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Ophelia (2017): Storm Cinema
Replay the Atlantic, observation by observation. Replay historical Atlantic storm centers and intensity. Inspect track proximity to a selected city without confusing it with landfall or damage.
NOAA International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS v04r01), 2017 Atlantic main tracks, accessed October 4, 2026. · Source release, rights & limitations
1 historical Atlantic track from the 2017 season. Centers interpolate between observations; wind remains tied to the latest NOAA observation.
| Place / record | Value | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Ophelia | 20 knots |
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NOAA International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS v04r01), 2017 Atlantic main tracks, accessed October 4, 2026. · Source release, rights & limitations
Follow Irma through the archived 2017 Atlantic observations. The center travels between source times; wind labels remain attached to actual observations.
NOAA International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS v04r01), 2017 Atlantic main tracks, accessed October 4, 2026. · Source release, rights & limitations
Synchronized comparison
Both maps share replay progress and geographic scale. Source periods appear in each title. Formation-aligned storm comparison uses the storm controls.
What the map shows
1 historical Atlantic track from the 2017 season. Centers interpolate between observations; wind remains tied to the latest NOAA observation.
Drag to explore; manual map movement releases guided following. Particle movement and travel progress are illustrative. Attribution stays with every exported image.
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Accessible source values
| Place / record | Value | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Ophelia | 20 knots |
Accessible comparison values
Sources, rights & limitations
NOAA International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS v04r01), 2017 Atlantic main tracks, accessed October 4, 2026. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain), U.S. Census Bureau/us-atlas (public domain). Ancient Earth uses the reconstructed source-model land instead.
Data release: ibtracs-v04r01-atlantic2017-20261004. Retrieved 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z. Commercial use: approved. Export rights: approved.
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-best-track-archive-for-climate-stewardship-ibtracs/v04r01/access/csv/ibtracs.NA.list.v04r01.csv
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-best-track-archive
- Historical replay; this dataset contains no forecast or complete impact history.
- USA_WIND is a 1-minute series in knots; no other agency wind estimates are mixed into its category scale.
- Center interpolation is illustrative between recorded times. Intervals longer than 12 hours break the trail.
- Proximity measures shorter great-circle track segments, not documented landfall, storm size, rainfall, or local damage.
- The first public slice contains only the 2017 North Atlantic season; other seasons and basins are unavailable.
Units: wind: knots, NOAA USA_WIND 1-minute sustained wind · pressure: hPa · proximity: km, shorter great-circle segment.
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