY, 11.5N, 126.8E,  70,  984,  140,   70,   90,  160,   60,   60,   50,   80,   40,   40,   30,   40,    JTWC,
20150117, 0600,  , TY, 11.9N, 125.9E,  65,  986,  140,   60,  100,  150,   50,   50,   50,   90,   30,    0,    0,   30,    JTWC,
20150117, 0730, L, TS, 12.1N, 125.5E,  60,  987,  140,   60,  100,  140,   50,   40,   40,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,  AUTHOR,
20150117, 1200,  , TS, 12.3N, 125.1E,  55,  991,  150,   50,   90,  130,   50,   40,   40,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150117, 1800,  , TS, 12.7N, 124.2E,  50,  994,  150,   50,   90,  130,   50,   40,   40,   80,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150118, 0000,  , TS, 13.5N, 123.5E,  40,  997,  120,   50,   80,  120,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150118, 0600,  , TS, 14.1N, 123.0E,  35, 1000,  110,   50,   70,   90,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150118, 1200,  , TD, 14.9N, 123.1E,  30, 1002,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150118, 1800,  , TD, 15.7N, 123.1E,  30, 1004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150119, 0000,  , TD, 16.4N, 122.9E,  30, 1007,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150119, 0600,  , TD, 16.9N, 123.1E,  25, 1008,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150119, 1200,  , DB, 16.8N, 123.4E,  20, 1010,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150119, 1800,  , DB, 16.8N, 123.9E,  15, 1011,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    JTWC,
20150120, 0000,  , DB, 16.8N, 124.5E,  15, 1012,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20150120, 0600,  , DB, 16.9N, 124.7E,  15, 1012,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20150120, 1200,  , DB, 17.0N, 125.0E,  15, 1013,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,
20150120, 1800,  , DB, 17.3N, 125.2E,  15, 1013,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     JMA,

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current	00:17, 24 February 2020	2,700 × 1,669 (955 KB)	Supportstorm (talk \| contribs)	JTWC/JMA data
	17:14, 26 September 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (965 KB)	Supportstorm (talk \| contribs)	IBTrACS version
	05:33, 18 June 2016	2,700 × 1,669 (967 KB)	Supportstorm (talk \| contribs)	JTWC BT integration
	20:14, 17 March 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (924 KB)	Cyclonebiskit (talk \| contribs)	JMA Best Track
	09:20, 17 February 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (835 KB)	Meow (talk \| contribs)	Extended with the RSMC best track data.
	05:03, 22 January 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (819 KB)	Meow (talk \| contribs)	01-21 00Z (operationally final)
	14:41, 20 January 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (859 KB)	Meow (talk \| contribs)	01-20 12Z
	08:10, 20 January 2015	1,024 × 633 (228 KB)	Keith Edkins (talk \| contribs)	Updated
	14:25, 19 January 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (858 KB)	Meow (talk \| contribs)	01-19 12Z
	15:02, 18 January 2015	2,700 × 1,669 (959 KB)	Meow (talk \| contribs)	01-18 12Z