Tropical Cyclone Tracking Maps

See downloading and printing instructions at the bottom of this page.

Hong Kong Maps

(14ºN-26ºN, 109ºE-127ºE)

(21 sec at 28.8)
new clearer colour map and tools 10/9/99
Colour Hong Kong Screen Size Tracking Map (v1.6.1c)

(06ºN-30ºN,105ºE-141ºE)

(26 sec at 28.8)
Grayscale Hong Kong Regional Tracking Map (v1.6g)

These maps include arcs at 800 km, 600 km, 400 km, 200 km, 100 km, 50 km, and 25 km distances from Hong Kong.

Australian Regional Maps

Click here for a text version with more information.

Click on a map button to download, or click on the links below.

(96ºE-120ºE),  (108ºE-132ºE),  (119ºE-144ºE),   (133ºE-156ºE),  (144ºE-168ºE)

(22 sec at 28.8), (26 sec at 28.8), (27 sec at 28.8), (28 sec at 28.8), (23 sec at 28.8)

W Region, NW Region, N Region, NE Region, E Region.

5 grayscale maps covering the cyclone prone regions of Australia from the Equator to 36 degrees South in 24 degree wide overlapping sections, thus ensuring adequate plotting area for any cyclone that could pose a threat to any part of Australia. The black place names are those that would normally be used in Australian Bureau of Meteorology Warnings.

Note: These 30 pixel per degree maps will really test your printer. If you get a pronounced 'table cloth pattern' you may need to print them elsewhere and photocopy the result.

Australian Local Maps

A set of local area maps will appear here soon.

Australian Screen Size Maps

A set of screen sized maps will appear here soon.

All of the maps linked to this page were drawn by my brother, Carl Smith, on his ancient 4Mb Macintosh.  Check his Source Acknowledgements page for full credits regarding information sources and his Copyright and Disclaimer page for legal matters.

These maps are Copyright, but may be downloaded and printed by any enthusiasts who want to use them to track cyclones in the relevant areas.
In Internet Explorer under Windows 95 or 98, right-click the map you want and choose "Save Picture As ,,," and save the file to your hard disk. 
Then you may print it any time you want from whatever program you use to view GIF files, by choosing "File" and "Print" and setting your page orientation to either Portrait or Landscape (to suit the map) and choosing "Fit To Page".

In other browsers or for other operating systems, follow the directions described in "Help" for your browser.

These maps may not be copied for any other purpose or for use on any other web-site or in any publication without express permission of the copyright owners.

If you want to create a link to this page or to any of these maps from any other site, please email me first.

If anyone has any other suitable TC tracking maps to add to this page,
please email them to me with your copyright details attached.

Thanks.

This page was last modified on 07/02/08 at 10:28:12 Hong Kong Time.

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