plotHurdat2 (Deprecated - See Description!)

Version 1.2.2 (2.41 KB) by Joshua Port
Plots track, location, and 34kt/50kt wind radii at a specified time using data from the NHC HURDAT2 file
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Plots storm track, storm center, and 34kt and 50kt wind radii from the National Hurricane Center's (NHC) HURDAT2 Best Track file at a specified time. This time need not match a time slice in the HURDAT2 file, as all relevant quantities are interpolated. For use with readHurdat2, also on the File Exchange.
If you would also like to plot 64kt wind radii, it would be simple to add that functionality by following the same method I used for 34kt and 50kt. readHurdat2 outputs 64kt wind radii as well which can be used as an input.
DEPRECATION WARNING: This function is now bundled with readHurdat2, also on the File Exchange. Updates will be made to that version going forward; this version is now deprecated. This page will stay up for now so it doesn't suddenly disappear on anyone, but I intended to delete it at some point in the future.

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Joshua Port (2024). plotHurdat2 (Deprecated - See Description!) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/112935-plothurdat2-deprecated-see-description), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2022a
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Version Published Release Notes
1.2.2

Added deprecation warning
1.2.1

Moved legend to right side, since Atlantic hurricanes more often have open water to their right
1.2.0

Plotted radii are now more accurate, updated variable name for seamless use with readHurdat.m, all plots now 2D (since this function will mostly overlay 2D plots)
1.1.0

No longer assumes the user has set "hold on"
1.0.4

Missed one CSV reference
1.0.3

Removed references to a CSV to avoid confusion because the HURDAT2 file is in .txt format (despite being comma delimited)
1.0.2

Updated a few comments for clarity
1.0.1

Addressed minor inconsistency in legend code
1.0.0